How do you choose your accountant?

[GhostofTarbera]

Hi everyone,

When choosing an accountant, do you make your choice based on reviews and testimonials i.e Trustpilot etc, price, word of mouth or something else?

Pick anyone called Darren

Seems to work


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[wattaj]

How did you know? She had a CUK tash on too!

FTFY.

#WomenInIT

Ducks. Runs for cover....

[Craig@Clarity]

FTFY.

#WomenInIT

Ducks. Runs for cover....

I'm grassing on you!

[DeludedKitten]

I ended up marrying Best Forum Adviser of 2013

Yes, but sleeping with the boss is so passe...

[Jess inniAccounts]

I would ignore Trust Pilot and similar reviews, they are too easy to manipulate and the recent article in The Times exposed how these review companies allow companies to suppress negative feedback.

I would ask colleagues who actually use accountants and absolutely ignore agencies etc as these are solely motivated by the huge bungs that some accountants pay for recommendations.

The Bribery Act seems to be widely ignored by agencies and accountants!

Good point!

[fool]

This was in 2013 but basically it was UX.



To be direct, I tried doing the same on the inni website and none of my questions were answered.

[Jess inniAccounts]

[QUOTE=fool;2649983]This was in 2013 but basically it was UX.



To be direct, I tried doing the same on the inni website and none of my questions were answered.

Ah ok. All of our prices are detailed on the pricing page, you can virtually "meet our team" and there are no lock ins, we'll hand all data over on a date of your choice if you decide to leave us, in whatever format suits you and your new accountant.

Hope this helps if you ever need to switch in future.

[Maslins]

This was in 2013 but basically it was UX.

Thanks

Very handy to know what are the key things people actually look for. In early stages of considering a re-design (as you can see, site has barely changed in 5+ years!) so will take this into consideration.

[Eirikur]

Trustpilot

Anyone trusting Trustpilot should have their brains checked

[fool]

Thanks

Very handy to know what are the key things people actually look for. In early stages of considering a re-design (as you can see, site has barely changed in 5+ years!) so will take this into consideration.

No worries, happy with my choice.

I landed on the site after I decided I wanted a freeagent accountant, by searching "freeagent accountant". It was an organic result, not a paid for ad, so maybe be careful the new redesign doesn't break your SEO.