Day: September 3, 2020

SEC to change compliance definitions for SOX 404

SEC to Modify and Modernize Disclosure Requirements

The Securities and Exchange Commission is revising corporate disclosure requirements for the first time in more than 30 years. The Commission voted last week to adopt amendments that will modernize the description of business, legal proceedings, and risk factor disclosures that registrants are required to make pursuant to Regulation S-K. Read More

easing tension with audit clients

Nine Strategies to Ease Tension with Internal Audit Clients

As the saying goes, “you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.” It’s likely an expression internal auditors have heard or even used themselves to characterize the tension that can result from auditing a particular function or process. The role of internal audit is to provide independent assurance Read More

digital payments

Digital Payments Prompt Review of Internal Audit Procedures in India

India’s Ministry of Finance is examining internal audit procedures and tools to implement a standard internal audit protocol for all government ministries and departments, The Tribune of India reports. The Department of Expenditure requested the update in response to the government’s increased reliance on digital financial transactions. “The Public Financial Read More