Have I been Conned?

[NotAllThere]

...lol, what are you doing on a tax forum them? Learning how to pay more?

This is the Accounting/Legal subforum of a Contractor forum. Not a tax forum.

Note: No more or action will be taken.

[Big Bird]

Very good advice

Wow.

It sounds to me like you misunderstood the advice, heard what you wanted to hear and told him to act immediately.

However, he has seemed to charge you a bit too much for the advice.

You can take him to task for charging too much for the advice. Read up on the sale of goods and services act.

however, any claims of being misled look like they'll be easily refuted.

Be careful not to accuse the advisor of 'conning' you, for he can sue you for libel. You can however broadcast that he is charging extra high fee for the service. You won't get your money back but he may lose business because of your action. You can also use this tactics as a bargining tool to see if you can get some money back.

[MikeC1408]

Have you been ripped off? No

Have you been overcharged? Yes, but you would have agreed to the fee before any advise given surely, so you knew the score.

You can't keep claiming that you wouldn't have known about CT and why would you. YOU were the company director and these things are part of YOUR responsibility.

A bit more upfront research could have saved you money and grief.