• EisnerAmper audits over 300 Employee Benefit Plans annually.

    Our employee benefit plan auditing services provide a full range of tax compliance and planning services to qualified retirement plans, welfare plans, executive deferred compensation plans, and equity-based plans.

    Qualified Retirement Plans – 401(k)/profit sharing, defined benefit pension, 403(b), ESOPs
    Welfare Plans
    Executive deferred compensation plans
    Equity based plans (options, SARs, phantom stock)
    Member of AICPA Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center (EBPAQC).
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Employee Benefit Plan Tax

  • EisnerAmper professionals have the expertise and experience to provide a full range of tax compliance and planning services to qualified retirement plans, welfare plans, executive deferred compensation plans, and equity-based plans such as options, SARs, and phantom stock.

    Our services include:

    Qualified Retirement Plans – 401(k)/profit sharing, defined benefit pension, 403(b), ESOPs 

    • Plan design and documents from simple to complex
    • IRS determination letter submissions
    • Pension plan actuarial valuations for funding, FAS 35, 87,132*
    • Annual contribution calculations and allocations
    • Annual nondiscrimination testing – including for controlled groups and qualified separate lines of business
    • Annual Form 5500 preparation – including DFE filings for hedge funds and private equity
    • Provision of daily valuation platforms for 401(k) plans

    Welfare Plans 

    • FAS 106 actuarial valuations for post-retirement benefits*
    • Nondiscrimination testing for section 125 (cafeteria) plans
    • Annual Form 5500 preparation

    Executive deferred compensation plans 

    • Plan design and tax advice regarding 409A regulations – to both for-profit and not-for-profit employers
    • Record keeping for defined contribution arrangements
    • Actuarial valuations for funding and FAS158 under pension plan arrangements*
    • ‘Prototype’ plan documents for plans of not-for-profit employers for counsel’s review
    • DOL notice filings

    Equity based plans (options, SARs, phantom stock) 

    • Design assistance and review
    • Tax advice

    *Provided through EisnerAmper Actuarial Services LLC

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