Starter templates for your firm's AI compliance setup. Download each one, have your advisor review and approve, then put them to work. Not legal or tax advice - engineering starting points your counsel can adapt.
Starter drafts for your advisor to review.
The rules are not fully settled, but having written consent is always safer than not. This file includes starter disclosure and use consent forms for individual (1040) clients on separate pages - federal law requires them as separate documents - plus an engagement letter clause for business entity clients. Your attorney should review and finalize these before distributing.
Download .docxInform your clients transparently.
A drop-in paragraph for your engagement letters that tells clients you use AI tools with appropriate safeguards. Covers data handling, human review, and opt-out rights. Edit the bracketed fields to match your firm's actual setup before using.
Download .docxConfigure your AI tools with guardrails.
Paste these into Claude's project settings or ChatGPT's custom instructions. They prompt the AI to check for consent status before processing tax return data, flag potential PII, and remind you to review every output. A starting point for the internal protocols and tool configuration that Circular 230 section 10.36 expects firms to have in place.
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