MyCo first FY accounts. Is this normal?

[TheRefactornator]

I waited for 3 complete months after my companys' financial year end before receiving the completed accounts for approval from my accountant. They kept me hanging with an excuse about their Sage system needing an update and them not being able to provide the final accounts until this update was performed.

Not an acceptable service in my opinion. But never mind, they've been canned for other reasons and I've moved on to a new accountant recently.

Now the financial reports need printing in triplicate, hand signing and sending back to this old accountant and this is 108 pages in total.

My question is does seem extreme to anyone or is it normal to have to print 100+ pages and send them back by snail mail every year?

[BolshieBastard]

Buy a memory stick, put the info on that and send it to the accountant. Make sure you send it signed for post or get a receipt when you drop it off.

You can charge it as a company expense too!

I have Sage accounting software and I just give my accountant the end of year backup. Dont print 100+ pages.

EDIT, Oh and I've never had to sign in triplicate financial reports either!

[TheRefactornator]

Buy a memory stick, put the info on that and send it to the accountant. Make sure you send it signed for post or get a receipt when you drop it off.

You can charge it as a company expense too!

I have Sage accounting software and I just give my accountant the end of year backup. Dont print 100+ pages.

They emailed the financial reports to me as PDFs so my first instinct was to insert a digital version of my signature into the documents and email them back. They've since confirmed they need printed signed copies so that's not a goer..they've basically emailed them to me to save themselves the bother and cost of printing and posting them.

Skin flint b*****ds - one of the reasons they got the boot.

It seems my only option is that I insist they print them and post them to me for signing.

[Zen Contracting]

100+ pages for the accounts of a one man limited company

What on earth have they put in them. Ours are only about 5 pages long and contain everything that is required by law.

We only require one signed set as we file the accounts with Companies House and HMRC electronically. Surely they are not still filing things on paper???

David.

[jmo21]

presumably not every page needs to be signed, and you can only print the ones you need to?

[AlanR]

100 pages does seem extreme however, could you not instruct the old accountants to print them off and for you stop by and sign them?

Alan

[NotAllThere]

I did my own accounts back in 2000. Perhaps things have changed since then, but with my turnover and the laws pertaning to that, it was the return plus one balance sheet plus on profit and loss.

AND THAT WAS IT.

[TheRefactornator]

Thanks for the feedback everyone - it does reinforce my opinion of these guys. I'll stay philosophical and console myself that they're now in the past and I won't do a name and shame, but here's a little cryptic puzzler to their name:

"the inaugural selection"

Answers on a postcard to my PM if anyone fancies a guess