CPA Firm Client Confidentiality AI Risk Checklist

10 questions. The four highest-risk gaps. Exactly what to do about each.

Managing partners, ethics leads, and technology committee members at CPA and accounting firms that use AI tools on client work and want to confirm their professional confidentiality obligations are being met.

The four highest-risk gaps at most CPA firms: no data processing agreement with AI vendors, no model training prohibition in vendor contracts, AI-generated tax citations used without independent verification, and no AI disclosure in engagement letters. Any one of these creates professional liability exposure.

A 10-question yes/no checklist evaluating all critical AI confidentiality controls, with a gap analysis worksheet (gap identified, remediation action, owner, target date) and detailed explanations of the four highest-risk gaps with specific remediation steps.