A while ago I did a pit thread about our crappy accountant. Because he assumed that my wife’s long term care insurance checks were reimbursement instead of per diem, for the first time, instead of getting any rebates, we owed about $4,000 or so. In the last post I didn’t think that he was completely responsible for all of the money that we owed, but, after talking to my wife, it seems like he is.
OK, that’s bad enough. So, in order to cut down on the money that we owe he had us gather all of our medical expenses, gas mileage, and any house and vehicle modifications. We gave him over $3,000 of items to deduct, and we still pretty much owed close to the $4,000 (I don’t have the exact numbers in front of me now.)
Then, a couple of weeks ago, he promises to get together with us and have us sign all of the forms. Nope, not that week. He absolutely promises last week. Whoops, missed it again. My wife talked to him today, turns out the reason he hadn’t gotten together with us is that he made another assumption. When we had Aesiron working for us, our wonderful :rolleyes: accountant thought that, just like federal taxes, the state would only need his Social Security number. Nope! Aesiron needed an employee number and he (the accountant) had been working on that for the last three weeks.
This is the same accountant who, when we first met him, talked about his extensive training, years of experience, how much better he was than accountants for say, H&R Block or Jackson Hewit. And yet, costs us somewhere around $3,000 and at the last minute discovers at state requirement for the state that he lives and practices in.
Well, our taxes are in and we’re going to hire a new accountant. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
And have the new accountant go over the return filed by that accountant with a fine-toothed and, if necessary, file an amended return, I presume?
That really bites. Taxes are bad enough without having someone allegedly an expert crap them up that badly. At least, since I do ours myself, I have no one to blame but myself if I screw them up. But errors as elementary as this guy was making would certainly make me be investigating his accreditations and complaining to his accrediting body.
I’ve been reading about this in your wife’s LJ. Fire the bastard and tell him exactly why you are firing him. His actions are unacceptable for a professional.
Thank you, and yes, he’s fired. My wife tries to avoid unpleasantness and wasn’t too keen on firing him just for the $4,000, but after not knowing about the employee number until the last minute, even she decided he had to go.
It’s really easy to fire an accountant. Just find another one the next year.
We filed our taxes several years ago and got a nice letter from the IRS, saying we owed another $400. We called our accountant at the time, and she said, “You must have forgotten to give me some paperwork.”
We found another accountant, who took one look and realized she had calculated Ivylad’s retirement income wrong. So, we owed the money.
Haven’t gone back since. To find a good accountant in your area, talk to the local businesses and ask who they use and if they’re happy with them.
I worked for EFTPS (Electronic Federal Tax Payment System) for two months, and I got tons of calls from people who weren’t sure how much tax they had paid because their accountants had either quit, been fired, or (in one case) went to jail! I tell you, if I ever start my own business, I’m not letting an accountant anywhere near my books.
Is a crapy accountant a thin, crinkly one?
Sorry. (And balls to incompetence.)
Crapy, crappy, crapie, crappie, take your pick. 
Yeah, I’m sure we’ll find a new one easy enough. But the sad thing is, this accountant is pretty close to where we live. I just hope we’re lucky in that respect when we get a new one.
Damn, I knew there was a reason other than the hot chicks falling all over me why I became an accountant. I’ve never had to fire my tax accountant 
Damn. I knew I should have gone into public accounting.
Mumble, mumble, mumble… stupid manufacturing company… mummble