PCAOB Update: Auditing Standard No. 7

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton January 26, 2010

The PCAOB posted an update today on the following topic:

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Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Articles & Information

Are Audits a Waste of Time & Money without Sarbanes-Oxley?

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton January 6, 2010

Are audits a waste of time & money without Sarbanes-Oxley?  I would never have questioned the value of an audit without SOX until I saw Grant Thornton's comments today. 

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Ammy Whitehouse: SOX Efforts Could Be More Efficient, Poll Says

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton December 27, 2009

I just read this article from Compliance Week and left the post below. 

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Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Articles & Information, 404 audit

Alex Pollock Article

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton December 17, 2009

Alex Pollock published an article titled "What the House Got Right on Financial Regulation" yesterday (see it here).  It is a good, quick read.  I wanted to touch on his comment that 404(b) for non-accelerated filers is a waste of money and time.

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Non-Accelerated Filers Have a 46% Higher Chance of Restatement

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton December 15, 2009

This is from Sarah Johnson of CFO.com on December 2, 2009:

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