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.
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board was created in 2002.
In Canada, the Canadian Public Accountability Board. In the USA, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
The purpose of a public sector is to give service to the customers
The purpose of the Financial Accounting Standards Board is to develop (GAAP) generally accepted accounting principles in the US that are in the public's interest.
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board was created in 2002.
The SEC has delegated the oversight of external auditors to the newly created Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (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.
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)
The purpose of a public sector is to give service to the customers
Public Accounting: Best known for providing audits, CPAs who work in public accounting review company financial records for accuracy and accountability.
The purpose of the Financial Accounting Standards Board is to develop (GAAP) generally accepted accounting principles in the US that are in the public's interest.
The purpose of the Financial Accounting Standards Board is to develop (GAAP) generally accepted accounting principles in the US that are in the public's interest.
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.