SEC Approves 2013 PCAOB Budget and Annual Accounting Support Fee (SEC - Fed. Reg. Version)

The SEC published in the Federal Register an order approving the 2013 budget of the PCAOB ($245.6 million) and the related annual accounting support fee as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Click hereto view our original story on the Order and related SEC speeches.

Cross-Reference(s): Dodd-Frank Section 982 ("Oversight of Brokers and Dealers").

See: 78 FR 11915.See also: Chairman Walter's Opening Remarks and Commissioner Aguilar's Speech on Resources.Related Materials: Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Strategic Plan: Improving the Relevance and Quality of the Audit for the Protection and Benefit of Investors 2012 – 2016 (Nov. 30, 2012).