PCAOB proposes rules for reporting by accounting firms
24 May 2006
The US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has proposed rules for annual and special reporting of information and events by registered public accounting firms.
Nearly 1,700 accounting firms are registered with the PCAOB, of which about 40% are non-US firms. The proposed rules implement Section 102(d) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which provides that each registered accounting firm must submit an annual report to the Board, and may also be required to report more frequently. The reporting framework proposed by the PCAOB includes two types of reporting obligations:
- First, the proposal would require each registered firm to provide basic information once a year about the firm and the firm's issuer-related practice over the most recent 12-month period.
- Second, the proposal identifies certain events that, if they occur with respect to a registered firm, must be reported by the firm within 14 days.