My accountant...

[Pondlife]

Edit: better by PM

[philip@wellwoodhoyle]

So if you change accountant then there is going to be some overlap and you will have to pay both. The fact that your current accountant has been charging you for six months does not reduce (much) the amount that your new accountant will have to do.

Some accountants will take on a new client, just charge their normal monthly fee from then on, and bring things up to date, effectively as a freebie, where a client has been paying a previous accountant monthly, as a goodwill gesture so there is no overlap cost.