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Previously on "Acct is charging me annual return fee"
To be fair, unless specified elsewhere, it would be like going on an all inclusive holiday - getting your personal concierge to phone you a taxi, and then complaining that the taxi isn't free.
Like, the barclays personal assistant service if you have a premium account (or whatever it's called) can get you taxis, flowers, theatre tickets - but you still have to pay for them.
You are better off if the accountant passes on the cost separately (as a disbursement). It could instead be lumped into the service fee as a hidden cost but would then be subject to VAT.
Wouldn't MSC start to be a potential problem if you expect this or is it too small to bee an issue?
I don't see it being an issue at all, it's just part of the agreed service that part of the accountants fees covers this as a disbursement. MSC shouldn't come into play on this one for me.
I don't know, what's the buzz from the accountants on here ? Are they trying to hive off extra fees from this ?
We'll help the client complete it where required, but we won't pay the £13 fee. Appreciate it's a bit different, but it's not that dissimilar to us helping a client with their corporation tax return...doesn't mean we pay the liability for them.
I have seen some accountants who actually pay the £13 fee out of their own pocket. No big deal IMHO, it's only £13 once a year.
Hi,
My accountant's original quotation said the monthly fee would be "All Inclusive of...Annual return submission to companies house".
They have just charged me the £13 CH fee to me saying this is "not their charge". This is my company's first year. What is the convention here, do Accountants fees generally only cover the work needed to submit the return, or should they cover the fee too? "All inclusive" seems fairly unequivocal to me.
Many thanks,
JF
Hi Jolly,
All accountants will vary on this so you need to refer to your engagement letter/terms and conditions to see exactly what is included in the fixed fee. A lot of accountants will exclude this charge as it is payable to an outside organisation (Companies House), that said, I know of some accountants who do include this fee within the all inclusive service (we do for example).
For the sake of £13 it's probably not going to be a deal breaker for you but give your accountant a nudge and see if they can explain this to you.
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