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 ...
Houston Chronicle

Internal Controls in Accounting Information Systems

With all of the media coverage on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, small-business owners might think that implementing an internal control is more expensive and troublesome than it is worth. While a small ...
Accounting Today

Guidance on Monitoring Internal Controls

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission has released an exposure draft document offering guidance on monitoring internal control systems. Processing Content Developed by ...

FEI Releases "AI Framework: Internal Control Over Financial Reporting" to Help Finance Leaders Adopt AI

Financial Executives International (FEI) today announced the release of the AI Framework: Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, a new whitepaper developed by FEI's Committee on Corporate ...
Houston Chronicle

Ways to Control Accounting & Inventory

Accounting systems and inventory can be especially vulnerable to theft, fraud or outright mismanagement. Controlling the integrity of your accounting records and the security of your inventory can ...
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 ...
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 ...
JD Supra

The Importance of Accounting and Internal Controls (Part I of II)

Here are some basic propositions that surround FCPA compliance. It is often underplayed that the FCPA contains more than just a bribery prohibition – the FCPA contains broad provisions, requiring ...
JournalofAccountancy

5 missteps to avoid when evaluating internal controls

Are you an auditor engaged to audit an entity that is less complex? If so, you may wonder why you spend time on the audit evaluating internal control. This may seem like an exercise that is much more ...
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 ...