PCAOB August 18, 2026
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board posted a new staff resource for auditors on Tuesday that provides answers to questions about the implementation of the audit regulator's new quality control standard.
August 4, 2026
June 26, 2026
Auditing May 21, 2025
Auditing accounting estimates is the topic of the latest edition of "Audit Focus," a series of PCAOB publications that aims to provide easy-to-digest information to auditors.
Auditing May 15, 2025
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a new publication on May 15 that highlights the results of conversations that board staff had with audit committee chairs of U.S. public companies and broker-dealers last year.
Auditing May 12, 2025
The PCAOB has posted a brand-new set of staff presentation videos designed to help audit firms and auditors implement four areas of their quality control system under QC 1000, A Firm’s System of Quality Control.
PCAOB April 30, 2025
Draft legislation being considered by the House Financial Services Committee proposes to eliminate the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and fold its responsibilities into the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Auditing April 29, 2025
The new downloadable datasets, which contain public inspection information from reports on audit firms going back to 2018, are machine-readable and can be used to analyze PCAOB inspection findings.
Auditing April 28, 2025
The House Financial Services Committee has released draft language to defund the PCAOB and transfer its activities to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Auditing April 23, 2025
Accounting firm Adeptus Partners was fined $75,000 and managing partner Howard Krant was sanctioned $50,000 on April 22 for breaking the rules during the audits of two technology companies.
Auditing April 22, 2025
The new set of staff presentation videos are designed to help audit firms implement four components of their quality control system under QC 1000, A Firm’s System of Quality Control.
Auditing March 25, 2025
James Pai CPA PLLC and its sole owner and partner Yu-Ching James Pai were fined a total of $40,000 for violating multiple PCAOB rules and standards in connection with the 2021 and 2022 audits of SUIC Worldwide Holdings.
Auditing March 24, 2025
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has released a series of three staff presentation videos focused on implementing the monitoring and remediation process under QC 1000, A Firm’s System of Quality Control.
Auditing March 19, 2025
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board on March 18 appointed new members to two of its advisory groups: the Investor Advisory Group and the Standards and Emerging Issues Advisory Group.
Auditing March 13, 2025
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board posted the newest edition of its "Audit Focus" series, this time putting the spotlight on Form AP, which registered accounting firms are required to file to disclose key information specific to the audit.