Tuesday, July 31, 2012

How SOX has changed corporate culture

After ten years, reflection upon this by the former lawmakers who sponsored it.  http://journalofaccountancy.com/news/20126140.aspx

Friday, July 20, 2012

Holistic Risk

Article on 8 question to ask toward a holistic approach to risk.  http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/News/20126025.htm

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

A funny acronym that rhymes with GAAP

This article references that GAAP can sometimes be CRAP   (Cleverly Rigged Accounting Ploys).   The article is summarized at http://accounting.smartpros.com/x73821.xml

Thursday, May 3, 2012

A Fraud quiz oriented to banking

From the Journal of  Accountancy  http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/Issues/2012/May/Fraud-IQ-20124994.htm

The questions and answers to the quiz are informative.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

COSO release postponed to

first quarter 2013, to allow Board to look at comment letter.http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/News/20125621.htm