Investigating Company Accounts and Assessing the Board
Successful businesses become and remain successful mainly because they have a board of directors who are knowledgeable, honest, and hardworking.
A director’s main responsibility is to the company shareholders and employees. In this capacity, a director is required by law to keep company records, file them regularly with the tax authorities, and follow the legal trading requirements of the country or countries in which the enterprise does business. A board of directors, jointly and severally, must make sure the company’s accounts are a “true and fair view” of the business’s finances.
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