Securities Act of 1933; Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Amendment To Order Approving Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Budget and Annual Accounting Support Fee for Calendar Year 2021

• Published date: 25 March 2021
• Citation: 86 FR 15973
• Record Number: 2021-06137
• Section: Notices
• Court: Securities And Exchange Commission

Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 56 (Thursday, March 25, 2021)

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 56 (Thursday, March 25, 2021)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 15973-15974]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2021-06137]
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                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                [Release No. 10905A/March 19, 2021; Release No. 90693A/March 19, 2021]
                Securities Act of 1933; Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
                Amendment To Order Approving Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
                Budget and Annual Accounting Support Fee for Calendar Year 2021
                 On December 16, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
                ``Commission'') issued an Order (the ``Order'') approving the Public
                Company Accounting Oversight Board (``PCAOB'') budget and annual
                accounting support fee for calendar year 2021,\1\ pursuant to Section
                109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (the ``Sarbanes-Oxley
                Act'').\2\ That Order stated, among other things, that the PCAOB should
                submit its 2020 annual report (``2020 Annual Report'') to the
                Commission by March 31, 2021. The PCAOB has informed the Commission
                staff that, due to a change in auditors in January 2021, the 2020
                Annual Report, including the audit report, may not be completed by
                March 31, 2021.
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                 \1\ See Order Approving Public Company Accounting Oversight
                Board Budget and Annual Accounting Support Fee for Calendar Year
                2021, Release No. 33-10905 (Dec. 16, 2020) [85 FR 83642 (Dec. 22,
                2020)].
                 \2\ 15 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.
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                 The Commission is amending the Order to permit the PCAOB to submit
                its 2020 Annual Report to the Commission by April 30, 2021.
                 Accordingly,
                 It is ordered, pursuant to Section 109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act,
                that the PCAOB should submit its 2020 Annual Report to the Commission
                by April 30, 2021.
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                 By the Commission.
                Eduardo A. Aleman,
                Deputy Secretary.
                [FR Doc. 2021-06137 Filed 3-24-21; 8:45 am]
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