Sarbanes-Oxley
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was the most significant legislation to emerge in response to the corporate governance failures at the start of the 21st century. On this page members can access a selection of resources on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act including articles and books that look at its impact and suggest practical steps to tackle compliance.
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- The Act and regulations
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Featured book
Corporate governance handbook
Chambers, A. (Bloomsbury Professional, 2014, 1099 pages)
This book advises on functioning within the legal, ethical and practical parameters of corporate governance. Includes a chapter on audit committees and Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK.
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eBooks
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Accounting control best practices
Addresses one of the primary concerns in accounting today - how to develop a comprehensive system of accounting and operational controls. This concern has been exacerbated by the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires public companies to report an assessment of their internal control structures and which has led to comprehensive control examinations by all types of companies. This second edition describes a complete set of controls for both a paper-based accounting process and a computerized system and then describes controls for more advanced best practices that are layered on to the basic computerized system. This second edition includes new chapters describing control systems for budgeting, collections, and financial reporting.
Accounts payable and Sarbanes Oxley
Looks at the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and how accounts payable functions can strengthen their internal controls. Includes information on the proper documentation and necessary guidelines needed to conform with SOX and ensure accounts payable departments are compliant.
How to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley section 404: assessing the effectiveness of internal control
Features step-by-step guidance for evaluating a company's internal control and proving these systems are in place. Contains forms, checklists, illustrations, diagrams, and tables to assist auditors involves in an internal control evaluation.
Internal audit reports post Sarbanes-Oxley: a guide to process-driven reporting
Looks at the changes made by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the standards, rules and tools applicable to the internal audit process. Contains sections on process-driven reporting and report writing, and appendices with professional standards.
Internal controls and the Turnbull guidance
An introduction to governance for directors and executives. Chapter 13 looks at internal control in relation to Turnbull guidance, COSO framework (Internal Control - Integrated Framework, containing the recommendations of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission) and PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx) and beyond
A complete guide to the process and profession of internal auditing. Chapter 5 provides an overview of Sarbanes-Oxley with an emphasis on section 404 and areas relevant to internal audit.
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Online articles
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Modernizing SOX compliance
The article presents several tips to create more effective Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) self-assessment and monitoring procedures that help management correct issues and weaknesses before auditors arrive.
Global governance lessons from Europe's Enron
The article explores global governance lessons from Europe's Enron - Wirecard's insolvency. Observers expect to see regulatory reform in the European Union and in Germany on a scale akin to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
The undoing of Sox 404(b)
The article discusses the changes introduced by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to the Section 404 (b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a law consisting of auditing and financial regulations for public companies in the U.S.
Small companies avoid internal control attestations by taking on debt
Article reports on a study that shows that many smaller public companies companies have avoided the Sarbanes-Oxley requirement for auditor attestations of their internal controls audits by incurring debt instead of selling stock .
SOX Section 404 twenty years after: reviewing costs and benefits.
Article looks at the costs and benefits of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the consensus that the costs outweigh the benefits but section 404 has lead to the improvement of quality of financial reporting and of corporate governance as a whole.
Primer: Sarbanes-Oxley
Article looks at the 2002 Act that was passed to help protect investors from fraudulent financial reporting, and its effects on the market.
Accounting ethics and regulation: SOX 15 years later
The article describes Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002. Topics discussed the objectives and impact of SOX and how 44 other countries passed similar legislation after SOX was passed .
SOX compliance still costly
The article reports on the continued rise of costs in response to external changes such as new auditing and financial regulations as well as the transitions many public companies are undergoing in the U.S. brought by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that took effect in 2002.
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