Employee Benefits, Part 3 - Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Overview
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
- Identify advantages and disadvantages of using a defined benefit plan
- Identify the basic components of administration and operation of a defined benefit plan
- Identify the components and issues involved with calculating net assets available for benefits, changes in net assets available for benefits, accumulated plan benefits, and changes in accumulated plan benefits
- Name the financial statement disclosure issues in a defined benefit plan
- Recognize the audit considerations for a defined benefit plan
- Recognize the tax filings associated with a defined benefit plan
Details
- Field of Study
- Auditing
- Credits
- 2.5 Credits
- Provider
- Becker Professional Education
- Knowledge Level
- Basic
- Advanced Preparation
Employee Benefits Parts 1 and 2
- Course ID
- 23513/27475
- Publication Date
- 05/29/2026
- Planned Expiration
- 06/30/2027
- Prerequisites
Employee Benefits Parts 1 and 2
Instructor
Timothy F. Gearty CPA, MBA, JD, CGMA
Tim Gearty is the National Director and Editor-in-Chief for the world’s largest CPA training program, Becker CPA Review. In addition to his editorial leadership, Tim is also Becker's National Lead Instructor, whose taped lectures are seen in over 325 locations throughout the world. Tim is a nationally recognized expert and speaker on a variety of accounting and tax topics, and has appeared as keynote speaker for several Fortune 100 companies as well as many national associations. He has frequently been called upon over the past twenty years to present accounting and tax topics to large groups, organizations, and corporations, accounting firms and in legal proceedings. Tim is a partner in Gearty & McIntyre, LLP, CPA, a firm which has developed a reputation as a specialist in business advisory services, litigation support and forensic accounting. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New Jersey Society of Public Accountants as well as a trustee of that organization. He holds a BS in Accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and both a MBA in Finance and Law Degree (JD) from Seton Hall University. Tim is a member of the New Jersey and American Bar Associations.
Accreditations
- 1 year course access
- NASBA-approved content
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