"Some feel that a plan that provides data on its methodology for conducting coverage and nondiscrimination testing, its amending history, opinion or advisory letter information, etc., is making itself an all too convenient target for an IRS audit.... There are questions on Form 5500-SUP the answers to which will come from other providers, which the preparer may be in no position to authenticate or verify. Is the preparer potentially on the hook for the work of others over whom it truly had no control? Mandating that the preparer of the Form 5500-SUP be identified will result in a public record disclosure of the client/preparer relationship; something not required of preparers of Form 5500 itself. Is this really necessary?"

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