Sarbanes-Oxley For Dummies

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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You may not believe that there’s a fun and easy way to comply with Sarbanes –Oxley, but once you have Sarbanes-Oxley For Dummies, Second Edition in front of you, you’re sure to change your mind. This friendly guide gets you quickly up to speed with the latest SOX legislation and shows you safe and effective ways to reduce compliance costs. In plain English, this completely reliable handbook walks you through the new and revised SOX laws, introduces compliance strategies for changed and unchanged guidelines, and gives you an effective framework for implementation You’ll find out how to create an efficient audit committee, purchase and use SOX software solutions, and make practical, cost-effective decisions in your initial compliance year and beyond. You’ll also find proven strategies for staying public or going private and learn how to deal with all those SOX forms. Discover how to: Establish SOX standards for IT professionalsMinimize compliance costs in every area of your companySurvive a section 404 auditAvoid litigation under SOXAnticipate future rules and trendsCreate a post-SOX paper trailBolster your company’s standing and reputationWork with SOX in a small businessMeet new SOX standardsBuild a board that can’t be boughtComply with all SOX management mandatesComplete with invaluable tips on how to form an effective audit committee, Sarbanes-Oxley For Dummies is the resource you need to keep your SOX clean.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-02-22
Mått:185 x 231 x 23 mm
Vikt:522 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:384
Upplaga:2
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:9780470223130

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Jill Gilbert Welytok, JD, CPA, LLM, practices in the areas of corporate, nonprofit law, and intellectual property. She is the founder of Absolute Technology Law Group, LLC (www.abtechlaw.com). She went to law school at DePaul University in Chicago, where she was on the Law Review, and she picked up a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Marquette University in Wisconsin, where she now lives. Ms. Welytok also has an LLM in Taxation from DePaul. She was formerly a tax consultant with the predecessor firm to Ernst & Young. She frequently speaks on nonprofit, corporate governance, and taxation issues and will probably come speak to your company or organization if you invite her. You may e-mail her with questions you have about Sarbanes-Oxley or anything else in this book at jwelytok@abtechlaw.com. You can find updates to this book and ongoing information about SOX developments at the author’s Web site, located at www.abtechlaw.com.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 1Part I: The Scene Before and After SOX 7Chapter 1: The SOX Saga 9Chapter 2: SOX in Sixty Seconds 27Chapter 3: SOX and Securities Regulations 43Chapter 4: SOX and Factual Financial Statements 67Chapter 5: What’s New for Non-Accelerated Filers 83Part II: SOX in the City: Meeting New Standards 89Chapter 6: A New Audit Ambience 91Chapter 7: A Board to Audit the Auditors 105Chapter 8: The Almighty Audit Committee 119Chapter 9: Building Boards That Can’t Be Bought 131Chapter 10: SOX: Under New Management 143Chapter 11: More Management Mandates 159Part III: Scaling Down Section 404 169Chapter 12: Clearing Up Confusion about Control 171Chapter 13: Surviving a Section 404 Audit 183Chapter 14: Taking the Terror Out of Testing 191Part IV: SOX for Techies 207Chapter 15: Getting Technical with SOX 209Chapter 16: Surveying SOX Software 219Chapter 17: Working with Some Actual SOX Software 233Part V: To SOX-finity and Beyond 249Chapter 18: Lawsuits under SOX 251Chapter 19: The Surprising Scope of SOX 267Part VI: The Part of Tens 273Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Avoid Getting Sued or Criminally Prosecuted Under SOX 275Chapter 21: Ten Tips for an Effective Audit Committee 281Chapter 22: Ten Smart Management Moves 289Chapter 23: Ten Things You Can’t Ask an Auditor to Do After SOX 295Chapter 24: Top Ten Places to Get Smart about SOX 301Part VII: Appendixes 307Appendix A: Selected Sections, Auditing Standard No 5 309Appendix B: Sample Certifications 313Appendix C: Sample Audit Committee Charter 319Appendix D: Sample Code of Ethics 329Appendix E: Sample SAS 70 Report 337Index 339