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Mohler, Nixon and Williams Joins AICPA’s Audit Quality Center for Employee Benefit Plan Audits Campbell, CA - Mohler, Nixon & Williams has joined the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center for CPA firms. The new Center is a national community of CPA firms that demonstrate a commitment to employee benefit plan audit quality and raise awareness about the importance of employee benefit plan audits. The Center provides members with best practices, guidelines, and tools CPAs need to perform quality benefit plan audits and better serve their clients. ERISA plans hold trillions of dollars that American workers are counting on for retirement. ìIn this post Enron era, the fiduciary responsibility of employee benefit plan committees has been dramatically heightened,î said Lynn Nixon, Audit Partner of Mohler, Nixon and Williams. ìBy engaging Mohler, Nixon and Williams, our clients know they are helping to fulfill their fiduciary responsibility with a firm that is a member of the Audit Quality Center and is up to date on the latest standards and regulations, and has invested the time and expense to maintain these high standards.î Members of the Center demonstrate their commitment by voluntarily agreeing to adhere to Center membership requirements, including designating a partner responsible for the its employee benefit plan audit practice, establishing firm-wide training and quality control programs, performing annual internal inspection procedures, and making the firm’s peer review report findings publicly available. The Center has a dedicated website at http://www.aicpa.org/ebpaqc/homepage.htm. About Mohler, Nixon & Williams Mohler, Nixon & Williams is the premier provider of tax, audit and accounting services to the technology industry. Founded in 1980, the firm is one of the largest locally based CPA firms in California, with 25 partners and more than 170 professionals in their practice. MNW offers a wide range of financial, tax, accounting, audit, internal control, and consulting services to businesses of all sizes, as well as to individuals. In addition, MNW conducts more employee benefit audits annually than any other firm in the Bay Area. As a member of Moore Stephens International, Mohler, Nixon & Williams is affiliated in principal cities throughout the world, and serves their clients through their headquarters in Silicon Valley and offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco. Please visit the firm’s website at www.mohlernixon.com |
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