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SOX deadline moved once again…

October 6, 2009 by Robert Rhodes.

On October 2, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a press release giving nonaccelerated filers (those public companies with a public float, as measured at the end of their second fiscal quarter, of less than $75 million) additional time to comply with the requirements of  Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  Section 404(b) will now apply to the annual reports of nonaccelerated filers for fiscal years ending on or after June 15, 2010.  As a refresher, Section 404(b) established the requirement for a company’s audit firm to issue an audit opinion on the effectiveness of a company’s internal control over financial reporting (“SOX Opinion”).  The requirement for a separate SOX Opinion was in addition to management’s report on internal control over financial reporting (“Management’s Report”). 

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GBH CPA’s September 2009 Newsletter

September 17, 2009 by Robert Rhodes.

GBH CPAs discuss the recent FASB Accounting Standards codification - hopefully making our research and references in public company filings much easier to understand:

GBH September 2009 Newsletter

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Highlights of Healthcare bill

July 29, 2009 by Robert Rhodes.

Ken Stephenson is at the very center of the healthcare storm as a consultant to doctors’ and hospital groups.  This came from him and is important enough for us all to be involved and know what is really going on.  Give me some feedback as to how this will effect you and your businesses…
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GBH announces registration with Canadian Public Accountability Board

January 29, 2009 by Robert Rhodes.

HOUSTON, TEXAS, January 26, 2009 — GBH CPAs, PC announced today that the firm has registered with the Canadian Public Accountability Board (“CPAB”) and our firm has been added to CPAB’s list of participating audit firms on their website, www.cpab-ccrc.ca.  The CPAB was established in 2003 to inspect accounting firms that audit public companies in Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

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Crisis Management for dummies…

October 9, 2008 by Robert Rhodes.

Business Wire Regional Manager Judy Swartz presented another very informative discussion on how to deal with crisis - BusinessWire Crisis Seminar.  A quick recap includes:

  • Get a plan and an internal notification sysem
  • Don’t put the lawyers in charge
  • Bring the news media in
  • Use experienced professionals

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Oil and Wall Street

October 1, 2008 by Robert Rhodes.

I recieved this from my friend Hank McKim - an interesting article, one that makes you think.  A little conspiracy theorist, but hey, we the best stories are all true in some form.  Take a read…

 http://longislandpress.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=16636&TM=67059.85

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Checking on your economic stimulus check

August 1, 2008 by RBlekicki.

Checking On Your Check: If you’re wondering where your money is, use the IRS Where’s My Stimulus Payment tool to check. Answer three simple questions — your Social Security number, the type of return you filed and the number of exemptions you claimed — and you’ll get a quick report of how big your rebate is and when it was, or will be, electronically deposited or dropped in the mail. If you’re more than a week or so ahead of the trigger date, you’ll be asked to check back later.  Where’s your money been lately…………Find George!

From our friends at Hanover Financial Services…

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Private money vs. public money

July 15, 2008 by Robert Rhodes.

During challenging times such the ones that we are facing right now - the sub-prime mortgage crisis, the economic slow down, inflation, high energy prices - companies tend not to go public.  Good bad or indifferent, capital available to emerging growth companies is changing. Read the rest of this entry »

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SEC Memo from Washington DC SEC counsel

February 20, 2008 by Michael Paige.

Summary of U.S. Securities Laws Governing Reporting Public Companies and Their Officers, Directors and Significant Shareholders:

February 2008 SEC legal MEMO from Michael Paige

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Audit Brief (from LBB)

February 19, 2008 by Peter Nelson.

LBB & Associates Ltd., LLP (LBB) is a Houston, Texas based public accounting firm specializing in audits of small and micro-cap publicly held entities, as well as privately held entities, in a broad range of industry sectors. Each quarter, they put a briefing that helps us keep up with what is happening with the SEC.  Here is their last one… Read the rest of this entry »

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