Accounting Today

Art of Accounting: Internal controls toolkit for consultations by small firms

When I was in college, I had a course in internal controls taught by the professor my father had when he was in college. I don’t believe much has changed since my father learned about internal ...
Forbes

New CFO Concern: Cybersecurity Issues Are Now An Internal Accounting Controls Problem

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Priya Huskins is an expert on D&O risk and corporate governance. By now, we all know that a cyber breach may lead to the ...
Accounting Today

Globalization efforts to improve internal controls

While corporate scandals in the U.S. have received a great deal of attention, Europe has its own versions of Enron and WorldCom. Parmalat, the Italian agribusiness giant, and Ahold, the Dutch retailer ...
Law

The Importance of Companies Establishing Strong Internal Controls

Internal controls are the rules, mechanisms, and procedures a company implements to ensure the integrity of its financial and accounting information, promote accountability, and prevent and detect ...
Law

The Evolving Scope of the Exchange Act’s Internal Accounting Controls Provision

White & Case attorneys discuss the changing scope of the internal accounting controls provision under Section 13(b)(2)(B) of the Exchange Act. They analyze recent developments and highlight growing ...

Treat internal financial controls as business necessity, not as compliance burden: ICAI president

"Internal control mechanism is not a matter of compliance. It is a matter of self-interest. Any entrepreneur should have an ...
The Business Journals

Internal controls protect small and mid-sized businesses from financial fraud and operational risks

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. When people hear the term internal controls, they often ...
The Business Journals

Is it an internal control or is it a process? Here’s why it matters

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Internal controls are a major part of any modern-day entity ...
Santa Clara University

Financial controls for a small business

Growing your business will require establishing a solid foundation of internal controls including accounting, auditing, purchasing and damage control planning. This session will give you an overview ...
JD Supra

Called to Account: SEC's Latest Internal Accounting Controls Action Reignites Debate

Several years ago, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order against a public company that raised more than a few eyebrows. In that order, the company settled to violations of ...
JD Supra

SEC Expands Scope of Internal Accounting Controls in Cybersecurity Breach Settlement

According to the settlement order, RRD is a global provider of business communications services and marketing solutions, and its information technology (IT) systems stored and transmitted sensitive ...