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Intermediate Employee Benefit Plans Audit Certificate, Paperback / softback Book

Intermediate Employee Benefit Plans Audit Certificate Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

Description

The Intermediate Employee Benefit Plans Audit Certificate exam tests your knowledge related to auditing employee benefit plans, including defined contribution, defined benefit, and health and welfare plans, in accordance with AICPA standards and DOL rules and regulations.

This exam is offered in a timed online format and consists of 100 multiple choice questions.

In order to successfully pass the examination, you must understand and apply the core concepts related to client acceptance, engagement planning, engagement analysis, concluding an engagement and guiding principles for employee benefit plan audits. Some of the topics that will be tested on the exam include:Planning and general proceduresInternal controlInvestments and investment issuesTypes of plansKey compliance elementsLimited scope issuesFinancial statement presentation, disclosure, and regulatory reportingOnline Access InstructionsA personal pin code is enclosed in the physical packaging that may be activated online upon receipt.

Once activated, you will gain immediate online access to the product. Your Certificate and Digital BadgeAfter passing the exam, you will be awarded with a certificate in the form of a digital badge.

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The badge can be posted to your social media profiles and linked to your resume or email signature, providing maximum visibility to your achievement. You will receive your official score and certificate or retake information 5 business days after completing the exam. Important note: Your exam purchase entitles you to one exam and one re-take if you do not pass the exam.

Prior to using your re-take, the AICPA recommends you study any topics identified in your initial exam results.

If you do not pass either the initial exam or the re-take, you must purchase the exam again, in order to take it again.

Exams passed outside of these purchase and re-take rules will not result in the issuing of a digital badge.

If you have any questions regarding the completion of your exam or re-take, please contact digitalbadge@aicpa.org to verify your results. By making this purchase, you must understand and agree that the AICPA has the absolute and unrestricted right to revoke or suspend any rights to use the digital badge image, or any representation thereof, if you are (a) convicted of any crime punishable by more than one year in prison or for any crime related to dishonesty, or (b) disciplined by any governmental or non-governmental authority that regulates, or enforces a code of conduct related to, your professional activities, including but not limited to, a state board of accountancy, AICPA, IRS, SEC, or PCAOB, or (c) a peer reviewer restricted from performing peer reviews by the Peer Review Program. System RequirementsAICPA's online CPE courses will operate in a variety of configurations, but only the configuration described below is supported by AICPA technicians. A stable and continuous internet connection is required.

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