Case Study Two Name Accounting and Finance 02Feb2011 Dear President of LJB Company‚ (1) If the LJB Company should decide to become a publicly traded company‚ a few internal controls should be implemented to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). * Management will need to provide periodic quarterly reports to evaluate the effectiveness and reliability of LJB’s internal controls over financial reporting procedures. * Management should certify the accuracy and fairness of presentation
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References……………………………………………………………………….......8 Introduction LJB Company wishes to move forward and become a public entity. Good corporate governance within an organization may make a company more attractive to potential buyers‚ investors‚ and other capital sources. Under SOX Section 404‚ all publicly traded U.S. corporations are required to maintain an adequate system of internal controls. Corporate executives and boards of directors must ensure that these controls are both reliable and effective. Public Offering
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Case Study 2 – Internal Control TO: LJB Company President FROM: Accounting Firm DATE: August 12‚ 2012 SUBJECT: Internal Control It is with great pleasure that we can provide you information and advisement on internal controls that will assist LJB Company with going public. We understand that you have communicated your concerns and expect that this report will assist you with deriving conclusions. This report will: 1. Inform you of any new internal control requirements in reference to going
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from the company and fully intend to return the assets at a future date‚ or a belief that the company doesn’t really “need” the assets and won’t even realize they are missing. In the context of facility management and property management‚ the risk of fraud does not usually relate to theft of real property‚ inventory‚ or other physical assets‚ but rather to the misappropriation of cash. These risks include the diversion of funds such as rental payments prior to their receipt by the company‚ or by
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2 – Internal Control The following are the internal control requirements a company who wants to go public needs to be put into place. INTERNAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS Management’s Assessment Section 404(a) of the Act and the related rules adopted by the SEC require management to assess the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting as of the end of the company’s most recent fiscal year‚ and to state in the company’s annual report whether the company’s internal control
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LJB Company February 10‚ 20123 LJB: The Journey to Going Public LJB’s Current Internal Controls an evaluation and recommendations LJB Company Table of Contents Introduction1 Current State Assessment of LJB2 Gap Assessment3 Recommendations4 - 5 Summary and Conclusion6 Appendix7 References8 Introduction In 2002 the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed which requires all publically held organizations‚ regardless of size‚ to comply with eleven titles of financial practices and corporate
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Justification for an Internal Control System Organizations that do not have the proper internal controls tend to deteriorate over time. Therefore‚ companies should incorporate effective internal control systems to accompany other risk management approaches like insurance and risk portfolio. Internal Control Systems can provide an additional reference tool for organizations to identify and assess operating controls‚ financial reporting‚ and regulatory compliance processes and to formulate preventive
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brief report is to explain the need for the internal control system within the organization. When controls are in place with an insurance and portfolio approach. An internal control system in any organization is a way to regulate‚ to reduce lost‚ to minimize risks‚ and to accomplish the organizational goals and success (McCarthy‚ 2004). The majority of organizations depend on the insurance approach and the portfolio risk management approach. The company to manage a business risk is currently using
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Justification for an Internal Control System Pamela Kaminski ACC/544 April 25‚ 2011 Adriane Treasure Justification for an Internal Control System Insurance and portfolio approaches are good controls‚ but they are not enough to protect the company from risks. As a controller I encourage you and your leadership team to increase the internal controls in the company. The insurance and portfolio approaches will
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Internal Controls Your Name XACC/280 Date Instructor Name Internal Controls Internal controls are an essential asset to any company that wishes to maintain their company’s security and accuracy. These controls help to protect the assets belonging to a company from unforeseen events such as employee theft‚ robbery‚ or any sort of unauthorized use (Weygandt‚ Kimmel‚ & Kieso‚ 2008). They also create the opportunity for accounting records to be more accurate and reliable by limiting the possibility
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