I set up a company about 4-5 years ago which traded successfully on a small scale. For this little enterprise I secured the services of an accountant through Askaboutmoney. We had a turnover of about €500k p.a. and we were very happy with the service of our accountant who we had a very positive informal working relationship with.
In the middle of last year we realised it was time to take a break and our accountant advised making the company dormant rather than closing it. We were happy to go with that advice and asked him to proceed. We didn't hear from him for a while and assumed he was busy doing stuff for last Octobers returns. Then I got a note from Revenue saying there was no CT1 (think that was it) for 2007 which came as a surprise.
I tried contacting the accountant, since then there has been other correspondence from Revenue and today I received a Final Demand (not big money) "for payment within 7 days...." otherwise the will be consequences Court Proceedings etc etc. To the very best of my knowledge we owe revenue nothing but this was triggered by a lack of response to previous paperwork from our accountant.
I am lost as to how to proceed - the accountant is basically incommunicado for some really bizarre reason (we got on very well with him, we would have met with him at his home and in our own homes, every time we got an invoice from him we paid immediatley AND most importantly he provided very good advice to us). We have tried leaving messages on his mobile, his landline and several emails. I know he has received them but for some reason unknown to us will not respond.
Any advice would be appreiciated as to how to progress this matter.
Roy
In the middle of last year we realised it was time to take a break and our accountant advised making the company dormant rather than closing it. We were happy to go with that advice and asked him to proceed. We didn't hear from him for a while and assumed he was busy doing stuff for last Octobers returns. Then I got a note from Revenue saying there was no CT1 (think that was it) for 2007 which came as a surprise.
I tried contacting the accountant, since then there has been other correspondence from Revenue and today I received a Final Demand (not big money) "for payment within 7 days...." otherwise the will be consequences Court Proceedings etc etc. To the very best of my knowledge we owe revenue nothing but this was triggered by a lack of response to previous paperwork from our accountant.
I am lost as to how to proceed - the accountant is basically incommunicado for some really bizarre reason (we got on very well with him, we would have met with him at his home and in our own homes, every time we got an invoice from him we paid immediatley AND most importantly he provided very good advice to us). We have tried leaving messages on his mobile, his landline and several emails. I know he has received them but for some reason unknown to us will not respond.
Any advice would be appreiciated as to how to progress this matter.
Roy