Lawyers can get away charging whatever and their charges are basically the same plus there are much fewer lawyers than accountants. due to law protection A client can go to AAT who maybe proficient but will charge much less than someone ACCA or ICAEW and the client is none the wiser.
We only charge on a hourly basis where we cannot quantity the effort required and some expertise is required. Most of our work is on a fixed cost basis which still works put to be around £150 per hour.
Only book-keeping and payroll maybe less then £100 per hour
£150 or £170 per hour is not unreasonable compared to other professions. Cost of living and labour costs have gone up substantially.
I think his previous accountant was charging much more looking at their set of accounts but don't think he realised. I am certain now he will opt for an accountant that maybe AAT qualified who will be much cheaper.
It is only a monthly payroll for a consultancy company (around 40-50 employees) with only Salary and Bonus plus pension to consider. Very low turnover of staff. She seems capable. This is only last resort in case I am absent for any reason.
Information is trickling in. I think what happened is that they sent the Sales data from Amazon to these specialist VAT consultants and they were just filing VAT returns in these countries based on these returns but not taking into account the import VAT that has been paid.
Thank you for your reply and apologies for the lack of information
Yes client has a German VAT number and goods are sold on the marketplace platform as well as though the website.
It is B2C and client has VAT registrations in Germany and France. Amazon just handles the listings and they despatch the goods to the customers directly. Actually these large European vat agents file the VAT returns on behalf of my client
I have seen the customer invoices and there is no VAT displayed anywhere on the invoice. However, client has claimed VAT has been paid twice though they have not explained why clearly hence try to understand if I am missing something obvious here. I will try to find out more.
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Lawyers can get away charging whatever and their charges are basically the same plus there are much fewer lawyers than accountants. due to law protection A client can go to AAT who maybe proficient but will charge much less than someone ACCA or ICAEW and the client is none the wiser.
We only charge on a hourly basis where we cannot quantity the effort required and some expertise is required. Most of our work is on a fixed cost basis which still works put to be around £150 per hour.
Only book-keeping and payroll maybe less then £100 per hour
£150 or £170 per hour is not unreasonable compared to other professions. Cost of living and labour costs have gone up substantially.
I think his previous accountant was charging much more looking at their set of accounts but don't think he realised. I am certain now he will opt for an accountant that maybe AAT qualified who will be much cheaper.
I just had to get a quote from a locksmith and they all are charging around £120+ vat for just a callout then have to pay for the lock on top.
Actually unhappy at both and they do not see the effort that goes behind investigating the figures in the accounts.
I don't normally charge for research or administration.
I thought I was expensive then maybe foolishly decided to carry out some work for free which took around 5 hours to keep them happy !
Yes correct the group is considered to be large as it has more than 250 employees
It is only a monthly payroll for a consultancy company (around 40-50 employees) with only Salary and Bonus plus pension to consider. Very low turnover of staff. She seems capable. This is only last resort in case I am absent for any reason.
It is around 35 employees expected to grow to 50.
We need HR to run the payroll in my absence.
Thanks again that us most useful
Information is trickling in. I think what happened is that they sent the Sales data from Amazon to these specialist VAT consultants and they were just filing VAT returns in these countries based on these returns but not taking into account the import VAT that has been paid.
Thank you for your reply and apologies for the lack of information
Yes client has a German VAT number and goods are sold on the marketplace platform as well as though the website.
It is B2C and client has VAT registrations in Germany and France. Amazon just handles the listings and they despatch the goods to the customers directly. Actually these large European vat agents file the VAT returns on behalf of my client
I have seen the customer invoices and there is no VAT displayed anywhere on the invoice. However, client has claimed VAT has been paid twice though they have not explained why clearly hence try to understand if I am missing something obvious here. I will try to find out more.