Risk Management Road Rules: Mapping a Safer Route for Your Firm (Audit & Attest Services Focus)
Knowing the risks when providing audit and attest services is indispensable for any CPA. You can learn to identify, assess, and mitigate risks that could arise from decisions in your practice.
Format
Webcast
Date
Jun 16, 2026
NASBA Field of Study
Regulatory Ethics
Level
Basic
CPE Credits
4
Instructor
David E. Adams, Sarah B. Ference, Jennifer H. Elder
Availability
Product Number
VCNAAASF260616
What are the risks of offering A&A services?
You'll take a trip through strategies to help your firm manage professional liability risk. Drawing on real-world roadblocks faced by CPAs, this course discusses how disputes commonly arise and how to help avoid professional liability potholes.
Along the way, you'll explore practical “road rules” to help protect everyone on the firm's journey and mitigate the risk of a claim.
Additional benefits
In addition to earning CPE credits, CNA policyholders may earn up to a 10% premium credit for three consecutive policy periods on their AICPA Professional Liability Insurance policy.
Please consult your agent for further details regarding eligibility.
Key Topics
- AICPA Professional Liability Insurance Program's claim data
- Client and engagement acceptance
- Engagement letters
- Documentation’s role in claims
- Client communication and relationship management
- Billing practices
- Client continuance and termination
- Audit and attest services – causes of loss and risk management tips to assist claim defense
- Consulting services – causes of loss and risk management tips to assist claim defense
- Data security
Learning Outcomes
- Recognize the common ways professional liability claims arise from a CPA firm’s services.
- Identify firm-level risk management strategies that can help minimize the likelihood of client disputes.
- Identify tools and techniques to leverage during the provision of audit, attest, and consulting services to help mitigate the risk of a malpractice claim.
- Select which practical risk management strategies are most appropriate for your firm’s unique characteristics and needs.
Who Will Benefit
- CPAs and CGMA designation holders
- Auditors and attestation service providers
- Accounting and finance professionals
- Legal personnel
- Consulting service providers
Group ordering for your team
2 to 5 registrants
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