Re: I’ve finally done it Quote:
Originally Posted by SaiJin Darn, it costs 1500 pounds for an accountant to do taxes there? | It not just taxes, that includes everything from managing your books, payroll, statutory submissions (which carry State imposed fees themselves) etc. £1500 is top end money for a good Chartered Accountant. You could get a respectable online-only company to do it all for well under a grand.
IMO it is worth every penny in the UK, VAT is a politically hot topic at the moment and if you overstep the line just once you will be clobbered. Genuine errors are met with scrutiny and fines - I speak from experience - making a DIY balls-up will almost certainty trigger an investigation.
IMO you have to be of your head to tackle VAT yourself, I'd simply rather earn a few quid in the hours wasted buying software, managing the submissions, and that's after teaching myself what to do with all the numbers.
Okay, there are those who have suitable training and experience to confidently tackle it themselves. I'm not one of those and doubt many 'regular joe' sellers are either. My accountant has managed and manipulated how I present myself in such a way that he's reduced my taxes, claimed for reliefs etc etc in a way I could never of dreamed of. He's saved me quite a few quid over the years.
Anyway, I like my "Hello Mr Accountant, here's a heap of numbers and paperwork, make it all go away" approach. |