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tobiascurious

Summer01 wrote: »

I agree with Pennywise, I have used a big firm and nothing but problems. The smaller firm was much better however they charged by the minute and made mistakes when calculating bills. I've renegotiated with them a monthly fee and it's approx £115 per month.

I wouldn't recommend SJD either!

does £115 include bookkeeping and everything thru the year?

I heard that SJD were good, can I ask why you wouldn't recommend them

System

They gave me incorrect information of three occasions in a matter of months which would have resulted in me paying a huge amount of tax that wasn't required. They completed my year end wrong by £3k which luckily for me HMCE picked up on and refunded to me. It was a complete catologue of errors, even simple things like payroll were messed up..

Would never use them again personally

mickymellon

Summer01 wrote: »

They gave me incorrect information of three occasions in a matter of months which would have resulted in me paying a huge amount of tax that wasn't required. They completed my year end wrong by £3k which luckily for me HMCE picked up on and refunded to me. It was a complete catologue of errors, even simple things like payroll were messed up..

Would never use them again personally

similarly, I wouldnt use Nixon Williams as it seems they have become the victim of their own success and grown too large to be helpful, they also left me in the !!!!

go with a local firm you can go and see and ask questions to as said above

System

On SJD's website they claim that 98% of their clients are happy but my account manager said that most of their clients are new and create a Limited Company through them. It could be the case that their clients may not know they are being given incorrect information. I only knew that this happened with me many times as I already had an accountant previously and had some advise to compare against and asked some questions..

I nearly considered Nixon Williams as they are approx £20-£30 a month cheaper than SJD so thanks for your views on them also, appreciated.

I have gone with a local firm that have offices and a team of approx 10 people. A little more expensive than SJD but I feel they are more competent and it takes the unecessary worry away from you.