The Sarbanes-Oxley Act created the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) to assume the responsibility of overseeing the auditors of public companies. The PCAOB is a private-sector‚ non-profit corporation. It was established to "protect the interests of investors and further the public interests in the preparation of informative‚ fair‚ and independent audit reports". (The PCAOB) Although the PCAOB is a private sector organization‚ it has many government-like regulatory functions. The PCAOB
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Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; Will it Protect Investors? The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) was created by Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This board was created to oversee the audit of public companies‚ subject to the securities laws‚ in order to protect the interests of investors (15 USC 7201‚ 2002). It was created in wake of the recent financial scandals of Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Global Crossing to name a few. This "Act" established by Congress is to create an oversight
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Intermediate Accounting Paper The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is a private‚ not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to develop generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) within the United States in the public ’s interest. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) designated the FASB as the organization responsible for setting accounting standards for public companies in the U.S. It was created in 1973‚ replacing the Accounting Principles Board and the Committee
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ZZZZ Best Case: 1. According to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) AS 2610 .09 and .03 successors have the responsibility to obtain information regarding a new audit client from the clients’ previous auditor however‚ auditors may submit a proposal to conduct an audit engagement before this condition is fulfilled. The purpose for this communication is to ensure that the new auditor can interpret the trustworthiness and integrity of the proposed client. Information that might affect
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that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002‚ and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) will have on audits of publicly traded companies‚ and discuss the additional requirements that are placed on auditors from this Act as well as the actions of the PCAOB. Auditing is the process by which economic events and processes are evaluated and verified as true and correct. The auditing process consists of gathering‚ evaluating‚ and reporting.
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Accounting numbers in business is a closely watched area these days largely in part to the bad financial decisions made by certain corporations. This all has happened over the past 10 years when large corporations were found to be fudging the numbers causing thousands and thousands of employees to lose everything when the company went under. The article chosen for this paper is about the importance of educating students on ethics in accounting. It was written by Susan Schott Karr in 2004‚ who frequently
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Ethics and Legal Responsibility in Accounting The profession of accounting has become spotlighted by the events in recent years including namely Enron. The ethical behavior of businesses is becoming increasingly scrutinized at every turn. Thus it is important to specify the nature of conducting accurate and ethically in accounting and how this can be of subsequent benefit to the company as well as the business world in the long run. The definition of accounting according to Webster ’s dictionary
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Review of Accounting Ethics – Worldcom ACC557 Financial Accounting Cornelia H. Brown Strayer University Review of Accounting Ethics - Worldcom In a business world pressured to meet organizational objectives such as high revenue growth it is not alarming that conduct by decision makers may be deemed as questionable practices. These practices within the past two decades have resulted in a number of organizations finding themselves confronted with ethical dilemmas and the aftermath
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and accounting disgraces occurred. The purpose of the SOX was to reinforce accountability‚ improve financial reporting and governance in corporations. In addition implementing effective auditing and the encouragement of careful observation of public accounting followed by an enforcement of intense criminal and civil charges liabilities for violations of the securities law was also taking place. The article went on to mention that “the primary goal of SOX was to fix auditing of U.S. public companies
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external to the organization. Internal Users of accounting information are those individuals directly involved in managing and operating an organization and users within the company. They include managers‚ internal auditors‚ sales staff‚ budget officers‚ controllers‚ officers‚ directors‚ and other important internal decision makers. Internal users make the strategic and operational decisions for the business or organization. The internal role of accounting is to provide information to help improve the
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