Separation: Accountant Required

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Dublinium

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Good evening all,

I'm going through a separation at the moment and have need of an accountant with good experience in this area. I'm in Dublin and we're both PAYE, so no business involved.

Can anybody recommend a suitable person?

Many thanks!
 
Why do you need an accountant?

If you are both on PAYE, it surprises me. Usually they are used for valuing businesses. And actuaries are used for Pension Adjustment Orders as far as I know.

Has your solicitor advised you? Could they not recommend one?

Brendan
 
Well, the solicitor/barrister seem clueless about a lot of the tax/pension issues and I'm sure an accountant who has worked in this area would be of assistance in the settlement talks.

The pensions are being sent to an actuary but a separate, second opinion would be very helpful as I stand to lose a lot.
 
Dublinium said:
The pensions are being sent to an actuary but a separate, second opinion would be very helpful as I stand to lose a lot.
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The actuarial report should be comprehensive and expensive. You should not pay further money asking an accountant to review an actuary's report.

I don't know what the other issues are but I am surprised that your solicitor does not know the answers.

Why not ask some of the questions on askaboutmoney?

It's not a specialist area and any accountant in practice or tax consultant should be able to advise.

Brendan
 
I was thinking of how to structure maintenance most tax efficiently, selling my house vs getting a remortgage etc.

Our situation is quite complex even though we each have our own properties.
 
Brendan Burgess said:
The actuarial report should be comprehensive and expensive. You should not pay further money asking an accountant to review an actuary's report.
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You definitely should not pay an accountant to review an actuary's report. It not being their area of expertise. The actuarial report should be pretty straight forward and clearly show who gets what in order to achieve what you have asked. If you doubt their calculations, hire another actuary.


Steven
www.bluewaterfp.ie
 
Dublinium said:
I was thinking of how to structure maintenance most tax efficiently, selling my house vs getting a remortgage etc.

Our situation is quite complex even though we each have our own properties.
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Get the actuaries report.

Then, but only then, go to an accountant or tax advisor. Most of them would deal with this fairly often.

Brendan
 
Ok.

I suppose I'm also looking for a financial adviser as well, as financials will all change completely.

Any thoughts?
 
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