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Rosco1112

Pennywise wrote: »

Oh, the irony!

And as a member of the accounting profession, I find some of the comments made on their website offensive and derogatory.

For example

"the accountancy profession is often dominated by a small number of larger firms that charge extremely high prices for their services."

Completely false, there are tens of thousands of accountancy practices across the UK. Every town will have a few dozen. They are all varying sizes. It is true that the auditing of PLCs etc is dominated by 4 international practices etc., but that's clearly not the market hoped for by this website, so their statement is patently false. Accountancy is one of the few unprotected professions - anyone can call themselves and accountant. Firms vary from tiny part timers working from a spare room right through to multinationals.

"The experience and qualifications held by these accountants is no different to those held by the accountants working at Cheaper Accountant."

So they employ tax specialists such as those who are members of the Chartered Institute of Taxation do they? They employ audit specialists capable of dealing with international auditing standards?

"By offering the first ever Price Promise within the accountancy profession "

No they're not. I've seen price promises before.


"We are a firm of qualified and affordable accountants who offer the lowest accountancy rates on the internet."

I hope they've got proof of that as Trading Standards take a dim view of firms who can't back up their claims with evidence and research.

"Other cheap accountants strive to benefit from commission payments from accounting software providers"

Most give the client a choice, many provide software free of charge, very few dictate what software must be used and even fewer make a profit out of it.

In summary, I think the writers of the website are slagging off other accountants which is derogatory and I am sure will be against the rules of their professional body (if they have one) and most include rules not to bring the professional into disrepute.

My accountant created a spreadsheet for me to fill in all my bookkeeping so I didn't need to pay for software

I would AVOID THIS COMPANY AT ALL COSTS