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401(k)-Profit Sharing Plan Internal Compliance Audit-Part 1 1.5 Credits

Jan 06, 2025, 10:00 AM ET

401(k)-Profit Sharing Plan Internal Compliance Audit-Part 1 1.5 Credits

Plan Document Issues & Amendments

  • Steve Abramson

    CPC, CLU, ChFC
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  • Published on

    October, 2024
  • Subject Area

    Taxes

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Jan 06, 2025, 10:00 AM ET

Learning Objective

  • Identify critical issues that are reviewed during government audits and ensure compliance.
  • Recognize potential hazards and methods to avoid or correct them.
  • Explore citations and supporting guidelines for a deeper understanding of issues.
  • Advise clients on procedures to effectively prevent adverse audit consequences.
  • Understand core compliance areas for government audits and best practices.

Course Overview

Internal compliance audits for 401(k) plans ensure plan documents and amendments meet regulatory standards without reducing participant benefits. Challenges include document restatements, plan amendments, and accurate compensation definitions. Understanding these complexities is critical to effective administration and reducing legal risks.

This CE Course is part of a four-part series that covers broad topics that would be the focus of an IRS and or DOL audit.  Part one addresses plan document issues, including required periodic plan restatements, guidelines for plan discretionary amendments, related supporting documents, and defects due to an “operation failure,” i.e., operation of the plan inconsistent with the plan document.  In addition, the material summarizes the question of “Who is the Employer?”  The answer to this question significantly impacted the non-discrimination testing required of all qualified retirement plans.

Key topics covered:

  • 401(k) Plan Compliance
  • Document Restatement Cycles
  • Amendment Procedures and Impact
  • Summary of Material Modifications

Join this course to master essential IRS tax compliance strategies and minimize 401(k) plan administration risks.

Note: This is part 1 of a four-part series addressing Internal Audits of 401(k) Plans. Part 1 is Plan Document Issues / Amendments. Because of the nature of the material, some of the topics will overlap from one part to another, and that relationship will be noted. There is no specific order in which the parts should be reviewed, as one does not necessarily follow another due to the nature of the topic.

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Course Level

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Instructional Method

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Pre-requisites

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About Instructor

One of the best live CE/CPE/CPD/PL courses with Steve Abramson
Steve Abramson , CPC, CLU, ChFC

President, APS Pension and Financial

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Stephen Abramson is the President and founding partner of APS Pension & Financial Services established in 1977, a mid-size consulting and actuarial firm employing twenty-two professional and support staff specializing in pension and pension-related services.  For over 40 years, APS has been providing closely held businesses with financial services including pension design and administration, business succession planning, and wealth preservation planning. In 2015 APS Investment Management was established to provide fiduciary services to 401(k) and 403(b) plans and in 2018 APS Wealth Management, a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA), was established to provide investment management services to individual clients and retirement plans replacing his previous relationship with a Broker/Dealer.  Steve has taught professional level education programs for the American Society of Pension Actuaries; lectured to various professional groups, including the National Conference of CPA Practitioners, The NYS Society of CPAs, Nassau Bar Association, the C.W. Post Tax Institute, and the National Institute of Pension Administrators; and conducted continuing education seminars for Certified Public Accountants for the past 35 years. He is co-author of Plan Smart, Retire Rich published by McGraw Hill in 1998; author of Advisor’s Guide to Qualified Plans originally published by Aspen Publishing in March, 2002 and recently in the process of being updated with the 8th edition, and Retirement Financial Management for Clients Approaching Retirement published by Aspen Publishing in August, 2002.  A less technical version of Advisor’s Guide to Qualified Plans entitled Guide to Qualified Retirement Plans: A Plain Language Primer was published by the International Association of Employee Benefits in March 2005.  The second edition of this book was released in 2008.

Steve graduated from Cornell University in 1964, earned the designation of Chartered Life Underwriter in 1967 from the American College, Certified Pension Consultant in 1970 from the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries and Chartered Financial Consultant from the American College in 1972.


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