Article: SEC Issues Qs&As on auditor independence.(Securities and Exchange Commission)(Brief Article)

Article: SEC affirms independence rules. (Securities and Exchange ...
Accounting Today;  June 6, 1994 ;     658 words ...WASHINGTON -- A yearlong study by the the Securities and Exchange Commission concludes that the accounting profession's current set of rules for auditor independence are adequate to protect investor interests. The study -- conducted by the ...

Article: Securities and Exchange Commission Revises Its ...
Bank Accounting & Finance;  March 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments ... Exchange Act) regarding auditor independence. The SEC noted that ... must ensure that its auditor independence requirements remain relevant ... since it last amended its auditor independence requirements in ...

Article: Top firms lash out at SEC proposals.(Securities and ...
Accounting Today;  August 7, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Securities and Exchange Commission's controversial new auditor independence proposal, warning ... modernize the rules for auditor independence" focuses on a ... actual loss of auditor independence," he told the ...

Article: Cavalier attitudes could destroy our independence.(Securities and ...
Accounting Today;  November 6, 2000 ;     700+ words ...The big accounting event of the fall has been the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed rule changes on auditor independence. We, and many others, including the four public representative members of the Independence ...

Article: Auditor independence paper sparks AICPA, SEC ...
Accounting Today;  January 26, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... and the Securities and Exchange Commission are definitely running ... address concerns over auditor independence. The differences over ... during discussions of the auditor independence issue at the AICPA ... principles" for ensuring auditor independence does not parallel ...

Article: Securities Legal Alert.(Securities and Exchange ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  February 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Randy Eaddy, Neal Falis, Rey Pascual, David Stockton, Mike Trotter and Betty Wren.SEC Proposes Rules on Auditor Independence One of the most significant aspects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is the series of new and enhanced "independence ...

Securities and Exchange Commission: Strengthening the ...
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  April 1, 2003 ;     359 words ... ... reviewed the Security and Exchange Commission's (SEC) new rule on requirements regarding auditor independence. GAO found that (1) the ... s requirements regarding auditor independence to enhance the independence ...