Peer Review
Welcome to Peer Review! We are dedicated to enhancing the quality of accounting, auditing and attestation services performed by AICPA members in public practice.
Update your resume, download checklists, find reviewer training courses and more!
Enroll in Peer Review, find tips on selecting a reviewer and get answers to your questions.
Enroll in Peer Review, learn fair procedures and benefits of AICPA membership.
Find terminated firms, read a peer review summary or find information on enrolled firms.
PRIMA Has Replaced PRISM
We have replaced the Peer Review Information System Manager (PRISM) with an all-electronic, interactive system called the Peer Review Integrated Management Application (PRIMA).
Access PRIMA
Unsure where to begin? Check out Getting Started in PRIMA.
Access archives of training sessions and other resources for reviewers and firms.
In the Spotlight
Join us in Minneapolis, MN from July 31 – August 1, 2018 with optional sessions on July 30, 2018. The conference will be held at the Minneapolis Marriott City Center.
Download the January 2018 Reviewer Alert with articles on Reviewer Resumes and Summary of Engagement Code Revisions.
SOC Experience Needed Know a SOC specialist who could serve on a peer review? Send them to our SOC page.
Create or Update Your Peer Reviewer Resume Here you can either enter or update your resume.
Getting Started in PRIMA Unsure where to begin in PRIMA? Check out our Getting Started guide.
Reviewer Training and Qualifications
Effective with reviews commencing on or after December 31, 2015, the following reviewer qualification requirements apply:- Reviewers must have spent the last five years in the A&A function of public accounting.
- Reviewers should consider whether their day-to-day involvement with A&A work is sufficiently comprehensive to enable them to perform a peer review with professional expertise.
Additional requirements for reviews of certain must-select engagements also apply:
- Reviewers must be currently involved in must-select engagements in their own firms.
- Reviewers must be associated with an AQC firm (currently EBPAQC and GAQC).
Effective with reviews commencing on or after May 1, 2016, the initial and ongoing training requirements for peer reviewers changed, as did training requirements for reviewers of Employee Benefit Plan engagements and engagements performed in accordance with Governmental Auditing Standards. To determine how to meet these training requirements, visit the Peer Reviewer Training page.
Contact Us
Contact the Peer Review Team.
AICPA TV
A Data-Driven Approach to Enhancing Audit Quality
The AICPA’s Enhancing Audit Quality initiative (EAQ) aims to drive high-quality audit performance in an evolving business environment. How? By transforming audit data into valuable insights and tools to support auditors, auditees and other stakeholders.
More on AICPA TVPeer Review Board Meeting and Materials
The next open session meeting of the AICPA Peer Review Board (PRB) will be held on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. To register for the next for the next PRB open session meeting, please email the following to Jessica.Woody@aicpa-cima.com:
- Name
- Organization
- Address
- Phone Number
- Email Address
Download the February 2018 PRB Open Meeting Highlights.
Download prior PRB meeting materials and highlights.
National Peer Review Committee (NPRC)
Firms are required to have their peer review administered by the NPRC if they are required to be registered with and inspected by the PCAOB or if they perform audits of non-SEC issuers pursuant to the standards of the PCAOB.
If your firm is not required to have its review administered by the National PRC, but it chooses to do so, please notify your current administering entity. Your firm will be subject to the NPRC administrative fee structure.
For more information, go to the NPRC page.