Tag: Audit Standard No. 5

PCAOB released Staff Views for applying the provisions of PCAOB Standard No. 5 for audits of smaller, less complex public companies (.pdf) on January 23, 2009. Standard No. 5 is focused on assessing the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting. This Staff View of PCAOB Standard No. 5 discusses how to scale an audit to fit with smaller companies.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released Auditing Standard No. 5 – An Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting that is Integrated with an Audit of Financial Statement (.pdf) on June 12, 2007. The standard was approved by the SEC on July 25, 2007 and became effective for audits of fiscal years ending on or after November 15, 2007.