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PCAOB cites loopholes in AS2 implementation

WASHINGTON, DC – Some auditors of the specific internal controls governing financial reporting implementation ignored the risk-based approach in their control testing, according to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the US federal agency overseeing the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

In its report reviewing the implementation of Accounting Standard No. 2 (AS2), which requires public companies to undertake an audit of internal control over financial reporting in conjunction with an audit of financial statements, the PCAOB found some auditors did not alter the nature, timing and extent of their testing to reflect the level of risk.

"Auditors often appeared to take a uniform

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