CAM Audit for Accounting and CAS Firms

CAMAudit is a forensic CAM reconciliation audit platform that CAS firms, bookkeeping practices, and outsourced controller teams white-label to deliver lease audit services under their own brand. Clients upload their lease and reconciliation statements. CAMAudit runs 14 detection rules and returns a findings report with specific overcharges, the lease provisions at issue, and a dispute letter draft. The firm delivers it under their name.

Where Accounting Firms Encounter CAM

Landlord reconciliations arrive during close week. A commercial tenant paying $1,600 per month in estimated CAM receives an annual true-up statement showing $18,400 in actual charges, a $3,200 balance due. The bookkeeper or controller processes the invoice, codes the charge, and closes the period. What almost never happens is a check of whether the $18,400 is correct.

The management fee may be calculated on a gross base that includes excluded items. The pro-rata share percentage may not match what the lease specifies. The gross-up assumption may exceed the lease authorization. Any of these errors can persist for years across annual reconciliations before they surface.

The Accounting Firm's Role in CAM Review

Bookkeepers and controllers are not lease auditors. The right scope is: spot the red flag, preserve the document, escalate when the charge warrants a formal review. That is a clean advisory role. CAMAudit handles the formal audit: document extraction, math verification, 14-rule detection engine, findings report. The accounting firm delivers the output under their brand and keeps the client relationship.

How White-Labeling Works

1. Your firm signs up for a wholesale credit bundle. Choose the tier that fits your expected audit volume. Credits are prepaid annually at wholesale rates, from $40 per audit at starter volume to $25 per audit at scale.
2. Clients upload documents through your branded portal. They submit their lease and year-end reconciliation statement. CAMAudit extracts the data and runs all 14 detection rules automatically. Most audits complete within 15 minutes.
3. You deliver the findings report under your firm's name. The report carries your identity. You set your own retail price and keep the margin.

Wholesale Pricing

• Starter: $990/yr, 25 audits, $40/audit
• Growth: $2,100/yr, 60 audits, $35/audit
• Scale: $4,500/yr, 150 audits, $30/audit
• Enterprise: $7,500/yr, 300 audits, $25/audit

Retail audits on CAMAudit sell for $79 to $249. You set your own retail rate and keep the spread.

Why Accounting Firms Add CAM Audit

• The entry point already exists in the workflow. Every annual reconciliation is a potential audit candidate. The bookkeeper is the first person to see it.
• CAM overcharges are systematic, not exceptional. Management fee stacks, denominator drift, gross-up violations, and excluded charges appear across lease types and property categories. The audit-right deadline means most clients have a narrow window to act.
• The deliverable is concrete. A findings report gives the client specific overcharges, the relevant lease provisions, and a dispute letter draft. Not a general concern: a documented, actionable result.
• No lease audit expertise required. CAMAudit handles the technical work. The accounting firm provides the client relationship, the brand, and the advisory context.
• Referral is also an option. Firms that prefer not to manage the white-label workflow can refer clients directly through the revenue-sharing program and earn 30% lifetime commission on every audit the client runs.