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Optimize Your Employee Benefit Plans
Employee benefit plans are powerful tools to attract and retain top talent, but they often require navigating complex regulations and compliance requirements. Our solution-oriented professionals have years of experience delivering quality attest services and valuable advice to plan sponsors. With national and global resources, our National Employee Benefit Plan Practice supports clients in all areas of management and administration of employee benefit plans. As a proud member of the AICPA EBP Audit Quality Center, we commit to ongoing training, ensuring our clients meet all ERISA regulatory and reporting standards.
UHY is ranked as one of the top firms in the country in terms of the number of benefit plans audited, serving as the auditor to over 350 employee benefit plans on an annual basis. We have experience auditing benefit plans of varying sizes ranging from plans with 100 participants and assets of several million dollars to plans with participants more than 35,000 and assets greater than $5 billion.
Addressing the Full Spectrum of Your Employee Benefit Plan Needs
- Audits of employee benefit plans:
- Defined contribution plans such as 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, money purchase plans, and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs)
- Defined benefit pension plans
- Health & welfare employee benefit plans
- Experience in large plan environments and SEC filings
- Assistance with IRS and DOL examinations and inquiries
- Identifying failures and correction programs
- Plan qualification issues
- Government filings – Form 5500s
- Reporting and disclosure
- Tax issues
- Claims and appeals of benefits
- Employee benefits advisory services
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