In its most recent guidance for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 requirements for smaller entities, the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) has provided ...

THE ASSESSMENT OF COMPANY-LEVEL CONTROLS is a critical part of complying with section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley. The PCAOB says public companies must assess the design and operating effectiveness of these ...

An internal control structure or system is an amalgamation of the policies and procedures that a small business implements to ensure that each of its goals is achieved. It ensures that each employee ...

With all of the media coverage on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, small-business owners might think that implementing an internal control is more expensive and troublesome than it is worth. While a small ...

Internal control is relevant to everyone in the workplace. It represents our moral responsibility to understand and comply with University policies and procedures, as well as to hold ourselves and one ...

The move toward sustainability reporting has been taking hold across many companies, and recently released guidance can help accountants and auditors with establishing effective internal controls over ...

Find out what your control self-assessment score is. A score of 20 indicates that these key components of the internal control environment are strong. A score between 10 and 19 indicates that ...

In today’s marketplace, regulatory scrutiny has taken center stage. No longer can mortgage originators, loan servicers and other mortgage banking service providers take a ‘blind-eye’ to regulatory ...