Accountants & TCSPs

Client due diligence for
a supervised profession.

You are an obliged entity, your supervisor inspects your files, and the evidence you kept two years ago is the evidence you are judged on. Screening is the part of that which should not take an afternoon per client.

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450+
Sanctions & PEP datasets: 147M+
Entities indexed: Per client
Evidence trail retained

Compliance challenges

What keeps your compliance team up at night.

Onboarding a client you will never meet

Remote engagement is normal now, so identity of the person is one problem and identity of the company behind them is a different, harder one.

Beneficial owners behind a structure

A client company with a nominee director and a holding company two jurisdictions away is not unusual. Establishing who actually controls it is the file your supervisor opens first.

PEPs among your own clients

A politically exposed client is not a client you refuse; it is a client you handle differently, and the distinction only holds if you know.

Company formation requests

Forming a company for someone puts you at the point where a structure is created, which is precisely why TCSP work is supervised at all.

Re-checking at engagement renewal

Due diligence done once at onboarding is a snapshot. Designations happen after the engagement letter is signed.

Producing the file under inspection

The question is never whether you checked. It is whether you can show what you saw, and on what date.

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What we actually run for you.

Smart Sanction

Screen a client, its directors and its beneficial owners against 450+ sanctions and PEP datasets before you accept the engagement.

PEP screening that reaches family members and close associates, not just the named client
Corporate ownership and director screening for the entity behind the engagement
Adverse media in graded categories, so an allegation is not filed as a conviction
Every hit carries its source record; its first-seen date is when our index first carried it, not when it was designated
Your screening history records who searched for whom, with which tool and when, so the file shows when each check ran

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KYB & Company Risk

Resolve the structure behind the client, not just the name on the letterhead.

Corporate ownership and director screening from registry data
Ownership and relationship mapping, so a nominee layer is visible rather than assumed
The same evidence trail as name screening, in the same case file
Runs from the portal or the API, whichever suits the size of the practice

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Regulatory coverage

The rules that govern your business.

Named sources, not a badge wall. Each one is the instrument the obligation actually comes from.

Money Laundering Regulations 2017UK: Customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence and record-keeping duties, supervised by the professional bodies and by HMRC for TCSPs.
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023UK: Authorised Corporate Service Provider registration and the identity verification duties that come with filing at Companies House.
6AMLDEU: The Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, which extends criminal liability to legal entities and to those who enable an offence.
FATF Recommendation 22Global: The designated non-financial businesses and professions standard, which is where accountants and TCSPs acquire their obligations in most national regimes.

GuideAML Software for AccountantsClient due diligence for accountants, tax advisers and trust or company service providers.Read the guide