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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.
Regulation S-X and the Financial Reporting Releases (Staff Accounting Bulletins) set forth the form and content of and requirements for financial statements required to be filed as a part of (a) registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933 and (b) registration statements under section 12, [2] annual or other reports under sections 13 [3] and 15(d) [4] and proxy and information ...
The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 is a United States federal law that mandates certain practices in financial record keeping and reporting for corporations.The act, Pub. L. 107–204 (text), 116 Stat. 745, enacted July 30, 2002, also known as the "Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act" (in the Senate) and "Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and ...
An entity-level control is a control that helps to ensure that management directives pertaining to the entire entity are carried out. These controls are the second level [clarification needed] to understanding the risks of an organization.
Under this exemption, securities could be sold to an unlimited number of "accredited investors" and up to 35 "unaccredited investors". [4] The Rule 505 exemption was phased out and its provisions integrated into the Rule 504 exemption. Rule 504's capital limit increased to $10 million and Rule 505's "Bad Actor" provision was added to Rule 504. [5]
Issuer is a legal entity that develops, registers, and sells securities for the purpose of financing its operations. Issuers may be governments, corporations , or investment trusts . Issuers are legally responsible for the obligations of the issue, and for reporting financial conditions, material developments, and any other operational ...
The Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act is a bill that was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress.The bill would "amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to deny the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board any authority to require that audits conducted for a particular issuer of securities in accordance with SOX standards be ...
A current definition of the going concern assumption can be found in the AICPA Statement on Auditing Standards No.1 Codification of Auditing Standards and Procedures, Section 341, “The Auditor’s Consideration of an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (AU Section 341). The "going concern" concept assumes that the business ...