The value of industry expertise in the pension audit market
In 1997, the PWBA issued a report on the quality of employee benefit plan audits (PWBA 1997). They reviewed the audit workpapers for 262 employee benefit plan audits to determine whether the audits complied with both GAAS and ERISA. This report documents that 19 percent of the plan audits examined were in violation of GAAS (PWBA 1997,27). Additionally,33 percent of the audits “failed to comply with one or more of ERISA’s reporting and disclosure requirements” (PWBA 1997, 37). The most common deficiency cited by the report was in the area of participant data and related issues, which the report notes are “unique to employee benefit plans” (PWBA 1997,32). Given the above results, it appears that some auditing firms performing pension plan audits do not have sufficient expertise. As such, the pension plan audit market appears to be characterized by expertise differentiation among the CPA firms in this market
The value of industry expertise in the pension audit market
In 1997, the PWBA issued a report on the quality of employee benefit plan audits (PWBA 1997). They reviewed the audit workpapers for 262 employee benefit plan audits to determine whether the audits complied with both GAAS and ERISA. This report documents that 19 percent of the plan audits examined were in violation of GAAS (PWBA 1997,27). Additionally,33 percent of the audits “failed to comply with one or more of ERISA’s reporting and disclosure requirements” (PWBA 1997, 37). The most common deficiency cited by the report was in the area of participant data and related issues, which the report notes are “unique to employee benefit plans” (PWBA 1997,32). Given the above results, it appears that some auditing firms performing pension plan audits do not have sufficient expertise. As such, the pension plan audit market appears to be characterized by expertise differentiation among the CPA firms in this market
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