COSO report - the composition of the internal control
1.Controlenvironment
It includes the organization of personnel, honest, ethical values and competencies; management philosophy and business model; management of the allocation of rights and responsibilities, organization, development of staff approach; the Board of Trustees of the attention and direction. Control of the management of staff awareness of environmental impact, is the other part of the foundation.
2.riskassessment
To achieve its objectives is to identify and analyze the risks associated with the process is the basis for the formation of what risk management. It is with the economy, industry, regulatory and business conditions are constantly changing, the need to establish a mechanism to identify and deal with the corresponding risks.
3.controlactivities
Instruction is to help executive management policies and procedures. It runs through the entire organization, at all levels and functions, including various activities, such as approval, authorization, confirmation, adjustment, business performance evaluation, asset protection and separation of duties and so on.
4.informationand
communication Information system to produce a variety of reports, including management, finance, Compliance, etc., makes it possible to control the operation. The information includes dealing with internally generated data, but also can be used for operational decision-making external events, activities, status information and external reporting. All personnel must understand their own control system, the location, as well as their mutual relations; must be taken seriously given control of their own responsibilities, but also must work with outside groups such as customers, suppliers, regulators and shareholders to communicate effectively .
5.monitoring
Monitoring carried out in the course of business, through the normal management and control activities and staff activities in carrying out his duties in the process of monitoring, to assess the quality of operation of the system. The different steps in the evaluation depends on the scope and risk assessment and implementation of the monitoring program effectiveness. For the internal control deficiencies should be promptly reported to higher authority, serious problems to report to senior management and board of directors.
What is a COSO Report?
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Monday, October 19, 2009
COSO Report
COSO Report -What is a COSO Report?
Content COSO is The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of The National Commission of FraudulentFinancial Reporting) abbreviation. 1992 Treadway Commission, after years of study, for the company's Chief Executive Officer, other senior executives, directors, legislative and regulatory authorities to conduct a high degree of internal control summary issued "Internal Control-Integrated Framework" (InternaControl-IntegratedFramework) report, commonly known as the COSO report. The first part of the report summary; the second part is to define the framework for a complete definition of internal control, describes its components for the company's management, board of directors and other personnel assess their internal control systems of rules; The third component is the external group reports; is to report on the preparation of statements of internal control group to provide guidance supplementary documents; fourth component is the evaluation tool for the evaluation of internal control systems to provide useful material.
COSO report on the significance of
COSO report is in the United States increased financial risk, financial fraud, the rise of the community's internal controls and independent auditors have high hopes of "distress" moment, the five professional accountancy bodies in the joint, and applied himself to studying the past four years or so before the birth. COSO report, implies a number of new concepts and ideas. These concepts and ideas, not only to the past, but right now even the future of business management, accounting work and independent audit all have an important impact. Mainly in the following areas:
1. Accurate positioning the basic objectives of internal control. COSO report states that internal control is not an end in itself, but rather a means to achieve its objectives. Internal control objectives is to help companies toward business objectives to fulfill our mission and reduce risks in business processes. The use of Chinese words is to enterprise operations and management of the "escort."
2. Made three types of goals, the concept of five elements. COSO internal control to be broken down into operational efficiency and effectiveness, financial reporting, reliable and law-abiding three sub-goals and control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information and communication and monitoring activities in the five constituent elements. Of these concepts proposed for the evaluation of internal control system provides a complete set of standards to ensure that COSO report on theoretical and practical application of two aspects of internal control than the original theory there is a qualitative leap.
3. Proposed internal control is the "process" by the control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information and communication and monitoring activities in the five elements of composition. 5 control factor is not an internal control process the order on a working procedure, but rather a multi-dimensional multi-directional cross-iterative process. COSO report highlights the complexity of the internal control process and the various control elements of the link between the organic and impact of multi-dimensional.
