It would seem that everyone's fears have indeed materialised in that I have just had an email from Taxfiler announcing an increase in charges with effect from 1st July 2019. Admittedly Taxfiler was always a more reasonable proposition than TaxCalc but the charges I pay will double from £10 & VAT per month to £20 & VAT per month and this is also now capped at a maximum of 30 clients (I don't think it was capped before - someone may correct me). Unlimited access costs £25 & VAT per month. Looks as though I shall need to put my fees up to compensate!
All very useful comments. I'm in exactly the same position in that my VT subscription runs out in a few days time and I have just filed a set of accounts using Taxfiler. Very quick and easy to do but like that the fact that VT is Excel based and it's easy to add tabs for journals and other workings etc thereby keeping everything in one place. I think I will be using both going forwards and re-review next year!
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It would seem that everyone's fears have indeed materialised in that I have just had an email from Taxfiler announcing an increase in charges with effect from 1st July 2019. Admittedly Taxfiler was always a more reasonable proposition than TaxCalc but the charges I pay will double from £10 & VAT per month to £20 & VAT per month and this is also now capped at a maximum of 30 clients (I don't think it was capped before - someone may correct me). Unlimited access costs £25 & VAT per month. Looks as though I shall need to put my fees up to compensate!
All very useful comments. I'm in exactly the same position in that my VT subscription runs out in a few days time and I have just filed a set of accounts using Taxfiler. Very quick and easy to do but like that the fact that VT is Excel based and it's easy to add tabs for journals and other workings etc thereby keeping everything in one place. I think I will be using both going forwards and re-review next year!
Taxfiler is completely down at the moment and on the day it's needed the most! Very unhappy as still have 4 returns to get in by midnight!