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Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 9:42 am
by seanandruby
My first year back self employed and looking for accountant. Quotes of £250 if books straight or maybe £450 upwards if a mess, mine a mess in shoe box. As i'm quite dyslexic with figures i thought i'd give it a go myself on line. Six hours and about 40 cup's of tea later and bingo £2,198 return. Arse is sore but well worth it for £366.33333 per hour :;): 
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 11:20 am
by lutonlagerlout
fair play to you sean
our subbies pay between £250 and £500
ours costs lots more as a VAT registered company but personally i would rather put the time into estimating and doing quotes and let someone else have the headaches
cheers LLL
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 1:40 pm
by dig dug dan
My accountant does my returns, and well worth the 475, but I am a year on into a " compliance check " by hmrc, and it has flagged up some errors the accountant should have picked up on, so looks like its going to cost me a fine, plus they now want to look into other years. Time for a new accountant!
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 10:35 pm
by seanandruby
Expensive headache I would probably paid up but missus had an emergency call out so i was at a loose end for something to do. Didn't realise just how easy ( once i got there ) it is, more so next time because i'll keep on top of it, logged my first receipt for the next return today, numbered it, highlighted the date so easy to check and wrote it in my new ledger :p
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:56 am
by DNgroundworks
Ive been there Dan, went on for ages they eventually dropped the case with nothing to pay......apart from a 4k bill from the accountants!
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:15 pm
by dig dug dan
Ive been there Dan, went on for ages they eventually dropped the case with nothing to pay......apart from a 4k bill from the accountants!
luckily i have insurance for it dan, so no fees to pay, but its still a ball ache, and they will keep digging.