Description

This session will review the important aspects of the Form 5500 from an auditor's perspective. Understanding the Form 5500 is essential to enhancing the audit quality of financial statement reporting.  Learn what certain key areas in the Form 5500 is important for the auditor's review. This review includes more than simply reading and comparing Schedule H to the financial statements.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how to use the Form 5500 to assist in financial statement reporting and disclosure.
• Determine how to recognize material inconsistencies between the Form 5500 and financial statements as well as the effect on the financial statements.
• Identify key areas of each schedule of Form 5500 to efficiently and effectively perform the required review.

Speaker(s):

• Jillian C. Mott, CPA, Shareholder, Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.
• Renee Cahill, CEBS, Director, Grant Thornton LLP

Category: Concurrent Session Online