This list includes the names of registered firms for which, as of June 30, 2011, the inspection fieldwork had not yet been completed by the PCAOB, even though more than four years have passed since the end of the calendar year in which the firm first issued an audit report while registered with the PCAOB. The Board announced its intention to publicly identify firms meeting that criteria in the release issued in connection with the PCAOB's adoption of PCAOB Rule 4003(g);[1] and the release issued in connection with the PCAOB's adoption of PCAOB Rule 4003(f).[2] This list is updated, at a minimum, on a semiannual basis to add firms that qualify for the list and also to remove firms from the list when the inspection fieldwork has been completed or the firm has voluntarily deregistered from the PCAOB.
The reasons that the inspection fieldwork for a firm has not been completed within four years of the firm having issued an audit report while registered with the PCAOB may vary. For example, some firms are included on the list because their inspections were postponed pursuant to Rule 4003(f) or Rule 4003(g), which permit the PCAOB to postpone, for a limited time, the first inspections of certain non-U.S. firms.[3] Certain other firms are included on this list because access to information necessary to inspect the firm has so far been denied on the basis of asserted restrictions under non-U.S. law or objections based on national sovereignty.
Today, the Board updated this list to show that one firm was removed from the list because it voluntarily withdrew from PCAOB registration. Because inclusion on the list is based on the passage of four years from the end of a calendar year, any additions to the list will occur only at year-end updates.
[1] PCAOB Release No. 2009-003, Final Rule Concerning the Timing of Certain Inspections of Non-U.S. Firms, and Other Issues Relating to Inspections of Non-U.S. Firms (June 25, 2009).
[2] PCAOB Release No. 2008-007, Rule Amendments Concerning the Timing of Certain Inspections of Non-U.S. Firms, and Other Issues Relating to Inspections of Non-U.S. Firms (Dec. 4, 2008).
[3] For more detail about these rules and the PCAOB's reasons for adopting them, please see PCAOB Release No. 2009-003, Final Rule Concerning the Timing of Certain Inspections of Non-U.S. Firms, and Other Issues Relating to Inspections of Non-U.S. Firms (June 25, 2009), issued in connection with the PCAOB's adoption of PCAOB Rule 4003(g); and PCAOB Release No. 2008-007, Rule Amendments Concerning the Timing of Certain Inspections of Non-U.S. Firms, and Other Issues Relating to Inspections of Non-U.S. Firms (Dec. 4, 2008), issued in connection with the PCAOB's adoption of PCAOB Rule 4003(f).
Name of Firm | Country |
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PwC Wirtschaftsprufung GmbH | Austria |
Deloitte Bedrijfsrevisoren / Reviseurs d'Entreprises | Belgium |
Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Bedrijfsrevisoren civil CVBA/SCRL | Belgium |
PKF bedrijfsrevisoren BV o.v.v.e. CVBA | Belgium |
Baker Tilly China Ltd. | China |
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants Ltd | China |
Ernst & Young Hua Ming Certified Public Accountants | China |
PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian CPAs Limited Company | China |
Shanghai Zhonghua Certified Public Accountants (formerly known as Grant Thornton Zhonghua) | China |
Ernst & Young Cyprus Limited | Cyprus |
Ernst & Young Audit, s.r.o. | Czech Republic |
Deloitte Statsautoriseret Revisionsaktieselskab | Denmark |
PricewaterhouseCoopers Statsautoriseret Revisionsaktieselskab | Denmark |
PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy | Finland |
Deloitte & Associes | France |
Ernst & Young Audit | France |
Ernst & Young et Autres | France |
KPMG SA | France |
Mazars | France |
PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit | France |
Salustro Reydel (KPMG) | France |
BDO AG Wirtschaftsprufungsgesellschaft | Germany |
Deloitte & Touche GmbH Wirtschaftsprufungsgesellschaft | Germany |
Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft | Germany |
KPMG AG Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft | Germany |
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG Wirtschaftsprufungsgesellschaft | Germany |
KPMG Certified Auditors A.E. | Greece |
Pricwaterhousecoopers Auditing Company SA | Greece |
BDO Limited | Hong Kong |
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | Hong Kong |
Ernst & Young | Hong Kong |
KPMG | Hong Kong |
PricewaterhouseCoopers | Hong Kong |
KPMG Hungaria Kft. | Hungary |
PricewaterhouseCoopers Konyvvizsgalo es Gazdasagi Tanacsado Kft. | Hungary |
Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants | Ireland |
BDO S.p.A. | Italy |
Deloitte & Touche S.p.A. | Italy |
KPMG S.p.A. | Italy |
PricewaterhouseCoopers spa | Italy |
Reconta Ernst & Young S.p.A. | Italy |
Ernst & Young S.A. | Luxembourg |
PricewaterhouseCoopers S.a r. l. | Luxembourg |
Deloitte Accountants B.V. | Netherlands |
Ernst & Young Accountants LLP | Netherlands |
KPMG Accountants N.V. | Netherlands |
PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V. | Netherlands |
Ernst & Young AS | Norway |
KPMG AS | Norway |
PricewaterhouseCoopers AS | Norway |
PricewaterhouseCoopers Sp. z o.o. | Poland |
Deloitte & Associados, SROC, S.A. | Portugal |
KPMG & Associados - Sociedade de Revisores Oficiais de Contas, S.A. | Portugal |
BDO Auditores, S.L. | Spain |
Deloitte, S.L. | Spain |
Ernst & Young, S.L. | Spain |
Pricewaterhousecoopers Auditores, S.L. | Spain |
Deloitte AB | Sweden |
Ernst & Young AB | Sweden |
KPMG AB | Sweden |
PricewaterhouseCoopers AB | Sweden |
Deloitte AG | Switzerland |
Ernst & Young AG | Switzerland |
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG | Switzerland |
Cevdet Suner Denetim ve Yeminli Mali Musavirlik AS | Turkey |
Chantrey Vellacott DFK | United Kingdom |
Garbutt & Elliott LLP | United Kingdom |
H W Fisher & Company | United Kingdom |
Espiera, Sheldon y Asociados | Venezuela |
Rodriguez Velazquez & Asociados (formerly known as Alcaraz Cabrera Vazquez) | Venezuela |