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• HIPAA e-Rule Surprises Small Businesses

  BNET - 2006-04-20

  Issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS, the HIPAA Security Rule mandates that companies with small health plans - defined as those with less than $5 million in group medical claims - will have to comply with 17 standards, and at least half of the 41...

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• Automation and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

  BNET - 2005-10-18

  Most companies are anxious for business unit managers to assume accountability for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Yet, they also realize that the biggest pain points in the compliance process - and the biggest opportunities for achieving savings and greater efficiency - lie not in the scramble for better documentation that they focused...

  Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, CFO Publishing Corp., Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Automation, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

• The Broad Implications of Section 965 Repatriation

  BNET - 2005-09-01

  Repatriation provisions under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code) offer an opportunity to bring profits earned overseas back to the United States with greatly reduced tax consequences. But section 965 is as much a forward-looking strategic matter as it is a tax...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Section, Internal Revenue Code, Taxes, Free Trade, Regulations, Financial Planning, Finance, Government

• Prescription for Malaise?

  BNET - 2005-06-23

  For the better part of a year, health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers have been preparing bids to provide prescription drugs to the nation's 43 million seniors. If their bids hit the mark, these providers stand to reap a sizable chunk of the prescription-drug market for seniors. If their bids...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Health Care, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Government, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software

• When Plans Collide: Would Corporate Retirement Plans Be Threatened by the Adoption of Social Security Private Accounts?

  BNET - 2005-05-01

  As the debate rages over whether the Americans should be allowed to "Carve out" some of their Social Security payroll tax to create Individual Accounts IAs for retirement, one potentially volatile question has gone largely unasked: How would the existence of the private IAs affect participation in corporate 401k plans?

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Social Security, 401(k), Operational Accounting, Retirement Plans, Government, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance

• Match Game

  BNET - 2005-02-22

  From the executive summary: ‘Companies have long recognized that when it comes to getting employees to participate in a plan, what counts most about the 401k is the size of the employer match. But, with the future of social security suddenly uncertain, the employer match also acquires a moral dimension....

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., 401(k), Retirement Plans, Social Security, Investment, Operational Accounting, Games, Human Resources, Benefits, Government, Finance, Personal Technology

• Sarbox and IT: The Long Haul

  BNET - 2005-01-19

  More than 60 percent of respondents to a survey by CFO Research Services and Capgemini identify regulatory compliance as a long-term rather than a short-term issue. True, many companies are wrapping up their initial efforts to meet the requirements of Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley, which requires that companies document and...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Information Technology, CFO, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Financial Accounting, Regulations, Government, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

• The Answer Is Private

  BNET - 2005-01-01

  From the executive summary: ‘Sarbanes-Oxley has created a big disincentive for being public. And, it is not just Sarbanes-Oxley. It is an unforgiving market where a company that stumbles is punished heavily. In contrast, taking a company private allows other private-equity firms to make changes out of the limelight.' The...

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• Where Material Weaknesses Really Matter

  BNET - 2004-11-18

  From the executive summary: ‘There is no shortage of research detailing the struggles of CFOs with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Section 404 guides how auditors report on companies' assessments of their internal controls. Although, companies have long been required to disclose control weaknesses, the annual testing demanded...

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• A Tale of Two Worlds

  BNET - 2004-11-01

  In the grand scheme of things, most CFOs are grateful for their lot. Most financial managers are happy to be alive and working today, enjoying the highest standards of living in history. For most people today, no amount of money is worth working 80 to 100 hours a week. But...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Financial, Financial Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley, Finance, Regulations, Government