Paul Atkins Becomes SEC Chair as Trump Orders Rule Cuts at Agencies
Paul Atkins was sworn into office as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 21, 2025. And …
Soyoung Ho
Senior Editor, Accounting and Compliance Alert
Soyoung Ho covers regulatory and standard-setting activities of the SEC, the PCAOB, and the AICPA for Thomson Reuters in Washington.
Soyoung previously worked for Forbes and the Washington Monthly.
She can be reached at soyoung.ho@thomsonreuters.com
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New SEC Leadership Will Likely Exempt More Companies From Section 404(b)
While not explicitly saying at what size a public company should begin to have its external auditor attest to management’s …
AICPA Issues Clarification on Financial Statement Standards for Client Advisory Services
The AICPA on April 7, 2025, published Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS) No. 27, Applicability of …
Paul Atkins Moves Closer to Becoming SEC Chair as Senate Panel Advances His Nomination
The Senate Banking Committee on April 3, 2025, voted 13 to 11 to advance the nomination of Paul Atkins to …
Audit Deficiency Rate Drops in 2024 in Sign of Improvement
The quality of public company audit is improving—at least according to Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) inspection results. After …
Clayton Started More Accounting Enforcement Actions Than Gensler at SEC
The average number of accounting and auditing enforcement actions initiated per year during Jay Clayton’s tenure as Securities and Exchange …
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FinCEN Says It Won’t Enforce Corporate Transparency Act Deadline
Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced February 27 that it would not take any actions to enforce the upcoming beneficial ownership …
District of Columbia 2025 Budget Support Legislation Becomes Law
By Denis Del Bene The “Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act of 2024,” which was sent to Congress for review, …
AICPA’s Auditing Board Plans to Issue 4 Standard-Setting Proposals in 2025
The AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board (ASB) is planning to publish four exposure drafts this year to seek comment on the …