To meet the seven-year rule the lead audit partner would be rotated off in the seventh year and then rotate back onto the engagement in the eighth year.
Such behavior points out how ineffective any legislation is without a spirit of coopera-
tion.
The new act also includes some modest additional restrictions on nonaudit services.
Even before the Act passed, several of the big CPA firms realized large gains from the sale of their consulting units.
However, this did not end their consulting activities.
Recent evidence shows consulting continues to dominate audit revenues of the major CPA firms.