accountant's fee

[ziggy]

childminder friend is upset her accountant has charged her £140. Is this expensive or fairly normal? i do my own accounts and with help of lovely people on here like Mr. A just hope i'm doing it right

[lizzy29]

Yes I used to use an accountant which was just for childminders he's up in Scotland and u just send him yours books and certain information? It's was £50! I now do the myself tho!

[FussyElmo]

Sounds cheap to me. I know my friend payed more than that but she did have another little business and I mean a little business

[MrAnchovy]

£140 is reasonable for someone that knows what they are doing. I have known childminders claim back thousands of pounds in overpaid tax using my advice after paying so-called accountants fees of less than £100.

[migimoo]

I pay £90 to my accountant and she puts this through as an expense for me too....she has warned me that it's that amount as I keep an organised record of all of my receipts/direct debits etc otherwise she would charge a lot more as it's an hourly rate i'm being charged for.

[linda2girls]

I paid more than that last year, about £250 I think and he didn't manage to save me any money although he promised he would!!! My friend used the same accountant and paid £60 a month, so that's cheap in my opinion.

Linda.

[Chatterbox Childcare]

cheap cheap cheap it seams to me...

I think the amount they charge reflects in the amount of work they have to do. If it is any consolation, I know of a minder who was charged £1000 last year because her invoices/receipts were all over the place.

[ziggy]

oh my word, seems she got good deal lol

Just hope i'm doing mine right