I'm amazed by the above 2 responses.
Assuming that the communication with the OP was made with the full knowledge and consent of their other client, their supplier, there is no inkling here that the accountant or their secretary has done anything unethical. Neither is there even a hint of a conflict of interest.
The information that the supplier has not yet paid VAT on a large sale to the OP is directly relevant to the OP's VAT claim, in that the refund may be interminably delayed by Revenue until the VAT return is made on the other side. If it happens that the other party defaults on the VAT, it could well transpire in time that the OP's refund claim could be rejected outright, or recovered if paid in the meantime. In that case, it would not be the accountant but Revenue who would (quite appropriately imho) "be dragging (the OP) into someone elses issues".
Would you prefer if the accountant had hid this fact from their client?
Does this really happen?
I have never seen a situation where a refund has been delayed in this fashion.
My opinion would be that the accountant was completely out of order in asking the client to delay their return.
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