of major corporations such as Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Hollinger International‚ lawmakers sought to provide regulations that provide oversight on the way corporations report financial data and to ensure that stockholders were protected. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was put in place to combat deceit‚ improve the consistency of financial reporting‚ and reestablish the confidence of investors (Wagner & Dittmar‚ 2006). One of the declaring regulation within this major law is that the management of a
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is to provide order and efficiency for financial markets‚ insidious plans are still developed by companies which ultimately result in turmoil to the economy. To provide a safeguard to investors‚ the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was passed by congress in 2002‚ which was constructed because of fraudulent acts of well-known companies such as Enron. Before the SOX was inaugurated‚ two sets of accounting rules were used as guides for CPA firms. These two practices were GAAP‚ which stands for Generally Accepted
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Student’s Name | __________________ | Professor’s Name | __________________ | Course Title | __________________ | Date | __________________ | SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002(SOX) Introduction to SOX: Financial Analysis involves evaluation of business‚ budgets‚ projects etc to ensure stability‚ liquidity‚ and solvency and at last profitability of the business in presence of domestic and global macro-economic environment to determine suitability of investment. This evaluation is not completely
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is named after two Senators who were considered the architects of the act and setting into motion the deadlines for compliance with it. These Senators were Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was brought into force in 2002 to help regulate financial practices of corporations. This was mostly due to the actions of Enron and WorldCom scandals. The management of these corporations was not being truthful with
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act The Sarbanes-Oxley act was enacted in 2002 following corporate financial scandals like those involving Enron and WorldCom. The act was created in order to combat corporate accounting fraud and enhance the quality of corporate financial disclosures. To accomplish this‚ the act created the "Public Company Accounting Oversight Board"‚ or PCAOB to oversee audits and compliance. History of the Act The Sarbanes-Oxley act arose as a result of several corporate accounting scandals
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In several instances the acts by greedy corporations have ruined not only the employees but the public stock and investors or shareholders. In order to safeguard the public from fraud‚ the government implanted regulator laws. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is mandatory. To prevent the dishonest practices all organizations are required to comply with The Sarbannes-Oxley Act of 2002. The act is named after Senator Paul Sarbanes and Representative Michael Oxley. In 2002 the legislation changed the
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act Contents Overview 3 Enron 3 Sarbanes-Oxley Act 3 11 Titles 4 Major Sections of SOX 5 Section 302 5 Section 404 6 Section 409 6 Section 902 7 Section 906 7 After SOX: What has Sarbanes-Oxley Accomplished & Issues that Remain 7 Conclusion 8 Overview The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was signed into law in 2002 by President Bush. Sarbanes- Oxley came to be because of corporate level accounting scandals that had then‚ recently occurred. The most common of
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Sarbanes Oxley Act Brandy Lafontaine Mrs. Ashley Harper‚ MS‚ CPA Auditing ACC 403 May 20‚ 2013 The Sarbanes Oxley Act was passed in 2002‚ and came into effect in response to major accounting scandals such as Enron. The Act was intended to restore the public’s confidence in the accounting profession and in the stock market. Sarbanes Oxley Act Section 802 pertains to corporate and criminal fraud accountability. The section imposes penalties of up to ten years imprisonment for accountants
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act The Sarbanes-Oxley is a U.S. federal law that has generated much controversy‚ and involved the response to the financial scandals of some large corporations such as Enron‚ Tyco International‚ WorldCom and Peregrine Systems. These scandals brought down the public confidence in auditing and accounting firms. The law is named after Senator Paul Sarbanes Democratic Party and GOP Congressman Michael G. Oxley. It was passed by large majorities in both Congress and the Senate and covers
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[Type the company name] | Why the Sarbanes-Oxley Act should not be repealed. | [Type the document subtitle] | | Introduction of Sarbanes Oxley On March 5th‚ 2001‚ Fortune magazine released an article by Bethany McLean. The theme of this article was that Enron’s stocks were overpriced. She stated that Enron’s stocks were really popular and that its numbers were really impressive. Its revenues had doubled to over $100 billion‚ earnings were increasing by 25% and stocks were returning
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