What you do and don't do:
- Do: spot clients that import and export, refer them, advise on accounting for the refund, and register the deal.
- Don't: prepare, match or file claims. That's customs business, done under a licensed broker.
How the money works:
- Your clients get partner pricing: 10% off the published percentage fee, when a NexQloud partner broker files.
- You bill your own work directly to your client; for example, the memo on recognizing the refund.
- We pay no referral fees and offer no contingent arrangements, so nothing flows from us to you.
Independence and state rules: AICPA and SEC rules restrict referral and contingent fees for attest and audit clients, and several states bar contingent fees on "a claim for a tax refund" for any client.
Whether a customs refund counts is unsettled, which is one reason we pay nothing.
We screen attest status per client and provide a disclosure template.
You also get CPE training once it's accredited, a co-branded page, deal registration, claim status with your client's consent, and an accounting packet; expected refunds generally represent gain contingencies until realized.
- AICPA ET 1.510, 1.520[1]
- SEC Rule 2-01(c)(5)[1]
- Oregon ORS 673.345[2]
- CLA, Tariff refunds, 2026[3]
- 19 CFR 111.1[4]
- Can accounting firms refer clients for duty drawback?
- How are CPA firms paid?
- Do you work with CPA firms on tariff refund services?
Written by the Duty Recovery AI team from the primary sources linked on this page.
Not legal advice. Duty Recovery AI is not a government agency.
Duty Recovery AI is software used by licensed customs brokers.
