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Below is an amendment to ET sec. 101, Independence, related to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's reorganization of its auditing standards. (See PCAOB Release No. 2015-002.) The amendment was approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on September 17, 2015, and is effective as of December 31, 2016. The current standard can be found here.

ET sec. 101 Amendment

  1. The note in paragraph .05 is deleted. 
    Ethics & Independence
      • 3501 Definitions of Terms Employed in Section 3, Part 5 of the Rules
      • 3502 Responsibility Not to Knowingly or Recklessly Contribute to Violations
      • 3520 Auditor Independence
      • 3521 Contingent Fees
      • 3522 Tax Transactions
      • 3523 Tax Services for Persons in Financial Reporting Oversight Roles
      • 3524 Audit Committee Pre-approval of Certain Tax Services
      • 3525 Audit Committee Pre-approval of Non-audit Services Related to Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
      • 3526 Communication with Audit Committees Concerning Independence
      • ET Section 101 - Independence
      • ET Section 102 - Integrity and Objectivity
      • ET Section 191 - Ethics Rulings on Independence, Integrity, and Objectivity
      • ISB Interpretation 99-1 Impact on Auditor Independence of Assisting Clients in the Implementation of FAS 133 (Derivatives) (PDF)
      • ISB No. 2 Certain Independence Implications of Audits of Mutual Funds and Related Entities (PDF)
      • ISB No. 3 Employment with Audit Clients (PDF)
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