PCAOB

Erica Williams is stepping down Tuesday as chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and spoke Monday with Accounting Today about her time at the PCAOB.

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board chair Erica Williams is departing on July 22, after being pushed out by the new SEC chairman after her agency narrowly avoided an effort to eliminate it.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board today sanctioned Goldman & Company, CPA's, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, and PWR CPAs.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned CPA firm Michael Coglianese for quality review failures for 17 audit and attestation engagements.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board gave reminders for auditors who audit smaller public companies in its latest staff publication.

The audit overseer fined Deloitte Netherlands, PwC Netherlands and EY Netherlands a total of $8.5 million after finding widespread exam misconduct on internal training tests.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned the firm Michael T. Studer CPA and Michael Studer for repeat violations related to a 2019 audit.

The provision would have eliminated the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and transferred its responsibilities to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Senate rules-keeper rejected provisions eliminating the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and EPA air-pollution emissions standards.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board reported that deficiency rates remain high across examination, review and audit engagements.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned Heaton & Co. and one of its partners, Kristofer Heaton, for failing to properly document five audits.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is making plans in case it inherits the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's duties if the tax bill passes.

The far-reaching legislation would transfer the responsibilities of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a publication to help smaller firms as it comes under threat of being absorbed into the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board staff released a new publication highlighting the perspectives of audit committee chairs.

The videos cover roles and responsibilities, ethics and independence, people resources, and technological and intellectual resources.

PICPA installs new president; PCAOB appoints acting chief economist; and more news from across the profession.

The board agreed to a statement of protocol with the Auditing Oversight Authority of the Slovak Republic while facing a possible SEC takeover.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's Investor Advisory Group is asking for examples of critical audit matters or key audit matters for analysis.

PCAOB chair Erica Williams says the role played by the audit overseer can't simply be "cut and pasted" into the SEC as legislation threatens to shutter the board.