compliance costs news from FierceSarbox

The Lord & Benoit study on small company 404 costs generated a lot of media--that was the point. But now cfo.com reports that some think the study's average total cost of compliance, including Read more...

For large companies, financial restatements have become less of an issue. As companies have moved down the Sarbanes Oxley learning curve, they have reduced mistakes greatly. But the issue looks large Read more...

The conventional wisdom, when it comes to large-ish companies anyway, has been that companies are getting more savvy about compliance and that the costs have plateaued. Well, the latest Foley & Read more...

By Paul Reymann, CEO, ReymannGroup Over the past few years, organizations have undertaken massive efforts to implement Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Sections 302 and 404 requirements. Yet many Read more...

If you run compliance or finance at a small-company, the SEC's latest Sarbox proposals give you a lot to ponder. On one hand, many will likely see the proposals as a disappointment. Smaller public Read more...

> A new study finds that a lack of guidance and the ill-fitting nature of COSO's 1992 framework has boosted compliance costs. Initial reaction: Tell us something we don't know. Read more...

There have been several studies that have documented the benefits of Sarbox. The most publicized was one in the Harvard Business Review, The Read more...

A lot has been made of a recent Foley & Lardner study which found that overall costs of corporate compliance fell 16 percent in 2005. But the study also showed that audit fees are keeping Read more...