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 NexQloud Drawback team from the primary sources linked on this page.
Not legal advice. NexQloud Drawback is not a government agency.
NexQloud Drawback is software used by licensed customs brokers.
