All Resources Updates

Oct. 20, 2025

The PCAOB has concluded its 2025 Conference on Auditing and Capital Markets. The annual event is designed to foster rigorous economic research on audit-related topics.

About the PCAOB
Oct. 15, 2025

The PCAOB has published a new edition of Data Points on financial restatements and auditor turnover.

Inspections
Oct. 1, 2025

The PCAOB has published a new edition of Data Points on auditors of special purpose acquisition companies at the time of their initial public offering.

Inspections
Sep. 29, 2025

On September 27, the PCAOB concluded its 2025 PCAOB/Management Science Registered Reports Conference, an event designed to drive the development of rigorous economic research in areas of significance to the PCAOB’s mission.

About the PCAOB
Sep. 17, 2025

The PCAOB has published a new edition of Data Points on who audits emerging growth companies.

Inspections
Sep. 11, 2025

A new Audit Focus publication from the PCAOB provides auditors of broker-dealers with good practices and other insights related to reviews of exemption reports.

Inspections
Aug. 28, 2025

The PCAOB is postponing for one year, to December 15, 2026, the effective date of QC 1000, A Firm’s System of Quality Control, and other new and amended PCAOB standards, rules, and forms adopted by the Board on May 13, 2024.

Standards
Jul. 7, 2025

The decision of whether or not to accept an engagement is a critical part of the audit process. A new edition of the PCAOB’s Audit Focus series provides auditors with reminders, good practices, and more on engagement acceptance.

Inspections
Jun. 13, 2025

The PCAOB has published its annual report on broker-dealer audits.

Inspections
May 21, 2025

A new edition of the PCAOB’s Audit Focus series addresses the topic of auditing accounting estimates.

Inspections
May 15, 2025

A new Spotlight provides high-level observations and takeaways from the PCAOB staff’s conversations with 272 audit committee chairs in 2024.

Inspections
May 9, 2025

The PCAOB has posted four new staff presentation videos, each covering a specific topic under QC 1000. The videos are designed to help firms with the implementation of QC 1000, A Firm’s System of Quality Control.

Standards
Apr. 29, 2025

The PCAOB Office of the Investor Advocate is alerting investors to the opportunity to provide the PCAOB Investor Advisory Group with examples of critical audit matters or key audit matters for analysis.

Information for Investors
Apr. 28, 2025

The PCAOB has made available new downloadable datasets providing multiyear information related to PCAOB inspection findings.

Inspections
Apr. 17, 2025

The PCAOB has posted four new staff presentation videos on the components of a firm’s system of quality control. The videos are designed to help firms with the implementation of QC 1000, A Firm’s System of Quality Control.

Standards
Apr. 1, 2025

The PCAOB has released its 2024 Annual Report, which summarizes its operations and financial results from last year.

About the PCAOB
Mar. 31, 2025

The PCAOB published a staff Spotlight observing improvement in deficiency rates, along with 2024 inspection reports for the six firms in the U.S. Global Network Firms inspection category.

Inspections
Mar. 26, 2025

Investor Bulletin: Why Audits Matter

Information for Investors
Mar. 24, 2025

The PCAOB has posted a series of three staff presentation videos designed to help auditors implement the monitoring and remediation process under QC 1000, A Firm’s System of Quality Control.

Standards
Mar. 13, 2025

The PCAOB has published an auditor resource on Form AP, a required form that helps investors and others know who has worked on audits.

Inspections