US Audit Board Votes to Halve Leaders’ Pay, Cut Budget 9% (3)

December 19, 2025, 4:06 PM UTCUpdated: December 19, 2025, 8:57 PM UTC

The US audit board adopted an operating budget for next year that slashes its funding by 9% and extracts steep salary cuts for board members and other top staff.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board on Friday unanimously approved a spending plan for 2026 that would roll back funding to $362.1 million, cut the pay of its five members by roughly half, and shrink its workforce. The reductions are the latest setback for a regulatory body that survived an elimination bid in Congress and remains in limbo amid its recent leadership overhaul.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, which oversees the ...

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