Terms Of Service

These Website Terms of Use (the “Terms”) govern your access to and use of the website operated under the Benchmark International Tax Partners brand, including its pages, content, resources, forms and functionality (the “Website”). Please read them carefully.

1. Acceptance of these Terms

By accessing or using the Website, you confirm that you have read, understood and agreed to these Terms. If you do not agree, you must not use the Website.

If you access or use the Website on behalf of a company, trust, partnership or other organisation, you confirm that you have authority to bind that organisation to these Terms.

2. About us

The Website is operated by Benchmark International Tax Services, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, with its principal office at 4030 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 500, Tampa, FL 33607 (“Benchmark Tax”, “we”, “us” or “our”).

Benchmark Tax is affiliated with the Benchmark International group. Each company within that group is a separate legal entity. No other group company assumes obligations under these Terms unless it expressly agrees to do so in writing.

3. Purpose and scope of the Website

The Website provides general information about Benchmark Tax, our capabilities and topics that may be relevant to business owners, investors and high-net-worth individuals. Unless we expressly state otherwise, Website content is prepared with United States federal tax considerations in mind and may not address the laws of any particular state, locality or other country.

These Terms govern use of the Website only. Tax advisory, compliance, preparation or other professional services are governed by a separate written engagement agreement. If these Terms conflict with a signed engagement agreement in relation to professional services, the engagement agreement will control.

4. No tax, legal, accounting, financial or investment advice

Website content is provided for general educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute tax, legal, accounting, financial, investment, transaction or other professional advice, and it is not a substitute for advice based on your particular facts and circumstances.

Examples, summaries, articles, alerts, calculators, checklists and other resources may simplify complex matters and should not be relied upon to make or refrain from making a decision. You should obtain advice from appropriately qualified professionals before acting.

5. No adviser–client relationship

Accessing the Website, downloading material, attending a webinar, submitting a form, sending us an email or receiving a response does not create an accountant–client, tax adviser–client, attorney–client, fiduciary or other professional relationship.

A professional relationship is created only when Benchmark Tax and the client enter into a written engagement agreement signed by an authorised representative of Benchmark Tax. Until that happens, we have no duty to advise you, monitor your affairs, protect a filing position or meet any deadline on your behalf.

6. Tax law is time-sensitive and fact-specific

Tax laws, regulations, administrative guidance, judicial decisions and filing procedures change frequently and may apply differently depending on the relevant jurisdiction, effective date and individual facts. Content may become outdated without notice.

We do not undertake to update Website content after publication or to notify users when the law, our interpretation or relevant practice changes. A publication date does not mean the content remains current on the date you read it.

7. No assurance of outcomes or deadline protection

Nothing on the Website guarantees any tax saving, refund, deduction, credit, valuation, transaction result, audit outcome or other result. Prior results and illustrative scenarios do not predict future outcomes.

Submitting information through the Website does not constitute the filing of a return, election, claim, extension, disclosure or other document with any tax authority and does not extend, preserve or satisfy a statutory, regulatory, contractual or other deadline.

8. Accuracy, availability and security

We take reasonable care in preparing the Website, but we do not promise that its content will always be accurate, complete, current or suitable for your needs. The Website may contain technical, typographical or other errors.

We may change, suspend, restrict or withdraw any part of the Website at any time without notice. We do not guarantee uninterrupted access or that the Website will be free from defects, malicious code or other harmful components. You are responsible for using appropriate security and backup measures.

9. Intellectual property and permitted use

The Website and its content, design, text, graphics, logos, trade names, marks, downloads and other materials are owned by or licensed to Benchmark Tax or its affiliates and are protected by intellectual-property laws.

We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive and non-transferable right to access and use the Website for lawful, personal or internal business-information purposes. You may print or download reasonable extracts for those purposes, provided you do not alter them, remove notices or imply endorsement.

Except as permitted by law or with our prior written consent, you must not reproduce, republish, sell, license, distribute, modify, create derivative works from, publicly display, frame, scrape or commercially exploit the Website or its content.

10. Acceptable use

You must not use the Website unlawfully, fraudulently or in a way that could harm Benchmark Tax, its affiliates or others. In particular, you must not attempt to gain unauthorised access; interfere with the Website or its infrastructure; introduce malicious code; impersonate another person; harvest personal information; use automated tools in a manner that imposes an unreasonable burden; or use Website content to train, develop or improve a commercial artificial-intelligence model without our written consent.

We may block or restrict access where we reasonably believe these Terms have been breached or the Website, our systems or other users may be at risk.

11. Communications, submissions and confidential information

Do not send tax returns, Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, banking information, passwords or other sensitive or confidential material through a general Website form or ordinary email. If we ask you to provide sensitive material, use the secure method we designate.

Unless and until we have accepted an engagement and confirmed an appropriate channel in writing, information sent through the Website or by unsolicited email may not be treated as confidential and may not be protected by professional privilege. This does not limit our obligations under applicable privacy law or our Privacy Notice.

You confirm that you have the right to send any material you submit. You grant us a non-exclusive licence to use, copy and process it only as reasonably necessary to operate the Website, respond to your enquiry, protect our rights and comply with law.

12. Third-party websites and resources

The Website may link to websites, platforms or resources controlled by third parties. Links are provided for convenience and do not amount to endorsement. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party content, availability, security, products, services or privacy practices.

You access third-party resources at your own risk and should review the terms and privacy information that apply to them.

13. Privacy and cookies

Our collection and use of personal information is described in the Privacy Notice made available on the Website. Information about cookies and similar technologies is set out in the Cookie Policy and, where applicable, the Website’s consent-management tool.

The Privacy Notice and Cookie Policy form separate notices and do not create an adviser–client relationship.

14. Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We disclaim all warranties and representations, whether express, implied or statutory, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, currency, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, security and availability.

We do not warrant that Website content is suitable for any particular person, transaction, filing position or jurisdiction. Nothing in these Terms excludes a warranty or right that cannot lawfully be excluded.

15. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Benchmark Tax, its affiliates and their respective members, managers, directors, officers, employees, contractors and agents will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive or consequential loss, or for any loss of profit, revenue, opportunity, goodwill, anticipated savings, business or data, arising out of or connected with the Website, its content, your reliance on it, inability to access it or a third-party resource.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the total aggregate liability of those parties for all claims arising out of or connected with the Website will not exceed the greater of US$100 and the amount you paid specifically for access to the Website during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim.

These limitations do not apply to liability that cannot lawfully be limited or excluded. They do not govern liability arising from professional services provided under a separate engagement agreement.

16. Changes to the Website and these Terms

We may revise these Terms from time to time. The revised version will be posted on the Website with an updated date and will apply from publication unless stated otherwise. Your continued use of the Website after a revision takes effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

We may also change or remove Website content without notice.

17. Severability, waiver and entire agreement

If any provision of these Terms is found unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary or, if that is not possible, treated as deleted. The remaining provisions will continue in effect.

A failure or delay in enforcing a provision is not a waiver. These Terms, together with the policies expressly referred to in them, constitute the entire agreement between you and Benchmark Tax concerning use of the Website and replace prior statements on that subject.

18. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms and any non-contractual dispute or claim arising out of or connected with them or the Website are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.

Subject to any mandatory law that applies to you, the state and federal courts located in Hillsborough County, Florida will have exclusive jurisdiction, and you consent to their personal jurisdiction and venue.

19. Contact us

Questions about these Terms may be sent to Info@BenchmarkIntlTaxServices.com or by post to Benchmark International Tax Services, LLC, 4030 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 500, Tampa, FL 33607, USA.

Please do not include confidential tax or financial information in a general enquiry.