Unanimous PCAOB Adopts Standards to Strengthen Lead Auditor’s Supervision of Other Auditors
Several years after first issuing a proposal, the PCAOB on June 21, 2022, unanimously voted to adopt a standard that …
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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Senate Confirms Two New SEC Commissioners
The Senate on June 16, 2022, unanimously confirmed Jaime Lizárraga and Mark Uyeda to serve as SEC commissioners. Both are …
Enforcement Staff Supports Legislation to Make PCAOB Disciplinary Proceedings Public
PCAOB Deputy Enforcement Director William Ryan said he supports legislative efforts to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to make disciplinary proceedings …
Advisers Push PCAOB to Complete Work on Developing Audit Quality Indicators
Several members of the PCAOB’s reconstituted Investor Advisory Group (IAG) urged the audit regulator to finish an old project to …
Will SEC Proposal on Workforce Include Accounting Requirement?
The SEC has been working on a rule proposal that is intended to increase the amount of information public companies …
Chair Erica Williams Discusses PCAOB Priorities
During a financial reporting conference, PCAOB Chair Erica Williams provided her vision and priorities for the organization, which include robust …
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Former SEC Chair White: Congress, Stay in Your Lane
At a conference last week, Mary Jo White expressed the frustrations she had of dealing with congressional interference in independent …
SEC Approves PCAOB Supplemental Budget for Unexpected Outside Counsel Expenses
The SEC said that it has approved a supplemental budget for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) for expenses …
Chalk Up All Inseparable Customer Relationships as Goodwill, FASB Says
The FASB on March 2, 2022, tentatively voted by 5 to 2 to require public companies to subsume all customer …