Today many companies recognize the desirability as well as the requirement to have an effective system of internal control. Yet, designing and implementing a cost-effective system of internal control ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has recently added important guidance to its Employee Plan Team Audit (EPTA) website that is very helpful to retirement plan sponsors and retirement plan ...

In its most recent guidance for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 requirements for smaller entities, the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) has provided ...

Find out what your control self-assessment score is. A score of 20 indicates that these key components of the internal control environment are strong. A score between 10 and 19 indicates that ...

When I was a junior accountant eons ago, my boss would always give me the cash to reconcile or audit, the minutes to “abstract,” and the internal control questionnaire to go over with the controller ...

If your organization is receiving requests from your customers via security or controls questionnaires and/or letters requiring you to complete some type of internal controls audit, you can benefit by ...

An internal audit control system is like a good diet and exercise plan. Like the measures you take to protect your health, it consists of all the policies and procedures you have in place to protect ...