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Are Your Compliance Processes Keeping Up with Evolving Audit Requirements?

Bramasol

Key responsibilities of the PCAOB include: Setting Standards: The PCAOB establishes and enforces auditing, attestation, quality control, and ethics standards for registered public accounting firms. Enforcement: The PCAOB has the authority to discipline accounting firms and individuals for violations of PCAOB rules and securities laws.

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Risk Mitigation

Finvisage

Accountancy firm PwC is reported to have been hired by the company to look at its accounts, which are audited by Grant Thornton. The accountancy watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council, said: “We are looking into this matter carefully and will give full consideration to further action as more facts become available.”