Firms must have a risk-based system of quality management (SOQM) for their accounting and auditing practices in place by December 15, 2025. That SOQM must be in line with the new quality management (QM) standards. Those interrelated standards are comprised of:
Statement on Quality Management Standards (SQMS) No. 1, A Firm's System of Quality Management
Codified in QM 10 (same title)
SQMS No. 2, Engagement Quality Reviews
Codified in QM 20 (same title)
Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 146,