SEC Opens Comment Period on PCAOB’s Delay of Quality Control Standard

Now that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) on August 28, 2025, decided to postpone the implementation of its new quality control standard by one year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking comments to delay the effective date to December 15, 2026, instead of the original date of December 15, 2025.

The SEC oversees the PCAOB, and the board’s changes to its standards and rules must be approved by the commission.

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