My fair compensation

[sea-tax]

I have a former client who wants a copy of his very old tax return. I will have to go to our storage room to really search for his file. I have no idea how much time it's going to take to find it, assuming that i can find it eventually. I would like to know whether there is a rule to limit how much we can charge our clients for this kind of works? What would you do if you need to spend like 2 hours to find an old file because your former client needs a copy of his old tax return?

I would not charge anything or a nominal copy fee say $00.25 per page.
Also check with your state laws everyone is different.

Ultimately I think getting this done for the client builds goodwill and will be rewarded in the future.

[NotEasy]

I have a former client who wants a copy of his very old tax return. I will have to go to our storage room to really search for his file. I have no idea how much time it's going to take to find it, assuming that i can find it eventually. I would like to know whether there is a rule to limit how much we can charge our clients for this kind of works? What would you do if you need to spend like 2 hours to find an old file because your former client needs a copy of his old tax return?