SOX Section 906 Certification

ScreenSarbanes-Oxley (SOX)·step 1

Complete the Identity fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.

• Domain entity ID (required)

  entityId

  The organisation or system this record is about — lowercase with dashes, e.g. acme-corp-hq. Pick one you have used before, or type a new id to create it.

• Certification (required)

  certificationId

  Enter certification.

• Fiscal period (required)

  fiscalPeriod

  Enter fiscal period.

• Certification section (required)

  certificationSection

  Enter certification section.

• Corresponding 302 certificationoptional

  related302CertificationId

  A REFERENCE, never a source. Neither certification is derived from the other.

ScreenSarbanes-Oxley (SOX)·step 2

Complete the Basis fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.

• Certifying officer role (required)

  officerRole

  Enter certifying officer role.

• Certifying officer (required)

  officerName

  Enter certifying officer.

• Basis package presentedoptional

  basisPackageId

  What was presented, from what data as of when. Immutable after signing.

• Basis data as ofoptional

  basisDataAsOf

  Enter basis data as of.

• Representations supporting this certification (required)

  supportingRepresentationIds

  Enter representations supporting this certification.

ScreenSarbanes-Oxley (SOX)·step 3

Complete the Gap fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.

• Material facts in the system that did NOT appear in the basis (required)

  unpresentedFactKinds

  Enter material facts in the system that did not appear in the basis.

• What was not presentedoptional

  unpresentedFactNarrative

  Enter what was not presented.

• Officer acknowledged the gap before signingoptional

  unpresentedFactsAcknowledged

  The gap is surfaced BEFORE signing. Discovering it afterwards is the damaging case.

ScreenSarbanes-Oxley (SOX)·step 4

Complete the Signature fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.

• Signed personally by the named officeroptional

  signedPersonally

  Certification is personal. The platform refuses a delegated signature here regardless of delegation settings.

• Signed onoptional

  signedOn

  Enter signed on.

• ICFR component of the basisoptional

  icfrComponentRef

  The platform SUPPLIES the ICFR component of the basis. It does not present 906 as a conclusion about internal control.

ScreenSarbanes-Oxley (SOX)·step 5

Complete the Invalidation fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.

• Invalidation reasonoptional

  invalidationReason

  Where a restatement or discovery shows a certification was wrong, that is RECORDED — not fixed by editing the certification.

• Invalidated onoptional

  invalidatedOn

  Enter invalidated on.

ScreenSarbanes-Oxley (SOX)·step 6

No manual input is captured here: this step is completed from the preceding sections or by the platform.

No manual inputs in this step.