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Originally posted by oracleslave View PostAre you on an Upton's referral fee scheme? You slag off everyone but them.
Now bore off...Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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Originally posted by ratewhore View PostI'll have to disagree with you there. I don't slag everyone off except uptons. I am a customer of theirs and their service is good, so I will recommend them. I have experience of 2 other accountants, ITAccounting and SJD. In my opinion their service was crap, so I won't recommend them. This is the feedback I give when someone asks.
Now bore off...
Bore off? What are you, 12? Or is this some other group think whine?Comment
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Originally posted by oracleslave View PostMy observation remains that you slag off everyone but Uptons.
Bore off? What are you, 12? Or is this some other group think whine?
Next time, make sure you're observations are based on fact.Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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Originally posted by ratewhore View PostIs it just me who thinks this board is becoming a marketing platform for accountants, rather than a space for contractors to share their 'customer experience' of them?
They are either posting to apologise for crap service and offering to put it right or they are posting to state what they do for what monthly price.
Get's reet on my tits it does...
I think Upton and NW seem to have got the balance about right as they answer queries nicely, charge a modest fee and I should imagine pick up piles of new business.
For me it didn't work (ie the amount of time spent posting was disproportionate to the amount of new business won) so I rarely post any more.
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Originally posted by wurzel View PostI really have had bad experiences with accountants since I've been contracting. I'm currently on my 3rd (and worst) and am going to move yet again. I've been paying £145 / month for his services (company accounts, advice etc) & given the crap service I've been getting I feel this is way over the top. When I say crap service I mean everything being done at the 11th hour, taking weeks to reply to emails etc etc.
Anyone any idea how much I should be paying? I also need them to run a payroll for me as well as my monthly accounts as I've given up on IR35 proof contracts & am just bunging money into a pension instead. Any advice would be most welcome.
VAT i do myself.
I dont operate PAYE. Saves so much paperwork.
I do my own self assemement at the end of the year.
£145 a month is high end although some accountants have been known to take even more piss and charge 3K a year.
As for him doing everything at the last minute, i would guess that is because you leave everything to the last minute too.
Before i took this cheap option, i used to use SJD the were about 100 a month + VAT. I never had any issues with them. Found them ok for Payroll.Last edited by Iron Condor; 1 February 2010, 18:31.Comment
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