Use our 30 Second 10 point check list below:

1. Can you contact your accountant 8am – 10pm, 7days per week?
2. Are your accounts completed within 30 days of passing your records to your accountant?
3. If your accountant doesn’t complete your accounts within 30 days of receiving your records, does he prepare them for free?
4. If you are a ‘sole trader’ or partnership, has your accountant explained the potential tax/national insurance savings by switching to a limited company?
5. If you are a director/shareholder of a limited company has your accountant explained the tax/national insurance savings by paying dividends rather than salary?
6. If you are paying dividends, has your accountant explained the future tax savings by using your company as a ‘piggy bank’ by retaining earnings within it?
7. If you believe you are fully aware of the implications of the above points, do you normally ask your accountant to tender a fixed fee for the services he is providing you each year?
8. If you do tender each year does your accountant stick to his quote?
9. Do you worry every time you call your accountant that you will receive another bill?
10. Can you pay your annual accountancy fees in 12 monthly instalments?

As a client of Treetops you have a choice of including any of the above in the terms under which we will act for you as your accountant.