4. Emphasis on "people" importance. COSO report points out that people and the environment is to promote enterprise development engine. Internal control is designed and implemented by people, and businesses in each employee are subject to the impact of internal control, and through their work affects the work of others and the entire internal control systems. Therefore, requiring all employees should be aware of their enterprise, in the internal control system, the position and role, and coordinated in order to promote the effective functioning of internal controls.
5. Recognizing that the board's role in internal control. COSO internal controls that the board of directors with the company there is a link between the enterprise some require a board approval or authorization. An objective, dynamic and full of the spirit of the investigation board, the ability to detect and correct the internal control manager of the company team crossed the line furnace. 6. Emphasized that the Department of internal control systems are "built" (builtin) business and management in an infrastructure (infrastructure), and management activities, planning, implementation and monitoring functions of the interwoven together, not acquired additives (builton). At the same time the internal control system should respond to the changing of the objective world mechanism.
The composition of the COSO internal control report===>
Content COSO is The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of The National Commission of FraudulentFinancial Reporting) abbreviation. 1992 Treadway Commission, after years of study, for the company's Chief Executive Officer, other senior executives, directors, legislative and regulatory authorities to conduct a high degree of internal control summary issued "Internal Control-Integrated Framework" (InternaControl-IntegratedFramework) report, commonly known as the COSO report. The first part of the report summary; the second part is to define the framework for a complete definition of internal control, describes its components for the company's management, board of directors and other personnel assess their internal control systems of rules; The third component is the external group reports; is to report on the preparation of statements of internal control group to provide guidance supplementary documents; fourth component is the evaluation tool for the evaluation of internal control systems to provide useful material.
COSO report on the significance of
COSO report is in the United States increased financial risk, financial fraud, the rise of the community's internal controls and independent auditors have high hopes of "distress" moment, the five professional accountancy bodies in the joint, and applied himself to studying the past four years or so before the birth. COSO report, implies a number of new concepts and ideas. These concepts and ideas, not only to the past, but right now even the future of business management, accounting work and independent audit all have an important impact. Mainly in the following areas:
1. Accurate positioning the basic objectives of internal control. COSO report states that internal control is not an end in itself, but rather a means to achieve its objectives. Internal control objectives is to help companies toward business objectives to fulfill our mission and reduce risks in business processes. The use of Chinese words is to enterprise operations and management of the "escort."
2. Made three types of goals, the concept of five elements. COSO internal control to be broken down into operational efficiency and effectiveness, financial reporting, reliable and law-abiding three sub-goals and control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information and communication and monitoring activities in the five constituent elements. Of these concepts proposed for the evaluation of internal control system provides a complete set of standards to ensure that COSO report on theoretical and practical application of two aspects of internal control than the original theory there is a qualitative leap.
3. Proposed internal control is the "process" by the control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information and communication and monitoring activities in the five elements of composition. 5 control factor is not an internal control process the order on a working procedure, but rather a multi-dimensional multi-directional cross-iterative process. COSO report highlights the complexity of the internal control process and the various control elements of the link between the organic and impact of multi-dimensional.
4. Emphasis on "people" importance. COSO report points out that people and the environment is to promote enterprise development engine. Internal control is designed and implemented by people, and businesses in each employee are subject to the impact of internal control, and through their work affects the work of others and the entire internal control systems. Therefore, requiring all employees should be aware of their enterprise, in the internal control system, the position and role, and coordinated in order to promote the effective functioning of internal controls.
5. Recognizing that the board's role in internal control. COSO internal controls that the board of directors with the company there is a link between the enterprise some require a board approval or authorization. An objective, dynamic and full of the spirit of the investigation board, the ability to detect and correct the internal control manager of the company team crossed the line furnace. 6. Emphasized that the Department of internal control systems are "built" (builtin) business and management in an infrastructure (infrastructure), and management activities, planning, implementation and monitoring functions of the interwoven together, not acquired additives (builton). At the same time the internal control system should respond to the changing of the objective world mechanism.
The composition of the COSO internal control report===>
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