Tax audit and tax liability
The professional fees of responding to a tax audit or investigation, and on the transactional form a known tax risk in a deal.
On the schedule
| Also called | tax audit cover, tax investigation, tax indemnity |
|---|---|
| Family | Financial lines |
| Responds when | The tax authority opens an audit or review, or a transaction carries an identified tax exposure. |
Which industries carry it
| Usually held by | none of the twenty classes as a usual line; bought for a specific exposure |
|---|---|
| Often needed, often lacking | not on any watch list |
Standards this line engages
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ISO 31000 6.5.2 Selection of risk treatment optionsGuidance: choosing treatment options balances the benefits for the objectives against the cost, effort and disadvantages of implementing them. Options are not mutually exclusive and not all fit every situation; they include avoiding the risk by not starting or continuing the activity, taking or increasing the risk to pursue an opportunity, removing the risk ...
Common gap: Only mitigation considered; avoiding, taking or sharing never on the table
ISO 31000:2018 on compliance.theartofservice.com
ISO 31000 6.3.3 External and internal contextGuidance: the external and internal context is the environment in which the organization defines and pursues its objectives. The context of the risk management process should be established from an understanding of that environment and should reflect the specific environment of the activity the process is applied to, because risk management happens in the co...
Common gap: Context copied from the enterprise level and not adjusted to the activity
ISO 31000:2018 on compliance.theartofservice.com
COSO ERM principle 13 Implements Risk ResponsesThe organization identifies and selects risk responses.
Common gap: Response chosen without analysis
COSO ERM 2017 on compliance.theartofservice.com
COSO ERM principle 1 Exercises Board Risk OversightThe board provides oversight of strategy and carries out governance responsibilities to support management in achieving strategic and business objectives.
Common gap: No documented risk oversight cadence
COSO ERM 2017 on compliance.theartofservice.com
COSO ERM principle 7 Defines Risk AppetiteThe organization defines risk appetite in the context of creating, preserving, and realizing value.
Common gap: Qualitative-only appetite
COSO ERM 2017 on compliance.theartofservice.com
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