Reply to: SJD not doing annual returns?

[Nathan SJD Accountancy]

Thanks for all the replies guys - it seems simple enough that I'll go ahead and probably do it myself. I'm gonna be leaving SJD now anyway.

Also, I noticed InTouch charge £280 for closing down your company (Fixed Price Accounting for Contractors and Freelancers | Intouch Contractor Accounting) ! Anyone know why so much? What does this involve?

Hi,

I'll drop you a PM.

[Clare@InTouch]

Thanks for all the replies guys - it seems simple enough that I'll go ahead and probably do it myself. I'm gonna be leaving SJD now anyway.

Also, I noticed InTouch charge £280 for closing down your company (Fixed Price Accounting for Contractors and Freelancers | Intouch Contractor Accounting) ! Anyone know why so much? What does this involve?

This isn't a fee to leave, it's a fee to close entirely. This includes your final salary, P45, closure of PAYE scheme, closure of VAT scheme, final closure accounts, submission to HMRC and closure of CT record, and final striking off at Companies House. We ensure the process is followed correctly so that HMRC don't object to the dissolution, and also offer advice on the most tax efficient method of withdrawing final money (capital, dividends, MVL etc).

[Sausage Surprise]

FFS it takes 10 minutes to do online

[speling bee]

Thanks for all the replies guys - it seems simple enough that I'll go ahead and probably do it myself. I'm gonna be leaving SJD now anyway.

Also, I noticed InTouch charge £280 for closing down your company (Fixed Price Accounting for Contractors and Freelancers | Intouch Contractor Accounting) ! Anyone know why so much? What does this involve?

It costs so much because they understand what it involves.

[nchaud]

Thanks for all the replies guys - it seems simple enough that I'll go ahead and probably do it myself. I'm gonna be leaving SJD now anyway.

Also, I noticed InTouch charge £280 for closing down your company (Fixed Price Accounting for Contractors and Freelancers | Intouch Contractor Accounting) ! Anyone know why so much? What does this involve?

[Vallah]

But SJD are Accountants, not a business support service or even an MSC provider...

I do my own. I takes hundreds of seconds every year, mostly looking up the username and passwords.

But if someone really can't be bothered to do such a trivial piece of business admin unaided, you have to ask why they think they should qualify for the financial advantages of owning and operating a business in the first place.

What you do and don't do is largely irrelevant here isn't it? If someone has signed up to a service that promises to submit all company returns, then they have very right to expect that all company returns are submitted. Personally I'd do it all myself, but then I pay somebody to mow my lawn because I can't be bothered doing it myself.

[speling bee]

Good spot.

[northernladuk]

I keep mine somewhere handy.

[speling bee]

Hehe, yup, it's the hardest part!

I keep mine somewhere handy.

[Maslins]

But SJD are Accountants, not a business support service or even an MSC provider...

I do my own. I takes hundreds of seconds every year, mostly looking up the username and passwords.

But if someone really can't be bothered to do such a trivial piece of business admin unaided, you have to ask why they think they should qualify for the financial advantages of owning and operating a business in the first place.

Hehe, yup, it's the hardest part!

[d000hg]

Fixed it for you.

That's what I said.

[malvolio]

The email above doesn't say "all accounting returns", it says "all company returns". Are you arguing that the Companies House return isn't a company return?

But SJD are Accountants, not a business support service or even an MSC provider...

I do my own. I takes hundreds of seconds every year, mostly looking up the username and passwords.

But if someone really can't be bothered to do such a trivial piece of business admin unaided, you have to ask why they think they should qualify for the financial advantages of owning and operating a business in the first place.

[Notascooby]

SJD do mine then invoice for the £14 seperately

[Vallah]

Thing is, the co House return is not an Accounting return, is it...? And it's not like it's a major effort to complete. You want to be a business, act like one.

The email above doesn't say "all accounting returns", it says "all company returns". Are you arguing that the Companies House return isn't a company return?

[mudskipper]

Fixed it for you.

Yep, but a monthly bill that is considerably lower than SJDs.


Edit:

"InTouch - What's included:

Company annual return to Companies House (including the £14 filing fee)"