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In the Public Interest...

The Center for Audit Quality was created to serve investors, public company auditors, and the markets. The Center's mission is to foster confidence in the audit process and to aid investors and the capital markets by advancing constructive suggestions for change rooted in the profession’s core values of integrity, objectivity, honesty and trust. With this mission in mind and in the public interest, the Center has determined to make certain communications available to all stakeholders and are noted below.

 

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 2007  

  • CAQ Alert #2008-81 - Section 404(b) Reporting by Non-Accelerated Filers After Exiting Accelerated Filer Status

  • CAQ Alert #2008-66 - SEC Expresses Views Regarding Assessment of Declines in Fair Value for Perpetual Preferred Securities Under Existing OTTI Model

  • CAQ Alert #2008-54 - SEC Issues Clarification on Accounting Issues Relating to Bank Support for Money Market Mutual Funds
     
  • CAQ Alert #2008-19 - Highlights of Treasury Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession’s Telephonic Meeting on April 1, 2008
     
  • CAQ Alert #2008-18 - SEC Issues Letter to Public Companies on MD&A Disclosure Regarding the Application of SFAS 157 (Fair Value Measurements
     
  • CAQ Alert #2008-11 - CIFiR Issues Interim Progress Report on February 14, 2008
     
  • CAQ Alert #2008-04 - Applicability of Appendix K – Quality Control Standards Involving Foreign Associated Firms that Audit SEC Registrants
     
  • CAQ Alert #2008-03 - FPIs willing to Early Adopt Provisions of Rule Eliminating GAAP Reconciliation Should Consult with SEC
     
  • CAQ Alert #2008-02 - SEC Staff Issues Views Regarding Applicability of FAS 140 Pursuant to the American Securitization Forum’s Framework

Our CAQ Members...

In addition to the important communications above, as a member of the Center, you will receive timely communication of regulatory developments and technical updates on important matters related to the PCAOB and the SEC, as well as the activities of the Center, particularly with respect to the submission of comment letters on PCAOB and SEC proposals. Our goal is to compile all relevant developments and to communicate them to our members on a timely basis so that you may stay abreast of the current regulatory environment.

Some of the Center’s prior Alerts covered such important topics such as:


·         CAQ Comprehensive Analyses of Smaller Firm and Large Firm PCAOB Inspection Deficiency Reports

·         Summaries of SEC Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting Meetings

·         Summaries of SEC and PCAOB Developments Related to Internal Control over Financial Reporting

·         Soundbytes from Speeches, Testimonies and Remarks of PCAOB, SEC and Other Officials

·         Summaries of Developments Related to IFRS

·         Summaries of Comment Letters Submitted to the SEC and PCAOB

·         CAQ SEC Regulations Committee Issues Matrix on the Application of PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 1

·         Summaries of PCAOB Standing Advisory Group Meetings

·         CAQ Quick Reference Guide Matrix: SEC Filing Dates

·         Notification of Important Auditor Independence Developments


As part of our charge of promoting high quality public company audits, the Center is committed to keeping you up-to-date on PCAOB, SEC, and other important developments that will help you in your audits of public companies. These timely Alerts will be pushed out to you in an email and will also be posted here on our Web site.

 

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