We have recently seen a number of IPs who have included postage as a category 2 disbursement in their practice fee recovery sheet. Just a reminder that as long as you are only recovering the actual postage costs incurred on a case – i.e. recording the number of letters issued and their cost – then postage is a category 1 expense that can be recovered without obtaining specific approval from the creditors.
Given the need to record information about the number of letters issued and postage costs, realistically it is only economic to recover postage when issuing circular documents to creditors. That way you can record the information about the numbers of letters and postage costs on the certificate of posting, which will also act as evidence as to whom the document was issued and the date of deemed service.
