Section 301 of the act contains an amendment to Section 10A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which relates to independence of audit committee members.
an audit by an independent organization
Most of Audit Committee INED are friends of Chairman, so they are not really independent!
the audit committee communicate with internal audit, external audit and CFO on behalf of the company.
The components of the center are the Audit Committee Toolkits (corporate, not-for-profit, and government), Audit Committee Matching System, Audit Committee e-Alerts, and a bank of materials containing information for and about audit committees.
audit committee is part of board, and it showcases the audit observations and present it to board. board comprises of external directors so a fair and transparency is ensured.
Audit Committe enhance communication between Internal Audit, External Audit and CFO. Audit Committe assist directors to avoid litigatio risk.
a member of an audit committee of an issuer may not, other than in his or her capacity as a member of the audit committee, the board of directors, or any other board committee--accept any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the issuer
3rd Party Audit - Independent Audit 2nd Party Audit- Customer Audit 1st Party Audit- Internal Audit
United state (new york)
when the audit is not a statutory requirement , but is conducted at the desire of owners , such an audit is private audit . the audit is conducted primarily forr their own interest. At times the private audit may become a requirement under tax laws , if the turnover exceeds a specified limit. private audit is of the following types : 1 audit of sole proprietorship 2 ,, ,, partnership firms 3 ,, ,, individuals accounts 4 ,, ,, institutions not covered by statutory audit
IBM accounting audits are governed by the Audit Committee which reports directly to the board of directors. The Audit Committee works with both the IBM in-house accounting department heads and an external accounting audit team (currently Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLC).
It recommended stronger audit committee oversight responsibilities relating to financial reporting.