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Introduction:The Sarbanes-Oxley Act or SOX has number of major implications for accountants. Its supporters hoped that the act would minimize corporate governance accounting and financial reporting abuses and help restore investor confidence in the financial reports of publicly traded companies
The role of the audit committee as SOX specifies, with regard to the annual audit conducted by the company’s external auditor.
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Introduction: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act or SOX has number of major implications for accountants. Its supporters hoped that the act would minimize corporate governance accounting and financial reporting abuses and help restore investor confidence in the financial reports of publicly traded companies
The relationship that should exist between the audit committee and a company’s internal audit staff.
c
Introduction: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act or SOX has number of major implications for accountants. Its supporters hoped that the act would minimize corporate governance accounting and financial reporting abuses and help restore investor confidence in the financial reports of publicly traded companies
To explain: The members of the audit committee should be outside board members.
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