Fee Protection Insurance Letter

A clear letter offering clients your fee protection (tax investigation) service: why it matters, what is and is not covered, the cost, how claims work, and an opt-in or opt-out slip.

Editable Word document
7
10pages
Guidance notes included
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Accountancy practice – client documents

Fee Protection Insurance Letter

About this document

What it’s for

A client letter explaining your firm’s fee protection service, which covers your professional fees if HMRC opens an enquiry, compliance check or dispute. It sets out the cover, the main exclusions, the client’s obligations and the price, and records the client’s decision on a reply slip.

When to use it

  • With your engagement letter or proposal for new clients
  • At each annual renewal of the service
  • When you introduce, or change provider for, a fee protection scheme

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.

  • What the service covers
  • What the service does not cover
  • Your obligations
  • What it costs
  • How the service works
  • What you need to do

How to complete it

  • Fill in the cover details from your insurer’s policy summary – do not guess
  • Choose the opt-in or opt-out reply slip
  • Check how your scheme is structured and whether you need FCA permissions
  • Record each client’s decision on file

Key points to check

  • Insurance distribution rules (see the guidance notes)
  • VAT and insurance premium tax treatment of the charge

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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Accountancy practice – client documents

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Guidance notes in every document

Written for UK businesses

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