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The PCAOB adopted the ASB's auditing and attest standards as its temporary auditing rules in 2003. [10] The AICPA subsequently changed the designation of the leading GAAS-setting authority in February 2004. It designated the PCAOB as the authoritative body for GAAS related to public companies, while the ASB was designated for non-public ...
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.
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.
The Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards is generally issued in January, and the U.S. Auditing Standards is issued as part of the AICPA Professional Standards in June of each year. The current U.S. Auditing Standards are available at the AICPA's Web site.
Please see PCAOB AS 2401. SAS 99, which supersedes SAS 82, was issued partly in response to contemporary accounting scandals at Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia, and Tyco. The standard incorporates recommendations from various contributors including the International Auditing & Assurance Standards Board. SAS 99 became effective for audits of financial ...
WebTrust is a family of e-commerce assurance and auditing programs co-developed by the AICPA with the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA). [32] Accounting associations in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong also participate in the program. [33] [34] A specialized variant of the program exists for certificate authorities.
Both United States and International auditing standards include guidance related to financial statement assertions, although the specific assertions differ. The PCAOB and the IFAC address this topic in AS 1105 [ 6 ] (updated from AS 15 [ 7 ] as of December 31, 2016) and ISA 315, respectively. [ 4 ]
Additionally, the PCAOB requires CPA firms auditing publicly traded companies to indicate how long the firm has been auditing the company, also known as tenure. Currently, there is no PCAOB requirement for companies to rotate their audit firm. However, the PCAOB has explored the possibility of making firm rotation a standard in 2011.