
Sarbanes-Oxley Costs Assessed
Smaller companies face disproportionately higher costs than bigger firms to comply with new, post-Enron investor-protection rules, but much of the added burden comes from one-time start-up expenses and confusion over how to begin compliance, a congressional study concludes.
The effect on small and mid-size public companies has been debated since the new rules were adopted by Congress as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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