Note, you are leaving it late for this year!
Apologies, missed that bit - yes, they will not have to file until next October/November.OP is new in business so will be ok for this year
Certainly get a few quotes. The quotes we got varied wildly and were;
1. €3000 - €4000
2. €1600
3. €750
Exactly the same specification for all three.
We do all our own bookkeeping. Just needed someone to put the data into accounts production and make the return.Go for the 750 one then. I myself and many other have found you do not get what you pay for when it comes to accountancy fees.....lets face it, there are more than a few chancers in the accountancy profession charging huge fees for not that much work.
Apologies, missed that bit - yes, they will not have to file until next October/November.
i am doing the books, vat returns myself
I know of one business last year where the gross profit was about 25,000 and the accountants took nearly a fifth of that - robbers !
Rabbit some of your comments really irk me. Like the one above for instance. What a ridiculous comment! By that you are implying if a company makes a loss that there should be no charge? or if a company makes €1m maybe a €100K would be an acceptable charge?
VAT every 2 months is very easy to do, especially if your husband only invoices about 4 people a month. I personally used to do mine every 2 months for many years. Assuming there are not many purchases either, he could do this return in about 15 minutes or less every 2 months I would say, once he gets the hang of it. His sales ledger, of about 36 entries per year, would not take much work either. I know of one accountant who charged 700 euro for half an hours work, so that puts the 2500 euro in perspective. Its worth getting a three or more quotes. They can vary greatly. A newly qualified accountant , hungry + setting up in practice, should still be able to do the job , and may be cheaper than an older, established firm. You would shop around to buy a tank of petrol , why not on other costs ?my husband paid €2500 this year the a/c does his vat every 2 months
he only invoices about 4 people every month ,and he does, the reciepts and year endings i think its alot he was charged,
what do you think