Parting company with accountant.

[Fred Bloggs]

I pay everything myself electronically. I always calculate my own figures except for corporation tax, though I suppose I could do that myself. That way I just use the accountants figures as a check on my fogures before I actually pay. I have avoided being late with any payment for the best part of 5 years that way. I have found errors in NI, Income Tax and VAT but each time I've manged to get a correct figure within 24 hours of pointing out a possible error. So that's the upside. The downside is that the errors happen at all and the potential hassle factor that would be caused by making an incorrect payment. I just don't need that kind of hassle hence operating the way I do. Everything is cross checked to a penny.

FWIW my accountant has not been mentioned in this thread and as far as I know they do not have a presence here. But they are well known in the contractor world and they target that as a primary client base.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I am also with a smallish firm that targets the contractor market (I joined on a recommendation from two contractors whoose opinion I trust) - and I am having trouble getting e-mails answered. Judging form most stuff on here, it looks like it probably isn't worth moving.

Needless to say, there was plenty of advice and help promised before I joined up - and to be fair, they did a quick and effective job of registering my ltd. Since then, though they have been rather average.

What is it about e-mails - are they just scared of putting stuff in writin g like lawyers?

[FiveTimes]

I am also with a smallish firm that targets the contractor market (I joined on a recommendation from two contractors whoose opinion I trust) - and I am having trouble getting e-mails answered. Judging form most stuff on here, it looks like it probably isn't worth moving.

Needless to say, there was plenty of advice and help promised before I joined up - and to be fair, they did a quick and effective job of registering my ltd. Since then, though they have been rather average.

What is it about e-mails - are they just scared of putting stuff in writin g like lawyers?

I've noticed that. I now call them instead of emailing and get a better/swifter response.

[hgllgh]

I am also with a smallish firm that targets the contractor market (I joined on a recommendation from two contractors whoose opinion I trust) - and I am having trouble getting e-mails answered. Judging form most stuff on here, it looks like it probably isn't worth moving.

Needless to say, there was plenty of advice and help promised before I joined up - and to be fair, they did a quick and effective job of registering my ltd. Since then, though they have been rather average.

What is it about e-mails - are they just scared of putting stuff in writin g like lawyers?

It's ridiculous ... if you pay someone for on ongoing service you should expect swift answers to your emails .. period