SEC Comment Letter for CENTRAL AMERICAN EQUITIES INC (CIK 0001060426) — Nov 14, 2005
CENTRAL AMERICAN EQUITIES INC (CIK 0001060426)
Date: Nov. 14, 2005 · CIK: 0001060426 · Accession: 0000000000-05-057443
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Referenced dates: November 3, 2005, November 4, 2005
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Mail Stop 4561
November 14, 2005
Mr. Michael N. Caggiano
President and Chief Executive Officer
Central American Equities Corp.
Interlink 964
P.O. Box 02-5635
Miami, FL 33102
Re: Central American Equities Corp.
Form 10-KSB for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Form 10-QSB for Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2005
Form 10-QSB for Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2005
File No. 0-24185
Dear Mr. Caggiano:
We have reviewed your response letter dated November 4, 2005
and have the following additional comments. In our comments, we
ask
you to provide us with additional information so we may better
understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we
may
or may not raise additional comments.
Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or on any other
aspect
of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.
Form 10-KSB for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Item 8A Controls and Procedures
1. We note your response to our previous comment one. In your
revised disclosure please indicate the period that the Company`s
disclosure controls and procedures were effective as required by
Item
307 of Regulation S-B. In addition, per our conversation, if true
that the Company did not have a significant deficiency or material
weakness, please remove the language regarding significant
deficiencies and the material weakness.
Form 10-QSB for the Quarterly Periods Ended March 31, 2005 and
June
30, 2005
Item 3 Controls and Procedures
2. We note your response to our previous comment two. Please
include
the disclosures regarding Item 307 and 308 (c) of Regulation S-B
in
an amended 10-QSB for the periods ended March 31, 2005 and June
30,
2005. Please ensure that you include the correct period the
disclosure controls and procedures were effective as required by
Item
307 of Regulation S-B.
3. As previously requested by our letter dated November 3, 2005 we
note that your financial statements in your Forms 10-QSB were not
reviewed when previously filed. You should carefully evaluate
whether or not the company maintained adequate disclosure controls
and procedures. You should also tell us how you evaluated the
adequacy of the certifications filed with your Forms 10-QSB
regarding
both disclosure controls and internal controls, in light of the
lack
of a review. Explain to us whether your disclosure controls and
procedures were effective and if applicable how you concluded they
were effective for the reasons noted above.
Please respond to the comments included in this letter
within
ten business days. If you have any questions, you may contact
Thomas
Flinn, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3469 or the undersigned at
(202) 551-3413 if you have questions.
Sincerely,
Cicely D. Luckey
Accounting Branch Chief
Mr. Michael N. Caggiano
Central American Equities Corp.
November 14, 2005
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