It's not a question. They should pay a reasonable introductory fee not offer insubstantial "rewards" or "discounts" that involve the accountant in administering the subscription
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I refuse to administer their subscriptions. Some of my clients choose to use Xero - that is their prerogative.
What I DO want, is the ability to set up an account for my practice which my staff can log in to with their own logins. Quickbooks and even Freeagent manage it. Xero will only do it if I am paying the clients' subscriptions. At the moment, the client has to authorise us all individually (or we have to share a log in which I understand is hugely naughty)
No thanks Xero. I did tot spend years training to be an accountant to chase your fees.
So I will be actively discouraging clients from using Xero because of this.
You already can - you just need to make sure the client gives you 'manage users' access and log in to your practice dashboard. Same as the others
I am not allowed a practice dashboard unless I pay them. I just have a personal log in which I am not supposed to share with anyone.
I refuse to use any software that forces me to sign lots of clients up to receive a benefit.
It raises the interesting question as to the relationship between tax agents and tech providers. I think this will develop further over time.
I’m sure it will. As I posted elsewhere, look at undertakers and vets. Medium/long term they’re coming for us.
If you see any relationship between platform providers and specialist advisors as being purely a "cash cow" then that is not a good basis for the future.
The way I see it is that the ability of an accountant to offer services which have advanced technical facilities to their clients is a positive thing. If platforms abuse that relationship then they are wrong.
However, in the long term you would expect those professional advisers who work with platforms in a co-operative manner (on both sides) to be able to offer a better service to their clients.