U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission In addition to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that created it, the SEC enforces the Securities Act of 1933, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, and other statutes. The SEC was created by Section 4 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (now codified as 15 U.S.C. § 78d and commonly referred to as the Exchange Act or the 1934 Act). Overview[edit] Glossary Definitions accounting - activities that provide information, usually quantitative and often express in monetary units, for decision making, planning, controlling resources and operations, evaluating performance, and financial reporting to regulatory authorities and the membership. It is a system of recording and conveying information about an organization in financial terms. accounting categories - the classifying of types of expenditures or receipts for reporting purposes. accrual-basis accounting - a method of accounting in which revenue is recorded when it is earned.
Consumer Price Index (CPI) The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. CPI for all items falls 0.1% in December as energy and food indexes decline On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers declined 0.1 percent in December after being unchanged in November. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent in December after increasing 0.2 percent in November. HTML | PDF | RSS | Local and Regional CPI Current CPI Economic News Releases
Introduction to Securities Law, from SECLaw.com Introduction The history of the securities regulation arena are well beyond the scope of this work, and the reader is commended to any one of a number of books in the area. One of the best known, and often cited treatise on the topic is Loss and Seligman, Securities Regulation, a multi-volume treatise on the subject, published by Little Brown & Co in New York City. A single volume version is also available, and can be ordered online. For purposes of this work, it is sufficient to note that there is a myriad of regulations affecting the securities professional - depending on the specifics of his business, a securities professional can be subjected to rules and regulations of 55 different regulatory agencies, including the Securities Commission in each of the Fifty States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, as well as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., and any of the regional exchanges of which he or his firm is a member.
File Your Tax Return Online or at a Local Tax Office and E-file for Free Whether you're a first time filer with a basic tax return or you have a complex tax situation, H&R Block has a tax solution to fit your needs. All of our products come with a 100% accuracy guarantee, maximum refund guarantee and free audit support. File with H&R Block At Home® or In a 325-Page SEC Letter, Occupy's Finance Gurus Take on Wall Street Lobbyists Yesterday, a group affiliated with Occupy Wall Street submitted an astounding comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Point by point, it methodically challenges the arguments of finance industry lobbyists who want to water down last year's historic Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms. The lobbyists have been using the law's official public comment period to try to kneecap the reforms, and given how arcane financial regulation can be, they might get away with it. But Occupy the SEC is fighting fire with fire, and in so doing, defying stereotypes of the Occupy movement.
What Tax Records Should You Keep and How Long Should You Keep Them? on Shine Tax Records to Keep and How Long to Keep Them By: Ann-Marie Murphy, Quizzle.com April is fast-approaching and with it, tax time. While tax preparation seems to get a little bit easier each year with the prevalence of online tax prep software, there's still one question that leaves many Americans scratching their heads: What records should I hang onto for tax purposes and how long should I keep them?
Futures, Options, Stock, Forex and Derivative Strategies, Analysis and News Subscribe Follow Magazine More Sharing Services Follow Futures PwC Achieve your strategic intent Help your organisation achieve its full potential Operate globally Stay ahead with the right business model Grow revenue Deliver customer value and grow your business Grow and innovate Drive innovation that delivers Volcker Rule The Volcker Rule refers to § 619[1] (12 U.S.C. § 1851) of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, originally proposed by American economist and former United States Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to restrict United States banks from making certain kinds of speculative investments that do not benefit their customers.[2] Volcker argued that such speculative activity played a key role in the financial crisis of 2007–2010. The rule is often referred to as a ban on proprietary trading by commercial banks, whereby deposits are used to trade on the bank's own accounts, although a number of exceptions to this ban were included in the Dodd-Frank law.[3][4] The rule's provisions were scheduled to be implemented as a part of Dodd-Frank on July 21, 2012,[5] with preceding ramifications,[6] but were delayed. Background[edit] Volcker was appointed by President Barack Obama as the chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board on February 6, 2009.
Double-entry Accounting System: Online Accounting Tutorial & Questions T-account, debit, credit, and account balance; double entry bookkeeping system; general journals, ledgers, posting process; closing entries. 1. Introduction to double-entry accounting system This tutorial is devoted to the technique used by most accountants in the world.