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Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: Management Assessment of Internal Control and the Proposed Auditing Standards

Overview This paper is designed to provide guidance to a company's management on how it might prepare for its evaluation and provide insight to audit committee members on the process. Ultimately, it is management's responsibility to design a process sufficient to meet its needs. The considerations discussed in this paper may help management in designing and implementing a tailored approach to meet its specific needs, including the need to satisfy the expectation of the company's independent auditor.

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Publisher	KPMG International	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	March 2003	Downloads	10
Format	White Papers
Topics	Sarbanes-Oxley, Business Management, Law and Government

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