Most expensive accountants award

[jiminajam]

I did a post a few months ago about my 'accountants' retaining the margin between VAT invoiced and VAT paid through the flat rate VAT scheme, good chaps that they are.

Well I got my end of year accounts through this week, and low and behold, I think they've won the award for the most expensive accountants again.

1 year 'accountancy' cost me £3,400. That's a nice figure isn't it.
Now they've said that they're entitled to this since it's in their terms and conditions, so who am I to argue.

Needless to say, I've since parted company. When I tried to move my company to a new accountants, the new accountants refused to touch anything to do with my previous accountants with a barge pole.

Such is the cost of lessons in life.

[Clippy]

Name and shame.

[Xenophon]

1 year 'accountancy' cost me £3,400.

[oracleslave]

Such is the cost of lessons in life.

An expensive lesson indeed.

[Bluebird]

Giant ?

[Troll]

1 year 'accountancy' cost me £3,400. .

[gingerjedi]

Please name and shame, how can they possibly just keep your portion of the FR VAT? I'd be tempted to get legal advice on that.

[Bumfluff]

Agree Name and shame, if your not happy doing that give us the letters and we can re-arrange.

Also was this via an MSC out of interest ? I always write the cheques for my VAT so I know what Im paying

[BoredBloke]

My accountant has cost me a similar amount by not placing my company on the flat rate scheme - I've asked him to sort it out a few times. Which means that I will also be moving accountants in the very near future. I had to pick up some of my old paperwork from his office the other week. It was handed over in Tescos carrier bags - very professional.

[oracleslave]

My accountant has cost me a similar amount by not placing my company on the flat rate scheme - I've asked him to sort it out a few times. Which means that I will also be moving accountants in the very near future. I had to pick up some of my old paperwork from his office the other week. It was handed over in Tescos carrier bags - very professional.

Shocking, not one of the well known ones surely?