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| This alert contains instructions for registering to participate in the upcoming Mandatory EBPAQC Designated Partners 2020 Audit Planning Live Forum Webinar.
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Register for the Mandatory EBPAQC Designated Partners 2020 Audit Planning Live Forum Webinar
All EBPAQC member firms are required to have their audit partner designated with firm-wide responsibility for the quality of the firm's ERISA employee benefit audit practice (Designated Partner) participate in the annual EBPAQC Designated Partner Audit Planning webinar. To satisfy this annual membership requirement, firm Designated Partners may choose from one of these three options.
- Attend the January 24, 2020, live webinar to be held from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 pm Eastern Time (free with no CPE or paid with CPE);
- Participate in one of the three rebroadcasts (paid with CPE) planned for April 20; June 11; and July 29 (all from 1:00- 3:00 p.m. ET); or
- View the archived webinar on the Center's website (free with no CPE)
Click here to register for the January 24th live webinar (Paid CPE credit or Free No-CPE credit options available).
Registration information for the rebroadcasts will be sent a few weeks before the webinar rebroadcasts. The webinar provides valuable information to help you, as your firm's Designated Audit Quality Partner for ERISA audit quality, prepare your firm for the 2020 employee benefit plan audit season. Discussion topics for this webinar will include:
- Key accounting and auditing issues for EBP audits this year
- DOL update
- SECURE Act
- EBP best practices and audit quality initiatives
- New AICPA and EBPAQC tools and resources
- Preparing for the new EBP Audit Standard (SAS 136) effective for 2021 audits
- Ask the experts Q & A session
Panelists for this webinar are Jim Haubrock, Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co; Jen Allen, Crowe LLP; Josie Hammond, RSM LLP; Wendy Terry, Withum; and Michael Auerbach, Chief Accountant, DOL EBSA.
The webinar qualifies for 120 minutes of CPE credits with paid registration. If you reserved time on your calendar for this web event by clicking on the "Outlook Calendar hold" option in the save-the-date announcement in EBPAQC EAlert #435, you will still need to register for the event by clicking on one of the links above.
The Center also is sponsoring a planning webinar designed for managers and supervisors on Friday, April 24, 2020. Registration information for that webinar will be included in a future Alert.
Archive of Live Forum Webinars
The webinar audio and slide presentations will be archived on the Center website under Past Events. No CPE is available for listening to the archived event.
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