The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires all companies listed in the U.S. to disclose the actual strength of their internal controls over their financial statements, and to guarantee the accuracy of those statements. In order to help our clients comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, PwC Taiwan uses its links to the global PwC network and its knowledge of the latest legal requirements, and provides compliance assurance) to foreign private issuers (FPI) and the subsidiaries of U.S.-listed companies (especially concerning Article 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley).