The PCAOB's headquarters are in Washington, D.C. Regional offices in 2005 were in eight locations: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, New York, Northern Virginia, Orange County (California), and San Francisco.
In 2002 the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) was established to oversee auditors of public companies as a result of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), is a private organization created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), was formed to oversee the audit of public companies that are subject to the securities laws, and related matters.
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board was created in 2002.
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is a non-profit, private company which was created to oversee the auditors of public companies. Their main purpose is to ensure that audit reports are accurate and fair in order to protect investors of public companies.
The SEC has delegated the oversight of external auditors to the newly created Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).
In Canada, the Canadian Public Accountability Board. In the USA, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
The total number of staff at the end of 2004 was 260.
PCOAB Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
Public Accounting: Best known for providing audits, CPAs who work in public accounting review company financial records for accuracy and accountability.
Public accounting includes any accounting work that a company performs for another company. Examples would be audits, tax compliance, consulting, etc. The "Big 4" (KPMG, Deloitte & Touche, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and Ernst & Young) are the dominant firms that provide public accounting services. Private accounting is accounting work that is done for your own company. Every company has some form of an internal accounting department and those employees would be considered private accountants.
The board has five members,"appointed from among prominent individuals of integrity.". Two members, and only two members, are to be certified public accountants (CPAs) or have been CPAs previously. The total number of staff at the end of 2004 was 260.
Public Interest Oversight Board was created in 1984.
Accounting is political in nature as final information from accounting reports has impact on the general public, whether it be a public or private company.