Genuine Learning Blog: Private Equity & the Profession: PEEC’s Proposed Independence Guidance

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The AICPA’s Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC) has issued a discussion memorandum to gather feedback on alternative practice structures, including those with private equity investments, and impacts on independence.

As we’ve seen an expansion of private equity in CPA firms, the AICPA is proposing two potential paths. Comments are due by June 15, 2025, to ethics-exposuredrafts@aicpa.org.

SCACPA is excited to partner with Galasso Learning Solutions and the Genuine Learning Blog for real-time A&A updates and answers for SCACPA members.

With extensive experience in auditing and technology, Peter serves as an Audit Training Facilitator at Galasso Learning Solutions. His expertise in auditing healthcare companies, employee benefit plans, and private companies with complex transactions has made him a key contributor to the development of technical accounting training programs.

Before joining GLS, Peter worked at a Big 4, specializing in auditing healthcare companies in both public and private sectors. He later transitioned to an Internal Audit role at a Fortune 500 company before returning to public accounting at a national firm, where he focused on audits involving business combinations, asset acquisitions, GAAP to IFRS conversions, and technology implementations.

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