Every CPA firm buys AI. Almost none ship it to production. Here's the governance gap that separates the firms that scale from the ones that write off another pilot.
Every AI deployment passes through 12 cryptographically-signed gates. No bypass. No exceptions. No "tax season" deploys without verification. This is what makes AI board-defensible in a CPA firm.
General ledger, trial balance, and tax inputs verified before AI touches them. Anomalous feeds, missing adjustments, and reconciliation gaps caught at the boundary.
Full test suite must pass against live tax, audit, and ERP systems. No exceptions for filing deadlines.
Hash-verified artifact comparison. If a model output changed, the reason is in the audit log.
Risk-tiered: confidence above 85% auto-executes. 70-85% requires validation. Below 70% escalates. Client-facing outputs always human-reviewed.
HMAC-signed audit trail. "Done" is cryptographically verifiable, not an email thread.
SOX, GLBA, and SOC 2 logging; model drift detection; rollback triggers; board reporting. Gates 6-12 in the full checklist.
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