Tax Preparation Engagement Letter Template gives accounting firms a repeatable starting point for work that otherwise tends to live in individual inboxes, spreadsheets or memory. The objective is not to create bureaucracy. It is to make the minimum required information, ownership and next step visible before work moves forward.
Copy-ready engagement letter framework
Parties and effective date
This engagement letter confirms the understanding between [Firm Name] and [Client Name] regarding the tax preparation services described below, effective [Date].
Scope of services
We will provide the following tax preparation services: [list services]. Services not expressly listed are outside the scope unless added in writing.
Client responsibilities
You are responsible for providing complete, accurate and timely information, maintaining source records, reviewing deliverables, and notifying us of material changes that may affect the engagement.
Firm responsibilities
We will perform the agreed services using information supplied by you and will communicate material questions, missing information and agreed deliverables through the designated channels.
Deadlines and dependencies
Delivery dates depend on receiving complete information by the requested dates. Delays in client-provided information may change completion dates and, where relevant, filing outcomes.
Fees and billing
Fees will be [fixed/monthly/hourly/value-based] as described in [proposal/schedule]. Additional work outside scope requires approval and may be billed separately.
Term and termination
Either party may terminate the engagement subject to the notice, payment and document-return terms stated here and any applicable professional obligations.
Acknowledgement
Accepted and agreed: [Client Signatory / Date] and [Firm Signatory / Date].
Important: This is an operational template, not legal advice. Have counsel and your professional standards/compliance team adapt it for your jurisdiction, services and risk profile.
How PracticeERP fits
A template creates consistency; the operating system makes that consistency repeatable. PracticeERP can connect client records, tasks, workflow status, time/WIP, billing and management visibility so the checklist becomes part of the engagement rather than a document someone has to remember to update.
Related resources
Use this with Accounting Client Onboarding Checklist, Accounting Workflow Templates, PracticeERP Features and Client Portal Implementation Checklist.
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