March 30, 2012
The SEC’s Dunkin’ Donuts Conspiracy
Members often ask what are the pressing issues being discussed down at the SEC. And those issues typically are not what people would think they would be. Sometimes they are about morale, sometimes they are about limited resources (by the way, Corp Fin is hiring accountants right now). But often they are about the types of things that folks are concerned about at their own job. The little things.
The buzz right now is that Dunkin’ Donuts has moved out of its internal location within the SEC’s HQ and replaced with an inferior tenant. And I can understand that. They didn’t have a Dunkin’ Donuts either time I worked there and I would have killed for one! Instead, they had a McDonalds and other fast-food joints that couldn’t hold a candle to the master of donuts. So far, no word of a strike or any other meaningful way to try to persuade Dunkin’ Donuts to return.
No, this is not an April Fool’s joke. A tad too early for that. Thanks to Dave for handling the blog next week as I am off for Spring Break 2012…
PCAOB’s Updated Standard-Setting Timeline
On Monday, the PCAOB updated its timeline for expected action on standard-setting projects. Here is Congressional testimony by Chair Jim Doty – and testimony from SEC Chief Accountant James Kroeker – on this topic from Wednesday (as part of a hearing on a draft bill that would amend Sarbanes-Oxley’s Section 103 to eliminate the PCAOB’s authority to mandate audit firm rotation – here’s a related Reuters article)…
– Broc Romanek