PCAOB

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced that 253 U.S. students have received $10,000 scholarships to fund their paths to becoming auditors.

With two rounds of implementation behind us, it’s time to reflect on what we’ve learned so far from the required disclosures of critical audit matters.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is reassessing its plans to reestablish its outside advisory groups after the latest bout of turmoil at the audit firm regulator.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly probing William Duhnke, the recently fired chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

Rep. Patrick McHenry called the move "partisan," and called on the board and the SEC to preserve all relevant documents.

The institute's Auditing Standards Board amended its standards Tuesday to include guidance in two areas.

The SEC abruptly fired William Duhnke as chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. As part of the shakeup, PCAOB board member Duane DesParte will become acting chair, but the SEC plans to replace the entire slate of board members.

The board’s 2020 Annual Report reveals an ongoing drop in registrees, as well as how it responded to COVID-19.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has proposed a rule for implementing a recent law that penalizes foreign companies whose auditing firms can’t be inspected by the PCAOB.

While activity at both regulators declined early in the COVID-19 pandemic, it only recovered at the commission.