The most dramatic shift is that professional involvement of practitioners in rule making and monitoring is no longer provided. Earlier auditing standards that were issued by the AICPA's Auditing Standards Board, are now the responsibility of the 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.
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is a nonprofit organization established by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to oversee the audits of public companies in the United States. Its primary mission is to protect investors by ensuring the accuracy and reliability of financial reporting. The PCAOB sets auditing standards, inspects audit firms, and enforces compliance with its rules and regulations. By promoting high-quality auditing practices, the PCAOB aims to enhance public confidence in the financial markets.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002. SOX transferred the regulation of accountants auditing the financial statements of public corporations from the AICPA to the Public Companies Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), a new private sector, not-for-profit body.
The SEC has delegated the oversight of external auditors to the newly created Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).
The PCAOB is a five-member board of financially literate members.
The PCAOB is a corporation that was established by Congress in order to audit various public companies. This protects the consumers of these 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
CPAs who do not audit the financial statements of publicly listed companies do not fall under the jurisdiction of the SEC and the PCAOB.
Jonathan A. Hales has written: 'Accounting and financial analysis in the hospitality industry' -- subject(s): Hospitality industry, Accounting
David F. Morland has written: 'Accounting for the petroleum industry' -- subject(s): Accounting, Petroleum industry and trade
Charles Xavier Thomas, of France, is credited with starting the calculating and accounting machines industry when he introduced the arithmometer in the 1870s.