Tax Implications of the Health Care Legislation

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 30, 2010

From our friends at Burr, Pilger, Mayer:

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Michael Koss: Sarbanes-Oxley is a Waste ($31MM in Fraud Later...)

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 30, 2010

Great article from my dear friend and mentor Clark Keeler at Burr, Pilger, Mayer:

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Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Articles & Information

PCAOB Proposes Auditing Standard on Communications with Audit Committees, Amendments to PCAOB Interim Standards

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 30, 2010

PCAOB Alert! 

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Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Articles & Information

Vibato Wins ZBB Energy's Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Work!

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 27, 2010

We are again delighted to announce yet another client win for our SOX Compliance Made Simple® product suite!  Vibato won ZBB Energy on 3/26/2010 and we are very excited to get started on this great client!

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Vibato Wins Pizza Inn, Inc's Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Work!

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 23, 2010

Vibato is delighted to announce that Pizza Inn, Inc has selected us to assist them with their Sarbanes-Oxley / internal controls implementation!  We look forward to working with this great client!

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Change in Vibato's Management

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 22, 2010

After much thought and reflection, I have decided to step down as CEO of Vibato, LLC and instead, I have been appointed to CIO.  I feel this change will allow me to focus on doing what I love to do best; helping our clients meet their day-to-day compliance needs and enhancing our product line rather than focusing on Vibato's business needs.  Bill Bockwoldt has taken the helm and in all truthfulness, he has been performing CEO activities for a long time.  We all feel this change will allow Vibato to get to the next level in our business efforts and allow us to provide even greater customer support than we already do.  Please join me in congratulating Bill on this well earned promotion! 

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Senate Meeting on 404(b) Inclusion Happening Now - Listen here

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 21, 2010

The Senate is meeting right now that could cause the inclusion or exclusion of Section 404(b) from the omnibus financial reform bill (H.R. 4173) or the "Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009."  

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Tags: Non-accelerated filer 404(b) information

Draft Bill Before the Senate DOES NOT INCLUDE 404(b) Delay?

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 17, 2010

The omnibus financial reform bill (H.R. 4173) or the "Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009" was passed by the House of Representatives via a vote of 223-202 on December 11, 2009.  This bill would seek to permanently grant a 404(b) reprieve for non-accelerated filers (those with a market capitalization below $75 million).  The bill must now be passed by the Senate to be put into law and their vote has yet to be scheduled.  As it stands now, non-accelerated filers must comply with 404(b) by June 15, 2010; 404(a) has been in effect since 2007 and is not in debate.

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Vibato Wins a Software Client for a Segregation of Duties Analysis!

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 16, 2010

Vibato is delighted to announce that Callidus Software has selected us to perform their Segregation of Duties Analysis using our SOX Compliance Made Simple® product suite!  View our Segregation of Duties Analysis via this link.  We look forward to working with this great client!

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Tags: Vibato Success Stories, Vibato Products

Internal Controls/Procedures Sub Certification Available in Mandarin

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 12, 2010

We are delighted to start offering our SOX Compliance Made Simple® Toolset in other languages.  To start with, we have a nice Section 404, sub-certification sheet available for free download with registration.  Here is a sample of what it looks like:

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Tags: Vibato Products, Compliance in China

Vibato Wins 2 More Locations in China for Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance!

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 12, 2010

Vibato is delighted to announce that we will be implementing our SOX Basic® product at two more facilities in Shanghai, China for Worldwide Manufacturing USA, Inc. This will allow me to stay in China for another week to complete the implementations.  As many of you know, our implementations are very quick; less than 1 day per location.  I will be staying an additional day at each location to gather testing evidence and then leaving to come back to the states on 3/19.

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Vibato wins another non-accelerated filer for SOX compliance

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 12, 2010

Vibato is delighted to announce the win of Magnum d'Or Resources Inc. for Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance.  Magnum d'Or Resources came to us as a referral from our friends at MantylaMCREYNOLDS LLC in Salt Lake City, Utah.  We are excited to get started at this great company!

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VIBATO INTRODUCES SOX BASIC® FOR SMALL PUBLIC COMPANIES

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 12, 2010

Small Non-Accelerated Filers Now Have a Cost-Effective Option for Sarbanes-Oxley, Section 404(b) Compliance

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Tags: Compliance tools, Vibato Products, SOX Basic®, Sarbanes-Oxley Training, compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance for Non-Accelerated Filers: The Clock is Ticking!

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 12, 2010

The Clock is Ticking!

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Tags: Non-accelerated filer 404(b) information, Sarbanes-Oxley

Vibato Article in Investment Weekly News

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 8, 2010

March 3, 2010

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Sarbox Responsible for a 27% Decline in Restatements

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 8, 2010

Functioning internal controls = cleaner financials and less rework which is not value added.  I'm not the only person saying this...

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Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Articles & Information

IPO's up by over 45% in 2010...largely because of Sarbanes-Oxley!?!?

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 8, 2010

Get out!

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GRC Announcement from Compliance Week about Vibato

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 8, 2010

February 18, 2010
Vibato Releases SOX Basic® for Small Companies

Vibato, a provider of Sarbanes-Oxley and SAS-related compliance solutions, has announced the release of SOX BASIC for small companies, delivering a size-specific SOX implementation to smaller reporting companies in just one day.

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Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Articles & Information, Vibato

In China, Doing Great. Interesting Compliance News

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 7, 2010

China is going great.  Shanghai is FREEZING cold right now but not snowing. 

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Tags: Compliance tools, Compliance in China

Auditing Firms: Want to audit public companies? Not so fast...

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 2, 2010

The PCAOB rejected an application from Price & Gartrell, P.C. to become a public accounting company.  The reason for the rejection is as follows: 

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Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Articles & Information

Vibato wins HIPAA implementation with national insurance firm

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 2, 2010

Vibato is delighted to announce the win of a full HIPAA implementation with a national insurance firm who specializes in the following products & services:

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Tags: Announcements

Supreme Court to find Sarbanes-Oxley Unconstitutional? Mike Oxley says no.

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 2, 2010

Michael Oxley, co-author of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, was questioned on whether or not he believed the Supreme Court would find Sarbox unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is currently reviewing the legislation for constitutionality.  An auditor from Nevada claims the Public Companies Accounting Oversight Board or PCAOB, put him out of business.  He then filed a lawsuit claiming the PCAOB and the legislation is unconstitutional and the case has escalated to the Supreme Court.

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Vibato in Sacramento, CA on 3/5/10 taking meetings

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 1, 2010

I will be in Sacramento on Friday, 3/5, taking meetings.  I am available at 707-477-0008 in the event someone would like to meet.

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Tags: Vibato on the Move!

Vibato in Mainland China 3/6 - 3/19/10

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 1, 2010

I will be in in Shanghai from 3/6 - 3/13 and then and Shenzhen, China from 3/13- 3/19 taking meetings.  I will be reachable at tbockwoldt@vibato.com.  I will also be reachable through Andrew Wilson at 510-910-1604 or Bill Bockwoldt at 707-789-9988.   

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Tags: Vibato on the Move!

Vibato in San Diego on 3/3/10

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 1, 2010

Michael Fung, our Senior Technical Developer and I will be in San Diego tomorrow, 3/3, taking meetings.  We are reachable at 707-477-0008 in the event someone would like to meet up.

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Tags: Vibato on the Move!