Book description
A step-by-step approach for planning and performing an assessment of
internal controls
Filled with specific guidance for small-business compliance to SEC
and PCAOB requirements relating to Sarbanes-Oxley 404, Complying with
Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: A Guide for Small Publicly Held
Companies provides you with specific guidance on working with
auditors to achieve benefits and cost reductions.
This practical guide helps you knowledgeably interpret and conform to
Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance and features:
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Clear, jargon-free coverage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and how
it affects you
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Links to current guidance online
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Specific guidance to companies on how to work with auditors to
achieve benefits and cost reductions
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Coverage of IT and IT general controls
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Examples and action plans providing blueprints for implementing
requirements of the act
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Easy-to-understand coverage of the requirements of the SEC and PCAOB
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Discussion of the requirements for assessing internal control effectiveness
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A look at how the new guidance will reduce your costs
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In-depth explanations to help professionals understand how best
to approach the internal control engagement
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Practice aids, including forms, checklists, illustrations,
diagrams, and tables
Continuing to evolve and bring about business and cultural change,
this area of auditing and corporate governance is demystified in
Complying with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: A Guide for Small
Publicly Held Companies, your must-have, must-own guide to SOX
404 implementation and an effective tool and reference guide for every
corporate manager.
LYNFORD GRAHAM, CPA, PhD, CFE, is coeditor of
Accountants Handbook, Eleventh Edition; Internal Controls: Guidance
for Private, Government, and Nonprofit Entities; and contributing
author to Montgomery's Auditing, Twelfth Edition, all published
by Wiley. He is also the author of Information Technology Audits. Dr.
Graham consults on professional accounting and auditing matters,
focusing on multidimensional problem solving requiring
"leading-edge" thinking and "hands-on" management.
With diversified experience as author, executive, consultant, auditor,
and educator, he has a solid record of accomplishments, having served
on the AICPA Auditing Standards Board.
