Mind the gap

If you have yet to find an accountant, or you want to find a new accountant, there are plenty of resources on the net, to enable you to do so.

What is less easy, however, is to find out what you can really expect from your accountant. Indeed all too many people would describe their accountant as being "okay" but without any real enthusiasm. And certainly not such that they would be like to recommend their accountant to anyone else.

My intention is to fill this gap. To provide tips, tools and information so that business people, sole traders and the self employed are better placed to get better service from their accountants.

Different people will want different things from their accountant, of course. Some people genuinely only want their accountant to fill in the forms and do the paperwork that they cannot do themselves. And they want to pay the minimum fee possible for this "service". Other people could complete the forms themselves, but don't have the time to do so. And again, fees may well be the main issue when comparing different accountants for them as well.

There are also many people who have no real understanding as to what additional advice and services they can expect from their accountant. As nobody has ever told them. Not even their accountant!