Click Some Broad Guidance for CPAs on the Post-COVID-19 Reopening of Your Office
By Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb CPA Firms have a number of questions when planning the office reopening process. The most significant challenge is staff safety, as well as clients and other visitors. Liability if someone is contaminated, especially staff, is uncertain and Government guidance often. It is wise to continually monitor guidelines from the […]
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Jun, 09, 2020
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Back to Work: Assistance for Employers
Our friends over at the law firm of Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck ["KDV"] have created a variety of useful documents to help make the transition back to business as smooth as possible . Government authorities around the United States have strongly suggested that employers implement a Safety Plan outlining the steps being taken by businesses to prevent the spread of COVID-19. To […]
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- Jun, 09, 2020
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Our first COVID-19 related claim against a CPA Client
by Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb. We have been scanning the metaphorical horizon to see how the pandemic is impacting CPAs and generally, although many firms have seen a depression or shift in fees to later in the year, there have been very fee actual professional liability claims against CPAs. However, there is always an […]
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- May, 01, 2020
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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act – Good Faith Certification
By Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act recently signed into law contains an important provision known as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) designed to provide relief to small businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The PPP directs $349 billion towards job retention and business operating expenses designed […]
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- Apr, 03, 2020
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Section 7216 – requesting client permissions
By Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb We would recently approached by a policyholder about affirmative consent requirements imposed by IRS regulations under Internal Revenue Code section 7216. Under the code, a tax return preparer is subject to criminal penalties under section 7216 if the preparer “knowingly or recklessly” discloses or uses tax return information. A […]
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- Mar, 06, 2020
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Does failure to notify your insurer of a subpoena void your professional liability insurance coverage?
By Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb We have frequently been contacted by members of the CPAGold™ program for assistance to respond to a subpoena, either for documents or for testimony. In fact, the CPAGold™ policy provides a specific coverage extension a follows: 1.2.2 Subpoena Expenses We will pay on your behalf Defense Expenses approved by […]
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- Mar, 06, 2020
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What You Don’t Know About The Coronavirus
Since the new coronavirus began it’s spread from Wuhan, China, to other countries public health officials have struggled to keep up with the potential threat that it poses to millions of people around the world. The first case in the US was reported this week. This virus, called the “novel coronavirus,” or COVID-19, is a […]
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- Feb, 28, 2020
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The Statute of Limitations in Professional Malpractice
Both Accountants and Wealth Advisers are “professionals” for the purpose of the various statutes of limitations. This means that firms’ decisions concerning document retention and the purchase of an extended reporting period can be heavily influence by a firm’s State of domicile (or the States where a firm practices). The longest statute of limitation is […]
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- Feb, 05, 2020
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Police Warn of New ‘Line-Trapping Technology’ Being Used to Scam People Over the Phone
A new piece of sophisticated technology is being used by fraudsters to scam unsuspecting people over the phone. Police said a woman in the New York Region received a call earlier this month and was told by the scammers she had been a victim of identity theft. Police said the woman was directed to call […]
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- Posted in Client relations, coverage limitations, criminal behaviour, Cyber Liability, Cyber resources, Cyber risk management, data breach, Data protection, due diligence, email risk management, Fraud, Fraudulent Wire Transfers, Phishing scams, policy coverage, policy wording, social engineering
- Jan, 13, 2020
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Example Disengagement letters
In a recent posting on the CPAFMA website there was a request for a specific template for client disengagement letter. You may recall we blogged about the topic of client disengagement in 2018 (Go here). The following are two suggested templates for disengagement letters: a relative simple version aimed at individual clients from the AICPA […]
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- Jan, 13, 2020
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