The staff of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) has released a database of聽聽(jurisdictional PIE database)聽to further support the adoption and effective implementation of the聽聽(PIE revisions) in the聽聽(the Code).

The revised PIE provisions specify a broader list of categories of entities as PIEs whose audits should be subject to additional independence requirements to meet stakeholders鈥� heightened expectations concerning auditor independence when an entity is a PIE.

The IESBA Staff has developed the jurisdictional PIE database as a resource to assist regulators, national standard setters, and other relevant bodies in developing or revising their definitions of PIE at the local level based on the IESBA鈥檚 PIE definition. This database covers 78 jurisdictions in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

Among other things, the PIE revisions:

  • Expand the list of PIE categories in the Code, including a new category, 鈥減ublicly traded entity,鈥� to replace the category 鈥渓isted entity.鈥�
  • Recognise the role local bodies responsible for the adoption of the Code play in delineating the specific entities that should be scoped in as PIEs in their jurisdictions, encouraging them to properly define the PIE categories in the expanded definition and adding any other categories relevant to their environments.
  • Introduce a transparency requirement for firms to publicly disclose the application of independence requirements for PIEs where they have done so.

The PIE revisions become effective for audits of financial statements for periods beginning on or after 15 December 2024. Early adoption is permitted and encouraged.

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