PCAOB

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board updated its standard-setting, research and rulemaking agendas to reflect recent progress on modernizing the its older standards and rules.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board approved two new standards, on systems of quality control and the general responsibilities of the auditor.

Two recent cases show how a lack of rigorous oversight and real consequences is impacting the profession.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned three auditors from Florida's Liggett & Webb.

The company appointed Semple, Marchal & Cooper after the permanent suspension of its former auditor.

The board released a report highlighting special auditing considerations in the commercial real estate market.

BF Borgers CPA PC and its founder, Benjamin Borgers, will be permanently suspended from practicing and appearing as accountants before the SEC.

The Securities and Exchange Commission hit the fast-rising auditing firm with $14 million in fines, and charged it with deliberate, systemic failures to comply with PCAOB standards.

A staff report from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board recommends digging into the factors underlying firm deficiencies.

The PCAOB Investor Advisory Group is accepting public nominations for the most decision-useful CAMs or KAMs of 2023.