Client wants a lender letter saying they were self-employed as a realtor for 5 years but I have only been preparing the client's returns for 2 years. Client offered to send the other 3 returns for me to look at and then say they were self-employed but since I did not prepare those returns it makes me feel a little off. I don't want any misrepresentation that I did any review or attestation type work for these returns that I did not file, in order to say client was self-employed for those years.
Does anyone have any guidance on how they would handle this and if it is within accounting standards to write such a letter for years that I did not prepare?