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PCAOB Proposes Massive Expansion of the Auditor's Role

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On June 3, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) proposed sweeping new auditing standards (PCAOB Release No. 2023-003) that would require auditors to consider a company’s noncompliance with laws and...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

PCAOB Standards Amendments Could Increase Auditor Responsibilities

In early June, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB” or “the Board”) proposed comprehensive amendments that impact how auditors consider noncompliance with laws and regulations, creating the possibility of a...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

GC Insights: SEC Office of Chief Accountant Issues Statement Reminding Management, Auditors, and Audit Committees of Continued...

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Statement of the Chief Accountant of the SEC, Sagar Teotia, outlining activities and concerns of the Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA) in responding to the impacts of...more

Hogan Lovells

Global Accountants’ Liability Update – May 2020

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Recent court decisions - Germany - Cum/Ex-trades spark litigation - So called Cum/Ex-trades have become one of the hottest legal topics in Germany. A flood of claims dealing with those trades has reached German...more

BCLP

Revisions to Financial Statements may be Under SEC Scrutiny

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Multiple news items published over the past six weeks (including as recently as January 30, 2020) have focused on public companies’ correction of accounting errors by revising their financial statements, rather than doing so...more

WilmerHale

Early Look at First Batch of CAMs Disclosures

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More than two years since the PCAOB adopted the new critical audit matters (CAMs) disclosure requirement, the first batch of CAMs disclosures is finally rolling out with respect to audits of large accelerated filers with...more

Smith Anderson

PCAOB Provides Guidance on Critical Audit Matters

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On July 11, 2019, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) issued two companion pieces providing “insights” into the PCAOB’s requirements for the presentation of critical audit matters (CAMs) in the auditor’s...more

WilmerHale

PCAOB Continues Outreach Efforts With CAMs Webinar

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Yesterday, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board hosted the first of three opportunities for auditors to attend a webinar on the implementation of the upcoming critical audit matters (CAMs) disclosure requirement. The...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Guidance on Auditor Independence Limited, Presenting Opportunity for Clarity

In remarks made in December 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Chief Accountant Wesley Bricker reaffirmed that auditor independence remains one of the SEC’s areas of focus. Consultations with the SEC about...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

The PCAOB Wants to Talk to the Audit Committee Chair – Now What?

The PCAOB recently noted that during 2019 it will provide an opportunity for audit committee chairs of certain companies whose audits are subject to inspection to “engage in a dialogue with the inspections staff.” ...more

White and Williams LLP

Financial Reporting for Foreign Private Issuers Before the SEC

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Under the current rules of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), foreign issuers are allowed to use International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) financial statements in their registration statements and...more

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SEC Approves PCAOB's New Rules on Auditor Reports

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s (PCAOB) proposed Auditing Standard 3101, The Auditor’s Report on an Audit of Financial Statements When the Auditor Expresses...more

Carlton Fields

Communications With Auditors and Audit Committees May Change

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The SEC has proposed for comment major revisions in the disclosures auditors are required to make in their reports on financial statements audited pursuant to Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) standards....more

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PCAOB's New Auditor Report Standard for US Public Companies: Increasing Transparency or Chilling Productive Discussion?

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) adopted a new auditor reporting standard on June 1, 2017. If approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the new standard would impose additional...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Accounting Oversight Board Adopts New Model for Auditor Reports

On June 1, 2017, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) adopted changes to its rules governing the content and organization of auditor reports required to accompany audited financial statements in filings made...more

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PCAOB Reproposes Enhanced Auditor Reporting Standard

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On May 11, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board unanimously agreed to repropose a revised auditing standard governing the contents and form of the audit report delivered by registered public accounting firms in their...more

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