Scope, assumptions and exclusions schedule to the engagement letter
A single format from the Client Onboarding and Engagement Terms pack. Schedule to the engagement letter · ICAI Code of Ethics · Companies Act 2013, s.144 · Indian Contract Act 1872, s.62.
- 10 pages
- 89
- Word and PDF
- 30 October 2026
- 30 October 2026
What it covers
- 1Scope, assumptions and exclusions schedule to the engagement letterSchedule to the engagement letter · ICAI Code of Ethics · Companies Act 2013, s.144 · Indian Contract Act 1872, s.62
Not included
What you will still need outside this format:
- The engagement letter itself: use the accounting, GST, income-tax or secretarial engagement letter already in the catalogue and annex these schedules to it.
- Client acceptance, know-your-client and conflict check records, which are separate formats.
- The portal access arrangement and the records-sharing consent, which are separate formats.
- Engagement letters for representation, audit and certification work, which are engaged separately.
- For a firm of company secretaries, the Company Secretaries Act 1980 and ICSI provisions on fees, which replace the ICAI references in the fee schedule.
- Stamp duty on the signed engagement letter and schedules, where the State's Stamp Act treats them as an agreement.
Read the opening
The first part of the format, as it downloads. Blanks are highlighted.
On the letterhead of [Name of the firm]
SCHEDULE [Schedule number of the scope schedule]: SCOPE, ASSUMPTIONS AND EXCLUSIONS
to the engagement letter dated [Date of the engagement letter] between [Name of the firm] and [Name of the client]
This schedule fixes what the fee buys. Fill Part A from the proposal the client accepted, and Part C from what you actually know about the client's volumes; an assumption you have not checked is a dispute waiting to happen. Attach it with the Responsibility matrix and the Fee schedule and billing terms in this pack. It can be annexed to any of the firm's retainer letters: Engagement letter, accounting and bookkeeping (FV06-B2); Letter of engagement, GST monthly compliance (FV05-K1); Engagement letter, preparation and filing of returns of income (FV04-L9); Engagement letter, retainer secretarial services (FV01-B7).