I use an Accountant, and FreeAgent (which is not given "free").
Unless you have experience of preparing Financial Statements, Corporation Tax and Personal Tax Returns, Statutory Returns, and Real Time Payroll submissions, I would pay for an Accountant. I am a trained Accountant, but have been working as an IT Consultant (20+ years), and pay an Accountant to do all of the above.
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I get FreeAgent free with my business bank (RBS/NatWest) I do not pay for an accountant but call upon the good grace of the accountants on here with the occasional dumb question
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Originally posted by Gav1234 View PostHello All,
Do most people here have an accountant and use accountancy software themselves?
I have just left a large accountancy firm as I was paying a lot for not much. I have been recommended a local accountant who seems to know his stuff, but is a little old fashioned and isn't interested in using Quickbooks.
I would like to create weekly invoices and record the occasional expense through my iphone, but the only apps I can find seem to be the all powerful ones that charge monthly but have lots of features I dont use.
So I am wondering:
1. Do others who use Apps like Quickbooks and Freeagent also have an accountant?
2. If so do you get the software free?
3. Does anyone know of App that creates pdf invoices for Iphone. I dont mind paying a little to buy it, but i dont want to pay monthly fees.
Thanks
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Hello, thanks for that, I had read it but I still a little confused about why people need both the software and an accountant. Seems there are so many contractors with similar circumstances that software could be written to remove the need for a accountant for most people. So I wondered if anyone had actually gone down this route. I saw another thread where people has posted what they paid and I was surprised how much people were paying, but still using Freeagent or Quickbooks.
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At the very top of this part of the forum is a sticky about recommended accountants and it goes in to detail about why you shouldn't use a local guy and why you should only use free agent.
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Accounting for a newbie
Hello All,
Do most people here have an accountant and use accountancy software themselves?
I have just left a large accountancy firm as I was paying a lot for not much. I have been recommended a local accountant who seems to know his stuff, but is a little old fashioned and isn't interested in using Quickbooks.
I would like to create weekly invoices and record the occasional expense through my iphone, but the only apps I can find seem to be the all powerful ones that charge monthly but have lots of features I dont use.
So I am wondering:
1. Do others who use Apps like Quickbooks and Freeagent also have an accountant?
2. If so do you get the software free?
3. Does anyone know of App that creates pdf invoices for Iphone. I dont mind paying a little to buy it, but i dont want to pay monthly fees.
Thanks
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