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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is a nonprofit corporation created by the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 to oversee the audits of US-listed public companies. The PCAOB also oversees the audits of broker-dealers , including compliance reports filed pursuant to federal securities laws, to promote investor protection.
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) [a] is the accounting standard adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), [1] and is the default accounting standard used by companies based in the United States.
In the United States, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board develops standards (Auditing Standards or AS) for publicly traded companies since the 2002 passage of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act; however, it adopted many of the GAAS initially. The GAAS continues to apply to non-public/private companies.
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, 561 U.S. 477 (2010), was a 5–4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that laws enabling inferior officers of the United States to be insulated from the Presidential removal authority with two levels of "for cause" removal violated Article Two of the United States Constitution.
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board - public companies; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - general; Government Accountability Office - recipients of federal grants and government organizations; Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) (Unregulated Internal Auditing Guidelines)
In 2023, Schmalz was also named the Chief Economist and Director of the Office of Economic and Risk Analysis (OERA) of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). [2] He succeeded Luigi Zingales in this role, who was the founding director of PCAOB 's Center for Economic Analysis since 2013.
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) became the primary regulator of audits of publicly traded companies. [2] In June 2007, the PCAOB adopted Auditing Standard 2201 (Supersedes AS No. 5). [ 3 ]
Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act; Long title: An Act to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to require certain issuers to disclose to the Securities and Exchange Commission information regarding foreign jurisdictions that prevent the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board from performing inspections under that Act, and for other purposes.