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MBA Sees Increased Audit Costs

WASHINGTON, DC-Audit costs have not declined as MBA had hoped. It is now throwing its support behind the Compete Act introduced last week. It is designed to open the door to future discussions on the matter.

By Erika Morphy | Updated on May 22, 2006

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WASHINGTON, DC-The Mortgage Bankers Association is hoping to find legislative relief from the high costs of internal controls reporting as mandated by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Alison Utermohlen, a senior director, government affairs for MBA tells GlobeSt.com that the cost of compliance for mortgage companies is not declining as many had initially hoped. “In fact the costs in 2005 were largely the same as in 2004, and in one case one member company had found its audit costs had increased.”

The organization is throwing its support behind the Compete Act introduced last week by Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Congressman Tom Feeney (R-FL.) The Act, which stands for “Competitive and Open Markets that Protect and Enhance the Treatment of Entrepreneurs Act,” was written to curtail SOX’s regulatory reach on small public companies. It also embraces several suggestions that MBA has made in the past to streamline the regulatory process.

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