Dear Tax Client:

This letter is to confirm and specify the terms of our engagement with you and to clarify the nature and extent of the services we will provide.  In order to ensure an understanding of our mutual responsibilities, we ask all clients for whom returns are prepared to confirm the following arrangements. 

By providing us with your signature, you are accepting the terms and conditions specified in this letter.

We will prepare your federal, state and local income tax returns from information which you will furnish to us. We will not audit or otherwise verify the data you submit, although it may be necessary to ask you for clarification of some of the information. We will furnish you with questionnaires and worksheets to guide you in gathering the necessary information. We reserve the right to assess additional bookkeeping charges.

It is your responsibility to provide all the information required for the preparation of complete and accurate returns. You should retain all the documents, cancelled checks and other data that form the basis of income, expenses, credits and deductions. These may be necessary to prove the accuracy and completeness of the returns to a taxing authority.

You have the final responsibility for the income tax returns and, therefore, you should review them carefully before you sign them.

Our work in connection with the preparation of your income tax returns does not include any procedures designed to discover defalcations and/or irregularities, should any exist. We will render such bookkeeping assistance as determined to be necessary for preparation of the income tax returns.

The law provides various penalties that may be imposed when taxpayers understate their tax liability. If you would like information on the amount or the circumstances of these penalties, please view the IRS website.

Your returns may be selected for review by the taxing authorities. Any proposed adjustments by the examining agent are subject to certain rights of appeal.
If the above sets forth your understanding, please sign this letter in the space indicated.  This letter will apply for all tax returned prepared for you by our tax preparers.

I understand that this information is being provided to the IRS and State Revenue. I have been advised by my tax preparer that any false and misleading information that I provide for income tax filing purposes is against the law and are subject to penalties.  I understand that this tax company is only liable for any Error and Omission on their part and will be responsible for any interest and penalties and not tax due. 

Federal Law requires this consent form be provided to you. Unless authorized by law we cannot disclose your tax return information to third parties for other purposes other than the preparation and filing of your tax return without your consent. If you consent to disclosure of your tax return information, Federal Law may not protect your tax return information from further use or distribution.

Yoa are not required to complete this form to engage in our tax preparation services. If we obtain your signature on this form by conditioning our services on your consent, your consent your consent will not be valid for the amount of time that you specify. If you do not specify the duration of your consent, your consent is valid for one year from the date of your signature.

You have indicated that you are interested in receiving an Electric Disbursement Service and/or Loan (or collectively, "Products or Services") from Refund Advantage, a division of MetaBank National Association. In order to provide you with the opportunity to apply for one of the Products or Services, we must disclose all current tax return information necessary for evaluating the request to Refund Advantage. If you request a more limited disclosure of your tax return information, you will not be eligible to submit an application request for these Products or Services. If you would like us to disclose your tax return for this purpose, please sign and date your consent to the disclosure of your tax return.

By signing below, you authorize us to disclose to Refund Advantage all of your tax return information necessary for the evaluation and processing of your request for a Product or Service. You understand that if you are unwilling to authorize the disclosure and sharing your tax return information with Refund Advantage, you will not be able to obtain a Product or Service, but you may still choose to have your tax return prepared and filed by us for a fee.

 

If you believe your tax return information has been disclosed or used improperly in a manner unauthorized by law or without your permission, you may contact the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) by telephone at 1-800-366-4484, or by email at complaints at complaints@tigta.treas.gov.