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Issues Commonly Appearing in 2025 401(k) Plan Audits
Bradley Bartells, CPA via LinkedIn Link to more items from this source
Sept. 17, 2025

"When a plan changes custodians during the year, the transfer of assets from the old to the new custodian typically creates many recordkeeping challenges and audit issues.... Late remittances of employee contributions continues to be the most common issue noted [in] plan audits.... Plan sponsors are not reviewing the SOC-1 reports of the key service providers ... [D]efinition of compensation issues continue to pop up[.]"  MORE >>

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