What You Should Know About ERISA Plan Audit Changes
By Craig Erickson, Partner-in-Charge, Employee Benefit Plan Group In July 2019, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) issued a new Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS 136) designed to regulate and improve the audit quality for plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
The new standards were originally intended to apply to audits of financial statements for periods ending on or after December 15, 2020, but the...
