Covering Letter Sending Accounts and Tax Returns for Approval

Send accounts and tax returns to sole traders, landlords, partners and individuals for approval – with key figures, the points they must check, specific questions and a signed approval and authority to file.

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Accountancy practice – client documents

Covering Letter Sending Accounts and Tax Returns for Approval

About this document

What it’s for

A covering letter sending a client their accounts and Self Assessment return (or partnership return) to check and approve before you file. It records what you prepared it from, the judgements made, the points the client must confirm, and the client’s approval and authority for you to file online.

When to use it

  • Sole traders and landlords: accounts and personal tax return together
  • Partnerships: partnership accounts and return, with each partner’s personal return
  • Individuals with no business: tax return only (delete the accounts sections)

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  • Key figures
  • How we prepared these documents
  • Please check carefully
  • Questions for you to confirm
  • How to approve
  • What happens next

How to complete it

  • Choose the client-type option and complete the enclosures and key figures tables
  • List every judgement or estimate the client must confirm in the questions table
  • For limited companies use the Accounts Approval Letter and Letter of Representation (in this pack) instead

Key points to check

  • Do not file until you hold the signed or electronic approval
  • Keep the approval with the filed return and the HMRC submission receipt

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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