What was the purpose of the Sarbanes Oxley act, in general?

What is the acronym for the agency authorized by the U.S. Congress to regulate the financial reporting practices of most public corporations?

Which of the following statements would be incorrect in comparing the financial statements of two companies, XYZ and ABC which are identical in all respects except that XYZ uses FIFO and ABC uses LIFO in costing its inventories? Prices have been rising steadily over the last several years.

What is the qualitative accounting objective suggesting that information reported in a financial statement should correspond as precisely as possible to the economic effects underlying transactions and events?

What is the effect of the SOX on public companies?

What is 'paying the least amount of taxes as late as possible within the law to minimize the present value of tax payments for a given set of operations' a description of?

What value should a contribution be accounted for at?

What new board was created as part of the Sarbanes Oxley Act?

What is the accounting objective which best relates to the capitalization of prepaid advertising costs?

What is the accounting objective which best relates to the Lower of Cost or Market Price method?

What is the accounting objective which best relates to the MACRS method?