This letter is to confirm and specify the terms of our engagement with you and 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:
We will prepare your 2024 federal and state income tax returns based on the information you 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 information. We will furnish you with questionnaires and worksheets to guide you in gathering the necessary information. Your use of forms will assist in keeping the fee to a minimum.
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 your income 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 are responsible for preparing the returns referred to in this letter. Our fee does not include responding to inquiries from the IRS or state received after the return is filed or examination by taxing authorities. However, we are available to represent you should such a need develop, and this would be covered under a separate engagement letter unless you opted into our Audit Protection Program.
We will render bookkeeping assistance as determined to be necessary for the preparation of the income tax returns.
Our fee for these services will be calculated based on our standard form based fee schedule.
All invoices are due and payable upon presentation. If you choose to disengage after your tax return has been accurately prepared and presented, there is a $100 tax quote fee required. We are dedicated to getting you every tax deduction and credit that you are eligible for. Your return is unique to your circumstances. We cannot guarantee the outcome or whether you will view it as good or bad. This does not relieve you of the obligation to pay our fees. Payment for services is due when rendered.
If the foregoing fairly sets forth your understanding, please sign.
We want to express our appreciation for this opportunity to work with you. We look forward to a long, mutually beneficial professional relationship with you.