Accounting Firm Adds Audit Resources

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reynolds & Rowella, LLP, a leading New York metropolitan area accounting firm, has joined the Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), a national membership organization committed to the highest performance standards in employee benefit plan audits. Daniel B. Harris, CPA, is the Director of the Firm's audit assurance practice and will head the expanded employee benefit plans audit practice at Reynolds & Rowella, LLP. He can be reached at 203-438-0161, or by email at [email protected].

"Our audit practice is a growing part of our service expertise," says Frank A. Rowella, Reynolds & Rowella's Managing Partner. "And for employee benefit plan ERISA audits, we have a broad spectrum of experience."

The AICPA Employee Benefit Plan Quality Center provides its member firms with timely information on a variety of technical, legislative and regulatory subjects, so that they can apply these resources to their clients' employee benefit plan audits, ensuring compliance with the appropriate standards and changes in regulations. In this way, Quality Center members are able to respond nimbly and deliver the most efficient and highest quality audit standards possible. As a requirement for membership, Quality Center member firms must establish internal quality control programs with internal inspection procedures, and make peer review report findings publicly available.

Reynolds & Rowella provides auditing, tax preparation, and accounting services to corporations, businesses and individuals, as well as specialized services such as succession planning, business valuations, litigation support and financial and strategic planning. The firm has five partners and three offices serving clients throughout the New York metropolitan area. Reynolds & Rowella celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2010.

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