Bober Markey Fedorovich Partner to Speak at National Industry Conference

AKRON, Ohio, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- James E. Merklin, CPA, CFF, CFE, M.Acc., partner at Bober Markey Fedorovich (BMF), a regional audit and accounting firm headquartered in Akron, Ohio, will be participating in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' (AICPA) National Conference on Employee Benefit Plans on May 11-13 in Las Vegas.  Merklin, a nationally recognized expert in the field of employee benefit plans for the accounting and audit industry, will be participating on the Ask the Experts panel as well as presenting on "Fraud in Benefit Plans" and "Audit and Accounting for Investments." Conference organizers are expecting 1,500 attendees at the event.

This conference brings together experts from private practice, the Department of Labor, Treasury and the IRS to provide in-depth, comprehensive updates on the wide range of issues affecting employee benefit plans today, including recent changes in accounting, auditing, and tax and enforcement regulations.

This will be Merklin's second appearance this year in front of a national audience.  In December, he spoke to the AICPA in Washington D.C.

Other Engagements

Merklin is also scheduled to speak at the PKF North America (NA) Employee Benefit Plans Conference in Chicago on June 10-11 and again for the PKF NA Annual Partners' Conference on July 19-21 in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.  

He recently participated in the Ohio Society of CPAs' Employee Benefit Plan Audit Conference on April 19 in Columbus, Ohio, where he sat on the Ask the Experts panel, as well as presented "Efficiencies and Deficiencies in EBP Audits" and "Audit and Accounting Update."  

For a full profile, please visit www.bobermarkey.com/management_team/james_e_merklin.

To view BMF's archive of benefit plan resources and articles, please visit www.bobermarkey.com/benefit_plan_advisor.

Founded in 1959, Bober Markey Fedorovich is one of the largest independent CPA and business advisory firms in northeast Ohio with national and international reach, primarily serving greater Akron, Cleveland and surrounding regions. Its clients span a variety of industries, many with multi-state and global operations. The firm specializes in accounting, audit, tax services, litigation support, valuation and transaction advisory, with focus on privately held business and SEC companies.

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