Should I charge for Accountant's reference?

Posted by FirstTab PM | on Tue, 19/04/2011 - 09:59 4737 26 comments | report

I would be gratedful for opinions/practice on charging for requests for Accountant's reference from lettings agents, banks, Home Office etc. This is obviously references for clients.

I have not covered this aspect in my enagagement letter.

My thinking is to charge £25+VAT as admin fee. Would this be reasonable? Should I charge at all? Charge more?

Thanks

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Never

cymraeg_draig | Tue, 19/04/2011 - 10:06

It depends

ShirleyM | Tue, 19/04/2011 - 10:14

£100 by one accountant

FirstTab | Tue, 19/04/2011 - 10:25

Never - I second that

vince8 | Tue, 19/04/2011 - 10:33

None here

Steve Holloway | Tue, 19/04/2011 - 11:00

References

naomi2000 | Tue, 19/04/2011 - 11:41

This is how I intend to go

FirstTab | Tue, 19/04/2011 - 12:47

BAD MOVE

orchardacc | Tue, 19/04/2011 - 21:42

Charge

The Naked Accountant | Tue, 19/04/2011 - 21:59

Sometimes more can be less -

cymraeg_draig | Tue, 19/04/2011 - 22:36

ACCA guidance is not to charge.

deltaforceaccountant | Wed, 20/04/2011 - 12:12

The annual "one off"

Vaughan Blake | Wed, 20/04/2011 - 12:53

passport forms

davidlchapman | Wed, 20/04/2011 - 13:43

existing guidance on accountant's reference query

sumitashah | Wed, 20/04/2011 - 13:58

.

cymraeg_draig | Wed, 20/04/2011 - 14:43

I would charge a minimum of £50

chatman | Wed, 20/04/2011 - 15:14

guidance or intuition?

deltaforceaccountant | Wed, 20/04/2011 - 16:45

All inclusive

HudsonCo | Wed, 20/04/2011 - 17:30

Charging is the least of your problems.

lawmaniz | Wed, 20/04/2011 - 18:48

Vaughan Blake and lawmaniz make very good points

Red Leader | Wed, 20/04/2011 - 20:49

accountants reference

Lahtac | Wed, 20/04/2011 - 22:55

lawmaniz

cymraeg_draig | Wed, 20/04/2011 - 23:20

Raising invoices

The Naked Accountant | Thu, 21/04/2011 - 08:28

I used on advice of 2020 group

zarathustra | Thu, 21/04/2011 - 09:09

Explanation.

lawmaniz | Thu, 21/04/2011 - 13:39

Economies of scale

Vaughan Blake | Thu, 21/04/2011 - 15:50