Decosimo Joins AICPA Employee Benefit Audit Quality Center

SEPTEMBER 20, 2004
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Decosimo 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.

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.

About Decosimo:Decosimo has offices in Chattanooga, Memphis, Cincinnati, Dalton, and Atlanta and is ranked as one of the nation's largest 100 CPA firms. Decosimo serves clients in virtually every industry with Assurance, Tax, Corporate Finance, Health Care Consulting and Family Business Consulting services. The firm has 29 partners and more than 150 professional staff in three states.

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