Should Smaller Public Companies be Exempted from Complying with SOX Section 404(b)? ABSTACT On July 21‚ 2010 the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act provided the non-accelerated public companies (those with a market capital below $75 million) a permanent exemption from complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404(b). The Section 404(b) would have required these smaller companies to do what larger companies over the $75 million market cap are currently doing;
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A STUDY OF ACCOUNTING OF BANKING COMPANIES SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MASTER OF BUSINESS LAWS [pic] UNDER THE ABLE GUIDANCE OF PROFESSOR Dr. GAJENDRA MEHTA FACULTY IN CHARGE‚ PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING BY Iftekhar anees M.B.A.‚M.B.L SEMESTER I NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY‚ JODHPUR. August‚ 2006 BONA-FIDE CERTIFICATE Certified that this study paper is the bona fide work Dr. Gajendra Mehta‚ Faculty
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Topic: | Project Closure and Oversight | Topic Objectives: | By the end of this tutorial you should be able: * To appreciate the importance of engaging in project reviews * To identify the major elements of a project review * To understand key issues surrounding project closure * To provide useful advice for conducting performance reviews of project members. * To develop an appreciation for the value of lessons learned * To provide a primer of retrospective
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AN APPRAISAL OF ACCOUNTING SYSTEM IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR (A CASE STUDY OF BOARD OF INTERNAL REVENUE ENUGU STATE) BY EMEODI FERDINAND .C. ACC/2006/241 DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTNACY FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCE CARITAS UNIVERSITY AMORJI NIKE ENUGU STATE JULY‚ 2010. An Appraisal of Accounting System In the public Sector (A case study of board of Internal Revenue Enugu State) By Nnamani Ugochukwu J.c. Acc/2006/241 Department
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Civilian oversight is as American as apple pie. It serves as an important checks and balance between the police and the policed‚ a notion on which the United States was built upon. Law enforcement is essential to our modern society. In a city as dense as New York City‚ comprised of 8 million people in an area that is only 468.9 square miles‚ keeping order is imperative to the city. Law enforcement officials have the monumental task of maintaining order. It is law enforcement’s job not only to investigate
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AN APPRAISAL OF ACCOUNTING SYSTEM IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY History has it that the concept of accountability of public funds dates backs to the history of ancient Greece. As old as theory is‚ it would not be erroneous to say that the idea has been equally lost to antiquity although not much is known about it‚ this makes the subject‚ government accounting to remain a myth. Accounting in the public sector has received such a wide attention from
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between a public company and a private company are explained in the following manner: 1. Minimum number of members The minimum number of person required to form a public company is seven‚ whereas in a private company their number is only two. 2. Maximum number of members There is no limit on the maximum number of member of a public company‚ but a private company cannot have more than fifty members excluding past and present employees. 3. Commencement of Business A private company can commence
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SECTOR VS PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING STANDARD 1. INTRODUCTION The global financial crisis has demonstrated that the public sector as well as the private sector needs the highest quality accounting standards. Around the world‚ accounting in the public sector is practiced in diverse ways and struggles to achieve comparable standard in accountability and transparency. The Securities Act of 1933 gave the commission the authority to prescribe accounting standards to be followed by the companies for the
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRIVATE COMPANY AND PUBLIC COMPANY PRESENTED BY: DEBASIS BEHERA REGD NO:10HM08 What is company? An association of persons who contribute money or money’s worth towards a businessLord Lindley. Voluntary association formed and organized to carry on a business in the legal name of the association. Company formed and registered under company act. What is private company? Business firm in the private (non-public) sector of an economy‚ controlled and operated by private
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of unearned revenue would be 1.Prepaid Expense - A year long insurance contract a company paid $12‚000 for at the beginning of the year. Since the insurance company owes the company service‚ the expense prepayment is recorded as an asset Journal Entries: debit Prepaid Insurance and credit Cash). 2. Unearned Revenue - A year long subscription of $12‚000 is received in advance by a magazine company. Because the company owes something‚ the unearned revenue is recorded as a liability. 3. Non-cash: These
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