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The PCAOB is a nonprofit corporation established by Congress to oversee the audits of public companies in order to protect investors and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, accurate, and independent audit reports. The PCAOB also oversees the audits of brokers and dealers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including compliance reports filed pursuant to federal securities laws.
The PCAOB has four primary duties:
- Register public accounting firms that prepare audit reports for issuers, and SEC-registered brokers and dealers.
- Establish or adopt auditing and related attestation, quality control, ethics, and independence standards.
- Inspect registered public accounting firms' audits and quality control systems.
- Investigate and discipline registered public accounting firms and their associated persons for violations of specified laws, rules, or professional standards.
In support of our mission, we also conduct economic research and risk analysis, engage with our stakeholders and other domestic and international regulators, and manage a talented workforce and the technology and resources we need to perform our duties.
The SEC has oversight authority over the PCAOB, including the approval of the Board's rules, standards, and budget.
The PCAOB has approximately 800 staff members. We maintain our headquarters in Washington, D.C., and have 15 other offices or locations across the United States. As of December 31, 2021, in 83 jurisdictions across the globe, 1,709 public accounting firms were registered with the PCAOB.
The PCAOB has four primary duties:
- Register public accounting firms that prepare audit reports for issuers, and SEC-registered brokers and dealers.
- Establish or adopt auditing and related attestation, quality control, ethics, and independence standards.
- Inspect registered public accounting firms' audits and quality control systems.
- Investigate and discipline registered public accounting firms and their associated persons for violations of specified laws, rules, or professional standards.
In support of our mission, we also conduct economic research and risk analysis, engage with our stakeholders and other domestic and international regulators, and manage a talented workforce and the technology and resources we need to perform our duties.
The SEC has oversight authority over the PCAOB, including the approval of the Board's rules, standards, and budget.
The PCAOB has approximately 800 staff members. We maintain our headquarters in Washington, D.C., and have 15 other offices or locations across the United States. As of December 31, 2021, in 83 jurisdictions across the globe, 1,709 public accounting firms were registered with the PCAOB.
Overview
Location
United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Employees
501-1000
Founded date
2003
Mentions in press and media 44
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| Jun 18, 2026 | Andera Raises $37 Million Series A To Automate Internal Audit | Andera announced that it has raised a $37 million Series A round led by Lightspeed. Andera is building an AI-native platform designed to automate internal audit workflows, including evidence collection, control testing, and workpaper genera... |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Accountancy body reverts to in-person exams over AI cheating fears | The UK’s accounting body, which has almost 260,000 members, is planning to halt remote exams amid a surge of students cheating with AI. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has said that from March it will no longer all... |
| Jun 26, 2025 | The Untapped Goldmine of Biodiversity: A Call to Action for Businesses | In the world of business, the conversation often revolves around profits, margins, and market shares. Yet, lurking beneath the surface is a treasure trove that remains largely unrecognized: biodiversity. A recent report from Sweco sheds lig... |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Big Four: US fines Deloitte, PwC and EY over exam cheating | The US accountancy regulator has fined the Dutch arms of Big Four firms Deloitte, PwC, and EY $8.5m (£6.2m) over ‘widespread exam misconduct’. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has sanctioned Deloitte Netherlands, PwC Ne... |
| Jun 22, 2025 | The Battle for Consumer Protection: A Senate Showdown | In the heart of Washington, a fierce battle brews. The Senate is a chessboard, and the stakes are high. On one side, Republicans push a sweeping tax bill, a plan that promises to reshape the financial landscape. On the other, Democrats, led... |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Senate parliamentarian deals blow to GOP plan to gut consumer bureau in tax bill | “Democrats fought back, and we will keep fighting back against this ugly bill,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the Banking Committee, who engineered the creation of the CFPB before she was elected to Congre... |
| Jun 18, 2025 | SCOTUS Simply Ignores Precedent, Rather Than Overruling It, In Allowing Trump To Fire Officials Congress Deemed Independent | What may be one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most important and far-reaching rulings in decades dropped in late May 2025 in an order that probably didn’t get a second – or even first – glance from most Americans. But this not-quite-two-page ... |
| Jun 7, 2025 | The Compliance Crisis: Why Traditional Auditing Can’t Keep Up—and What Needs to Change | Share Share Share Share Email In 2024, U.S. businesses paid over $14 billion in non-compliance costs—more than double the cost of staying compliant. As regulatory complexity grows, many small and mid-sized businesses are buckling under the ... |
| Apr 23, 2025 | CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: U.S. regulatory scrutiny fans Chinese stock delisting fears | Monday - Friday, 10:00 - 11:00 SIN/HK | 0400 - 05:00 CET A comment from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent earlier this month reignited fears on Wall Street about a forced delisting of Chinese stocks from U.S. exchanges. The continuing a... |
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When was PCAOB_News founded?
PCAOB_News was founded in 2003.
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Parsers VC has collected 44 articles mentioning PCAOB_News, among them “Andera Raises $37 Million Series A To Automate Internal Audit” (Jun 18, 2026) and “Accountancy body reverts to in-person exams over AI cheating fears” (Dec 29, 2025).
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Yes, PCAOB_News is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 17, 2026.