ASSIGNMENT 1 IMPACT OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT (SOX) Submit to: Outline three (3) ways in which your medium-sized private company may benefit from going public‚ providing a rationale for each. Supporters of companies going public suggest that gaining additional capital is one of the benefits medium sized companies gain by going public. The rationale for going public is to float the shares of the company through the stock market by starting an initial public offer
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2 – Internal Control ACCT504 Elicia Myrieckes October 4‚ 2014 1. New Internal Control Requirements If the Company Decides to Go Public. If the company decides to go public it should include in its annual reports the company’s internal control over financial reporting. This report must include: a statement of management’s responsibility for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting; management’s assessment of the effective of internal control as of
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Checklist for Evaluating Internal Controls ACC 544 CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATING INTERNAL CONTROLS Introduction “In response to the number of major corporate accounting scandals rocking the financial world (e.g.‚ Enron‚ WorldCom‚ Xerox‚ KMart‚ etc.)‚ on July 30‚ 2002‚ Congress passed the most wide-sweeping financial reporting legislation since the 1930s (when it established the Securities and Exchange Commission). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is intended to strengthen corporate
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The Impact of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal The 1919 Black Sox Scandal is one of the most skeptical topics in Major League Baseball history. The 1919 World Series was battled out between the Chicago White-Sox and the Cincinnati Reds. In fact‚ this particular match-up was picked to be the most competitive world series yet‚ but it most certainly was not. After the Cincinnati Reds clinched the World Series title‚ the story behind the scenes began to unfold. This shocking and quite shameful story would
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Goodner Brothers‚ Inc. Internal Control Issues 1.List what you believe should have been the three to five key internal control objectives for Goodner’s Huntington sales office. 1. Assets Safeguard The padlock and other some security are used as a physical protection of Goodner’s inventory from stolen by unauthorized person. 2. Authorization of Transaction Goodner’s policy said that the new customer required an approval of the sale manager for the credit sale. The objective of this
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Chicago White Sox were playing the Cincinnati Reds in the 1919 Major League Baseball World Series. While the Reds finished eight games above Chicago‚ the “Sox” were still heavy favorites because of their solid pitching rotation‚ gold-glove infield‚ and power hitting outfield led by Joe Jackson. Yet when pre-game betting odds quickly switched from Chicago to Cincinnati‚ many cynics‚ including future commissioner‚ Kenesaw Mountain Landis‚ immediately grew wary. When the Reds blew out the Sox ace Cicotte
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SOX versus the Brooke Corporation April Mallari Accounting/291 February 2‚ 2012 Joseph Ori * The purpose of this article analysis is to identify situations that may lead to unethical practices and behavior in accounting. Brooke Corporation and founder Robert Orr are an example of how Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) laws have not been as effective as most want to believe as based on the article‚ “Eight Years after the Fact is SOX working? A Look at the Brooke Corporation” by Beth Hazels. Brooke Corporation
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§201 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 specifies those activities which a public accounting firm cannot do if they are performing an audit for a company. The firm cannot provide: “(1) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the audit client; (2) financial information systems design and implementation; (3) appraisal or valuation services‚ fairness opinions‚ or contribution-in-kind reports; (4) actuarial services; (5) internal audit outsourcing services;
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Checklist for Evaluating Internal Control Judy Milstead ACC 544/Internal Control Systems February 18‚ 2013 Christine Errico Checklist for Evaluating Internal Control In a broader sense is to define Internal Control as a process affected by an organization’s management‚ director‚ and other personnel. In order to provide reasonable assurance in regards to the achievement
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Week 5 Case Study 2‚ Internal Control System. By Elias Hane Ehane2000@yahoo.com Cell: 786-488-8109 ACCT 504: Financial Accounting Submitted To: Professor Mario Perez Keller Graduate School of Management DeVry University - Miramar Campus Miramar‚ Florida MPEREZ@devry.net December 5‚ 2012 Table of Contents Page Presentation………………………………………………………………………………….1 Introduction Overview of the situation….……………………………………………………………
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