The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) will host forums in cities around the country to help bring important information concerning the PCAOB to the small business community. The Forums on Auditing in the Small Business Environment are designed for registered accounting firms and public companies in the small business community to learn more about the work of the Board, specifically the PCAOB inspections process and the impact of new auditing standards.

Future forums are planned for New Jersey, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Florida and Massachusetts. Forums have already taken place in Atlanta, Northern California, Dallas and Chicago.

Auditors from registered accounting firms with fewer than 20 issuer clients and the members of audit committees of smaller public companies are encouraged to register. The program is limited to those groups in the small business environment that are most directly impacted by the Board’s oversight responsibilities. The goal of such a format is to ensure that there is ample opportunity for discussion of PCAOB issues facing small business communities between representatives of this sector and Board members and its staff.

Pre-registration for the forum is required. More information, including the forum agenda, is available at the PCAOB web site. For forum registration questions, please call 202.207.9061.