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CAMICO Tip: Best Practices When E-filing Tax Returns

Q: With most tax returns being e-filed, has CAMICO noticed any trends in e-filings not going through? If so, what advice do you have for policyholders to prevent or address these situations? A: CAMICO has observed a rise in issues with e-filed tax returns, including processing failures and fraudulent filings. To address these challenges, firms … Read more

Loss Prevention Trend: The Information Security Plan (“ISP” or “WISP”)

Q: My firm has a Written Information Security Plan (“WISP”), but it hasn’t been updated since early 2023. How often should we be reviewing/updating our WISP? And have there been any significant changes to the regulatory guidance related to physical, technical, and/or administrative safeguards a CPA firm is required to have in place to protect … Read more

Top 10 Loss Prevention and Claims Trends

CAMICO’s Loss Prevention and Claims departments work with CPA policyholder firms every day on difficult risk management issues. The following Q&A covers 10 questions and trends that our specialists hear about most frequently from our policyholders. Top Loss Prevention Trends Q: What are some of the risks and general guidelines for our firm if we … Read more

Risk Management Aspects of the IRS’s Second ERC Voluntary Disclosure Program and the ERC Withdrawal Option

On August 15, 2024, the IRS announced a second Employee Retention Credit Voluntary Disclosure Program (“ERC-VDP”) for the benefit of businesses and tax-exempt organizations that erroneously claimed the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) for 2021 and have received a credit or refund prior to August 15, 2024. The initial Voluntary Disclosure Program (“VDP”) for the 2020 … Read more