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17 Jan

California Assembly Bill No. 5 — Worker Status: Employees and Independent Contractors

On September 18, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 5 ("AB 5"), which establishes a three-pronged test that a business must satisfy to maintain that a worker is an independent contractor for employment purposes in the state. This bill becomes effective January 1, 2020 and codifies a 2018 Supreme Court of California decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 (Dynamex), which redefined the standard for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee.

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17 Jan

SSAE 19 Changes the Landscape for Agreed-Upon Procedures Engagements

By Duncan B. Will

All services performed by accountants have some level of risk associated with them. Auditors have traditionally experienced the highest-severity claims, but these claims are among the least common. Claims involving tax preparation services have been the most common, but among the least severe. From CAMICO's experience, agreed-upon procedures (AUP) engagements have historically been the safest services whether measured by frequency or severity. That's about to change.

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17 Jan

Top 11 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 11 of the questions and trends that our specialists hear about most frequently from you, our policyholders.

Top Loss Prevention Trends

Q: More and more of our clients are requesting some form of comfort and/or verification type letters from our firm. Are we putting the firm at risk by complying with such requests?

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