Surgent's Employer's Handbook: Health Care, Retirement, and Fringe Benefit Tax Issues
Overview
The employer-employee relationship strains both sides in uncertain times, and businesses need CPAs, controllers, and other advisors to provide understanding of the complex legal, tax, and health care issues associated with all aspects of employment. This course provides in-depth coverage of this critical area.
Highlights
- ERISA compliance: employee welfare plans and qualified plans
- Fringe benefit issues: COBRA, Family and Medical Leave Act, and new developments in health care
- Health care plans: HRAs, HSAs, and other employer-sponsored plans
- Qualified plan requirements: eligibility, coverage, and vesting
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
CPAs who need an in-depth understanding of employment issues
Objectives
- Identify compliance issues
- Understand how health care mandates apply to employers and individuals
- Explain the nondiscrimination rules that apply to employer-sponsored retirement and health care plans
Preparation
None
Notice
This course is offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible in the My CPE Tracker section of the ISCPA website. Course access information will be emailed directly to you by Surgent Professional Education.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios

David Peters, Peters Professional Education LLC
DAVID R. PETERS, CPA, CFP, MST, CPCU, CLU
David Peters is the Founder and Owner of Peters Professional Education and Peters Tax Preparation & Consulting, PC. He is also a financial advisor for Peters Financial, LLC. David has over twenty years of experience in financial services, including 3 years in the hedge fund industry and 14 years in the insurance industry. David was the first-ever Chief Financial Officer at Compare.com - a position he held for more than three years.
In addition to running his own professional education website, David is a National Instructor for the AICPA, Surgent, Kaplan, and Don Farmer Tax Seminars. He was a recipient of Surgent's Outstanding Discussion Leader award in 2019 and 2022, as well as the AICPA's Outstanding Facilitator Award in 2021 and 2023. He regularly teaches courses in accounting, finance, insurance, financial planning, and ethics throughout the United States. David holds four masters degrees, and is currently pursuing his PhD in Financial Planning. He contributes regularly to various CPA publications, including NCACPA's Interim Report, SCACPA's CPA Report, and VSCPA's Disclosures. David was also a co-author of the 2018, 2019, and 2020 Virginia CPA Ethics courses - a required course for all CPA's licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- Website: www.petersprofessionaleducation.com
- YouTube: www.youtube.com/@DavidPetersFinancial
- LinkedIn Company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/95657499/admin/analytics/updates/
- LinkedIn Personal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-peters-financial/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidpetersfinancial
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/DavidPFinancial
Non-Member Price $209.00
Member Price $159.00