Preliminary Inspection Results Show Improvement for Large Audit Firms This Year, PCAOB Acting Chair Says
In a bit of good news, the quality of public company audits by the largest accounting firms continues to improve, …
SEC Opens Comment Period on PCAOB’s Delay of Quality Control Standard
Now that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) on August 28, 2025, decided to postpone the implementation of its …
SEC Urges PCAOB to Delay New Audit Quality Control Standard Amid Industry Pushback, Sources Say
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins and the commission’s Chief Accountant Kurt Hohl are said to have urged …
PCAOB Forms Resource Group to Address Challenges Facing Small Audit Firms
The PCAOB on August 26, 2025, said that it has formed the Smaller Firm Resource Group, an advisory group of audit …
SEC Chair Atkins Seeks New PCAOB Candidates, Signals Board Member Salary Cuts for 2026
After forcing PCAOB Chair Erica Williams out, SEC Chair Paul Atkins said he is soliciting candidates for all board member …
After Williams’ Exit, SEC Taps Botic to Lead PCAOB Temporarily
Following the ouster of Erica Williams as chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) …
SEC Chief Atkins Ousts Williams as PCAOB Chair Amid Regulatory Shift
Erica Williams is stepping down as chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) next week, the board said …
House Panel Revisits Sarbanes-Oxley as Smaller Companies Cite Rising Burdens
As Republican lawmakers seek to reduce compliance burdens for public companies, Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was …
US Regulator Fines Dutch Affiliates of Deloitte, EY, PwC $8.5M for Widespread Exam Cheating
The U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) fined the Netherlands affiliates of Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and PricewaterhouseCoopers a …
PCAOB Elimination Plan Flies Into ‘Byrd Rule’ Wall in Senate
The Senate parliamentarian has deemed a Republican proposal to fold the PCAOB into the SEC to be subject to the …