CPAs who do not audit the financial statements of publicly listed companies do not fall under the jurisdiction of the SEC and the PCAOB.
PCAOB
Public as in you can buy and sell its shares? no... Audit companies are based on partnerships... so no stockholders...
Audit is not necessary for all companies, in some countries the small companies are exempt from audit.
(1) register public accounting firms; (2) establish, or adopt, by rule, "auditing, quality control, ethics, independence, and other standards relating to the preparation of audit reports for issuers;" (3) conduct inspections of accounting firms
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 PCAOB is a corporation that was established by Congress in order to audit various public companies. This protects the consumers of these companies.
PCAOB
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.
Roles and responsibilities of audit committees are disclosed in the annual proxy statements of publicly owned companies.
Public as in you can buy and sell its shares? no... Audit companies are based on partnerships... so no stockholders...
Audit is not necessary for all companies, in some countries the small companies are exempt from audit.
Companies that provide IRS audit help to the public are H&R Block, FreeTaxUSA, and various local law agencies throughout the country like Kahn Tax Law in both North Carolina and San Diego.
public sector audit is different from private sector audit
Reviews are used for quarterly financial statements of publicly held companies.
No institution exempted from audit
The internal audit of PwC is carried out by auditors of PwC itself, while an external audit will have to be carried out by external auditors. But external audits are only valid for public listed companies.
(1) register public accounting firms; (2) establish, or adopt, by rule, "auditing, quality control, ethics, independence, and other standards relating to the preparation of audit reports for issuers;" (3) conduct inspections of accounting firms