Happy Holidays from Vibato!

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton December 20, 2013


We here at Vibato want to wish you and yours a very happy holiday season and health & prosperity in the coming year. 

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Tags: Announcements

PCAOB: Disclosure of Engagement Partner & Audit Participants soon??

Posted by Teresa Comcaston December 4, 2013

We learned of this proposal today and we thought our readers would be interested. This change would have an inpact on the financial reporting requirements for all public companies. 

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Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Articles & Information, audit, 10k, audit scope, PCAOB, SEC

Sarbanes-Oxley & PCI: What is a 'complex' password?

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton October 29, 2013

I found an interesting article from intuit relating to IT General Computer Controls (ITGCC) and what is the definition of a minimum requirement for a password to be accepted as 'complex.' According to the article from Intuit:

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Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Articles & Information, Accounting Tip of the Day, ITGCC, Sarbanes-Oxley, Internal Control Education, internal control tips

PwC Point of View on FASB and IASB Proposal For Lease Accounting

Posted by Juliette Gibsonon October 9, 2013

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Account Standards Board (IASB) have proposed that largely all leases be reported on a company's financial statements.  The proposal requires that leases be reported on the balance sheet.  In the income statement, leases would be recognized under a dual model as either a financing or ratably over the lease term.  

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Tags: IASB, best-practice, lease accounting, accounting, FASB

SEC Charges Florida Woman Behind Ponzi Scheme

Posted by Juliette Gibsonon October 4, 2013

The SEC charged Jenny Copland of South Florida with defrauding investors in a Ponzi Scheme targeting the local Colombian-American community by telling investors that her company Immigration General Services operated through an investment broker that would invest the money she raised in immigration bail bonds and turn a profit.

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Tags: Securities and Exchange Commission, Ponzi Scheme, fraud, SEC