Anyone ever had a client insist you use a specific accountant??

[daemon]

Ok, theres a forum thread running on another forum and a lady on there is insistent that her husband has - for his first contract - with a particular client not only use a particular agency (fair enough), and if he uses an umbrella company it has to be a specific approved list (ok, maybe, but unlikely if its through an agency anyway), but apparently he has to use an approved accountancy firm off their deemed list??

Apparently its a 2+ years engagement for a "big name" company, but is this at all possible?

Seems banal to me?

[stek]

Ok, theres a forum thread running on another forum and a lady on there is insistent that her husband has - for his first contract - with a particular client not only use a particular agency (fair enough), and if he uses an umbrella company it has to be a specific approved list (ok, maybe, but unlikely if its through an agency anyway), but apparently he has to use an approved accountancy firm off their deemed list??

Apparently its a 2+ years engagement for a "big name" company, but is this at all possible?

Seems banal to me?

May as well go brolly for piece of mind - with no travel/accom allowable the difference in gross to net isn't that much nowadays...

[daemon]

Sorry - my question was - has anyone ever seen a client insist you use a particular accountancy firm from their approved list, and not engage with you if you dont use them?

[BrilloPad]

Client getting kick-backs.

[northernladuk]

Sorry - my question was - has anyone ever seen a client insist you use a particular accountancy firm from their approved list, and not engage with you if you dont use them?

We've had plenty of examples where it has to be from a list but we've not seen anyone that I can remember that's said no thanks and walked off. As long as you do some research in to the list and pick a decent one it would be daft to turn down a good gig just because of their stance.

[jmo21]

We've had plenty of examples where it has to be from a list but we've not seen anyone that I can remember that's said no thanks and walked off. As long as you do some research in to the list and pick a decent one it would be daft to turn down a good gig just because of their stance.

Brollys maybe, but I don't remember seeing a post about being forced to use a specific accountancy?

[northernladuk]

Brollys maybe, but I don't remember seeing a post about being forced to use a specific accountancy?

Good point. Yes you are right.

[ladymuck]

Had an agency once tell a contractor they wouldn't pay the dodgy Isle of Man company he routed his money through. Not quite the same thing though.

I suspect there's either been a misunderstanding or the agency is getting a kick back

[Lance]

Had an agency once tell a contractor they wouldn't pay the dodgy Isle of Man company he routed his money through. Not quite the same thing though.

I suspect there's either been a misunderstanding or the agency is getting a kick back

I think this is maybe not so far off.
An agency would have no sight of an accountant unless it were a scheme surely?

[Eirikur]

One time an agency (Glotel) wanted to push me towards an accountant for a contract in Belgium. When I spoke to the guy he sounded dodgy and when I googled him, it turned out he was wanted by the South African serious fraud squad. I politely declined.