
Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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ISBN: 9781259569562
Author: Ronald W Hilton Proffesor Prof, David Platt
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Explain in brief about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX): Sarbanes Oxley act, 2002 provides accounting guidelines to prevent fraudulent and misrepresentation in accounting practices performed in an organization. This act is enforced to provide protection to their investors or shareholders. This act fulfils corporate responsibility by disclosing facts related to financial reporting.
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed during the year 2002 by the government to address the corporate scandals that occurred in 2001 and 2002.
- It helps in improving the reporting practice of the public companies.
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act is one important provision that restricts the accounting firm from providing audit and management advisory services to the same company.
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