Sarbanes - Oxley Act is the United States federal law that amended and supplemented existing requirements in corporate financial reporting and accounting practices. Commonly called SOX Act was signed into law by President Bush on July 30, 2002. After highly publicized corporate financial scandals including Enron and WorldCom the purpose of the Act was to restore investor's shaken confidence in the market and truthfulness of corporate financial statements and close loopholes in the law that led to fraud. The Act that got the name from two sponsors Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes and Rep. Michael G. Oxley created strict new rules for accountants, auditors, corporate officers and more strict record keeping requirements. Also it added new, more stringent criminal penalties for violation of this law. The new law set out reforms in four principle areas: corporate responsibilities, criminal punishment, accounting regulations and new protections. SOX is a lengthy and complex peac...
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