Assignment Instructions Write a XXXXXXXXXXword paper on the following topic: Compare and contrast the views of management and accountants regarding the changes required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on...

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Compare and contrast the views of management and accountants regarding the changes required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on internal controls and how these changes have affected corporations, accounting firms, and investors.





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Answer To: Assignment Instructions Write a XXXXXXXXXXword paper on the following topic: Compare and contrast...

Khushboo answered on Jan 15 2021
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SARBANES-OXLEY ACT
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT        4
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SUBJECT: SARBANES-OXLEY ACT
Introduction:
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX
) came into existence in the year 2002 and it mainly focuses on restoring the confidence of the public in the financial statement of any corporate through the financial legislation and regulation of the security markets. Before the enactment of this Act, investors experienced huge amount of losses from the corporate failures in the process of carrying their business and other operations (Greene, E. F. 2004). Thus this Act was established to address the accounting fraud issues of the entity which will gradually ensure that the improvement should be made in the reliability and accuracy of the disclosures of the entity.
Comparison of the views of the management for the changes required by the Act:
Auditors are responsible for analyzing the financial statement of the entity and this Act has resulted in increase in the accountability of the auditor in any entity’s management which ensures professionalism in their service. Further in the past the management and auditor were involved in the fraudulent cases that were significant in the entity and the main objective of the act was to curb the cases of severe financial scandals which affect the opinion of...
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