A semi-annual or annual internal audit allows you to gauge the effectiveness of your business's internal control system. Unlike an external audit, which focuses on determining whether financial ...

Human resource departments function in both a transactional and compliance capacity. The transactional function is concerned with process documentation, records maintenance and security, payroll and ...

CPAs CAN PROVIDE A VALUABLE service to their employers or clients by helping them plan their strategic approach to compliance with section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. NEW SOFTWARE PRODUCTS ...

Internal Audit identifies all auditable activities and relevant risk factors, and assesses their significance through an annual risk assessment, utilizing the Committee of Sponsoring Organization's ...

The implementation of the updated 2013 COSO Framework issued last May provides audit committees and management teams an opportunity to take a fresh look at internal control and create value for the ...

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and Grant Thornton have collaborated on “Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control Systems,” to help companies comply better with ...

Internal fraud controls aren't fire-and-forget. Smart collaboration and ongoing improvement will help keep fraud in check. Here are the basics. There are several keys to effective prevention, but some ...

The new Internal Control—Integrated Framework of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) reached an important transition point this week. In May 2013 COSO issued ...

This "case study" is the latest in a series of articles aimed at helping public companies understand how other organizations are using technology to comply with new regulations and standards. These ...

The mission of the College of Environmental Science and Forestry is to advance knowledge and skills, while promoting the leadership necessary for the stewardship of both the natural and designed ...