PCAOB Shares Perspective from 2021 Conversations with Audit Committee Chairs

Today the PCAOB released a new Spotlight publication, “2021 Conversations With Audit Committee Chairs(PDF).”

Each year, the PCAOB reaches out to audit committee chairs at U.S. public companies whose audits we inspect, inviting them to connect with staff from our Division of Registration and Inspections for substantive conversations covering a range of topics related to oversight of external auditors.

In 2021, we conducted more than 240 conversations with audit committee chairs. This publication presents high-level observations and takeaways from those conversations.

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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, including compliance reports filed pursuant to federal securities laws.