Explain The Major Responsibilities Of The Pcaob

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) 1-Explain the major responsibilities of the PCAOB, which was created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) was created in 2002 to oversee and discipline CPAs and public accounting firms that audit public companies. This five-member board has the responsibility to establish or adopt “auditing, attestation, quality control, ethics, and independence standards relating to preparation of audit reports” for The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registrants. In addition, the PCAOB has the responsibility to: * Register public accounting firms that audit public companies. * Perform inspections of the practices of registered firms. * Conduct investigations and disciplinary proceedings of registered firms. * Sanction registered firms. The PCAOB posts the results of the inspections on the PCAOB’s website at www.pcaobus.org. 2-Name one accounting firm that is REGISTERED with the PCAOB as of now and the location of their office headquarters … pick a firm that is closest to your home town or your favorite city. There are a lot of firms which are registered to the PCAOB over the world. To give an example, Akis Bagimsiz Denetim ve Serbest Muhasebeci Mali Musavirlik AS (2639) that works in Istanbul, Turkey is registered to the PCAOB since 2006. 3- Find Deloitte's most recent INSPECTION REPORT. What is the date of that report? What is APPENDIX “C” of the published report used for? Deloitte & Touche LLP (34) published the latest inspection report on 5/4/2010. In this report, appendix C shows response of the firm to draft inspection report. Likewise, appendix C includes the Firm's comments, if any, on a draft of the report. According to the rule of 4007: “The Director of the Division of Registration and Inspections shall make a draft

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