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Accounting and Auditing Resource Centers 

403(b) Plans
Find general information about IRC section 403(b) retirement plans and DOL regulations requiring annual financial statement audits for ERISA-covered 403(b) plans.

Auditor Independence 
Find general information about DOL and AICPA auditor independence rules.

Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Find general information about defined benefit pension plans requiring annual financial statement audits under ERISA.

Employee Benefit Plan Service Organization Control (SOC 1) Reports and Service Organizations
Find information to assist employee benefit plan auditors in effectively using SOC 1 reports in their employee benefit plan audits.

Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP)
Find general information about Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) requiring annual financial statements audits under ERISA.

Form 11-K Audits
Find information about Form 11-K plan audits, including links to SEC regulations, PCAOB standards, tools, past center Live Forums and more.

Fraud in Employee Benefit Plans
Find general information about fraud in ERISA employee benefit plans.

Health and Welfare Benefit Plans
Find general information about health and welfare benefit plans requiring annual financial statement audits under ERISA.
 
Limited Scope Audits
Find information about limited scope audits, including links to ERISA regulations and DOL guidance, authoritative literature, regulations, past center calls, tools, and more.

Pension Protection Act of 2006
On August 17, 2006, President Bush signed into law the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (the Act), which is the most comprehensive pension reform legislation since ERISA was enacted in 1974.

Plan Investments
Find information about plan investments, including investment types, accounting and reporting issues, audit issues, and references to technical audit and accounting guidance. Also find tools and resources to help you understand and audit plan investments.

Parties in Interest and Prohibited Transactions
Find information on certain plan transactions with parties in interest that are prohibited under ERISA Sections 406 and 407 and are required, without regard to their materiality, to be disclosed in the plan’s annual report to the DOL.

Additional Resources 

AICPA Accounting & Auditing Technical Hotline
888.777.7077 (option 5 followed by option 3)

DOL EFAST Help Line
866.463.3278
The toll-free DOL EFAST Help Line provides a variety of assistance to plan filers

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