Running head: SARBANES-OXLEY LAW Sarbanes-Oxley Law Alexandria B. Lover Liberty University ACCT 302-B03 Abstract Since 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has been in place to not only raise awareness for employees and investors but also improve the management of internal controls in public corporations. Under the law, CEOs and CFOs are solely responsible for the accuracy of the financial reporting by their companies as well as the internal control structure to include fines and criminal prosecution if consciously falsified. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed as a response to the Enron fiasco in an attempt to protect investors from corporate accounting fraud. The Act, which is officially known as Public Company
False. A general purpose financial report is a general report that shows all of the financial information that pertains to a business. This is done to meet all of the needs of the readers, rather than those of a specific group of readers, such as investors, shareholders, business executives or budget planners. (e) Accounting reports should be developed so that users without knowledge of economics and business can become informed about the financial results of a company. True (f) The objective of financial reporting is the foundation from which the other aspects of the framework logically result.
It is important to remember that financial statements must be presented fairly and in accordance with accounting principles as it is evident here that there is a bias towards presenting statements in a financially strong way. Another important user is the controller, Liam Hanlon who is a potential shareholder. As a potential shareholder, he may wish to present financial statements is such a way as to make it seem as if the company is not a very attractive investment to deter other potential investors and to be able to purchase shares at a lower price. Another slightly conflicting interest would be to prepare accurate
Protects investors. Sox was created to reduce statement fraud, after the fraud scandal by Enron and WorldCom. It was created to establish higher standards in companies accounting procedures. To make sure that the information provided in the financial statements is accurate. Also to be able to penalize the individuals responsible for the fraud and to provide protection to the individuals that provide information about fraud committed in the companies.
Corporation Tax is a tax on the taxable profits of limited companies and other organisations. Tesco is a large company in the UK, so they will have to pay corporation tax regardless were their profit is coming from. Tax has an impact on Tesco as a whole; tax will be taken of Tesco’s profit which will result in less dividence for shareholders. Invest can be put off as their main and objective is to receive the largest amount of dividence possible. Direct support With business like Tesco, the government provides direct support concerning specific business activities.
Adhering to compliance is crucial to prevent companies from failing and taking huge financial loses. McBride must implement a system of audit compliance committees that will help mitigate non-compliance. Audit compliance committees will review financial documents, including receipts, documents, stocks, trades, shares, investment numbers and any other financial documentation. Non-compliance includes behavior and unethical actions performed by senior management that will be audited and monitored by the compliance committee. The committee will consist of internal and external auditors who will each have a part in ensuring McBride continues to perform and service the needs of customers
This determines whether requirements for specific agreements are maintained to be in compliance with specific needs. This can minimize a costly error if not items are not followed to agreed upon measures. An example can me requirements established when a note was developed with a national bank. Lastly, the most widely known type of audit is of the financial statements, these are reviewed and compared to the Generally Accepted Account Procedures (GAAP). This allows outside investors and shareholders to maintain confidence in your company.
What special role do CRAs play in financial markets and how successful have they been? · Credit ratings play an important role in financial markets. These ratings synthesise the vast array of information available about an issuer or borrower, its market and its economic environment. This gives investors and lenders a better understanding of the risks associated with borrowing or lending from a particular entity or investing in a particular debt-like financial product. (asic.gov.au) · As the financial markets became mainstream and matured, the access to capital markets and their scrutiny have both increased.
Depending on the results of the evaluation, __ Auditing should guarantee that Apollo Shoes, Incorporated has adequate internal control over financial statements. __ Auditing Firm’s has observed financial statements by anglicizing the validity of the supporting documents. The disclosures notes attached to the financial statements have given __ Auditing a comprehensive assessment of the manager’s decision making process. The important assessment of the financial statement was to evaluate Apollo Shoes, Inc. financial strength and whether the organization badly stated any financial reports to the shareholders or consumers. The evaluation of the organization usefulness of the internal control, and provides very important information of the organizations achievement habits in the economy.
The objective of an audit of financial statements is to enable the auditor to express an opinion whether the financial statements are prepared, in all material respects, in conformity with an identified financial reporting framework of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. In essence, materiality should function as a cut-off threshold to determine the nature of the audit testing. Auditors should not reveal its materiality level to clients because clients might take advantage of it to deceive the auditors and make its financial statement better. When the Deloitte auditors are suspicious of certain accounts, they not only can’t reveal it but also make more substantive investigation into these accounts. Question 4: Existence: the