Houston Chronicle

What Are Internal Controls in Accounting?

Internal controls are business processes that provide reasonable assurance regarding several key business objectives: that the business is operating efficiently, that reporting is reliable and that ...
Accounting Today

Art of Accounting: Internal controls toolkit for consultations by small firms

When I was in college, I had a course in internal controls taught by the professor my father had when he was in college. I don’t believe much has changed since my father learned about internal ...
Houston Chronicle

Internal Controls in Accounting Information Systems

With all of the media coverage on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, small-business owners might think that implementing an internal control is more expensive and troublesome than it is worth. While a small ...
Yahoo Finance

2-Day SOX & Internal Controls Update (November 12-13, 2025): Led by National Accounting Firm Technical Experts from Deloitte, PwC, Ernst & Young and Other Major Companies

Dublin, July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "SOX & Internal Controls Update 2025" conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. SOX and Internal Control best practices continue to ...

[For New Hires/Accounting] Introduction to Internal Control and J-SOX: The Real Reason Accountants Obsess Over 'Audit Trails'

"Do we really need an approval stamp every single time?""Why is it not okay to lack an 'audit trail' even if I've checked it ...
The Wall Street Journal

Internal Controls: Are PE Firms Overlooking a Portfolio Company Value Driver?

Private equity firms are often looking for ways to boost the value of their portfolio companies. But in this quest, there’s one powerful lever that often gets overlooked: internal controls. Finance ...
JD Supra

The Importance of Accounting and Internal Controls (Part I of II)

Here are some basic propositions that surround FCPA compliance. It is often underplayed that the FCPA contains more than just a bribery prohibition – the FCPA contains broad provisions, requiring ...
The Wall Street Journal

A 5-Step Guide to Stronger Internal Controls

Increasing business complexity and regulatory requirements are driving continual change to the risk environments for many organizations, and historical approaches to risk and controls may not be ...
Forbes

New CFO Concern: Cybersecurity Issues Are Now An Internal Accounting Controls Problem

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Priya Huskins is an expert on D&O risk and corporate governance. By now, we all know that a cyber breach may lead to the ...
Accounting Today

SEC charges Entergy with internal accounting controls violations

The Securities and Exchange Commission today settled charges with Entergy Corporation for failing to maintain internal accounting controls to ensure that its surplus materials and supplies were ...
JD Supra

Called to Account: SEC's Latest Internal Accounting Controls Action Reignites Debate

Several years ago, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order against a public company that raised more than a few eyebrows. In that order, the company settled to violations of ...