Office of the Chief Accountant of the SEC

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division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission office

The Office of the Chief Accountant of the SEC is the division within the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission responsible for establishing and interpreting accounting and auditing policies to ensure high-quality financial reporting in the securities markets.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Office of the Chief Accountant	1
Office of the Chief Accountant of the SEC canonical	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ office ⓘ
abbreviation	OCA NERFINISHED ⓘ
advises	SEC Commissioners on accounting and auditing matters ⓘ SEC staff on application of accounting standards ⓘ
collaboratesWith	domestic standard setters on accounting issues ⓘ international standard setters on accounting issues ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	accounting ⓘ auditing ⓘ financial reporting regulation ⓘ
goal	maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets through sound accounting standards ⓘ protect investors through reliable financial reporting ⓘ
hasSubunit	international affairs group for accounting policy NERFINISHED ⓘ professional practice groups for accounting and auditing ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody	Chief Accountant of the SEC NERFINISHED ⓘ
issues	interpretive guidance on financial reporting ⓘ staff accounting bulletins NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	U.S. federal securities markets ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mandate	ensure that financial statements filed with the SEC are presented fairly in conformity with applicable standards ⓘ
oversees	accounting and auditing issues that arise in SEC disclosure review ⓘ accounting and auditing issues that arise in SEC enforcement matters ⓘ accounting and auditing issues that arise in SEC rulemaking ⓘ
parentOrganization	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	SEC headquarters in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
regulatoryArea	audit quality ⓘ auditor independence ⓘ internal control over financial reporting ⓘ public company financial reporting ⓘ
responsibleFor	accounting policy at the SEC ⓘ auditing policy at the SEC ⓘ interpretation of accounting standards for the SEC ⓘ interpretation of auditing standards for the SEC ⓘ oversight of financial reporting policy for issuers in U.S. securities markets ⓘ promoting high-quality financial reporting in the securities markets ⓘ
sector	government ⓘ
website	https://www.sec.gov/about/offices/oca.htm ⓘ
worksWith	Financial Accounting Standards Board NERFINISHED ⓘ International Accounting Standards Board NERFINISHED ⓘ Public Company Accounting Oversight Board NERFINISHED ⓘ other SEC divisions and offices ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission → oversees → Office of the Chief Accountant of the SEC ⓘ

Financial Reporting and Audit Group → collaboratesWith → Office of the Chief Accountant of the SEC ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Chief Accountant