Ownership

 

There has been a lot in the news lately about corporate accounting issues and alleged corporate corruption. A new act has been passed to address some of these issues, and all owners of family business that are S-Corp or C-Corp should familiarize themselves with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and what it means for how you run your business.

There are certain actions you must take as a corporation to insure that you do not put your personal liability at risk. Records of these actions are important. An excellent discussion of what Sarbanes-Oxley means to the closely-held family business can be found at the following link:

http://www.genusresources.com/site/content/publications/articles/tatelbaum_sarbanes.asp