Comments on: Is my accountant following standard business procedures? http://www.familybusinessaccountants.com/business-accountants/is-my-accountant-following-standard-business-procedures Choosing the right business accountant can mean the difference between success and failure. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:25:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: calc2458 http://www.familybusinessaccountants.com/business-accountants/is-my-accountant-following-standard-business-procedures/comment-page-1#comment-31 calc2458 Tue, 26 May 2009 18:22:59 +0000 http://www.familybusinessaccountants.com/business-accountants/is-my-accountant-following-standard-business-procedures#comment-31 NO get a new accoutant but make sure he pays all late fees charged by the IRS......<br><b>References : </b><br> NO get a new accoutant but make sure he pays all late fees charged by the IRS……
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]]> By: PepsiLime http://www.familybusinessaccountants.com/business-accountants/is-my-accountant-following-standard-business-procedures/comment-page-1#comment-30 PepsiLime Tue, 26 May 2009 17:54:59 +0000 http://www.familybusinessaccountants.com/business-accountants/is-my-accountant-following-standard-business-procedures#comment-30 I am a CPA/Tax Preparer, and no this is not common practice for an accountant. If you brought him your complete info by February, there should have been no reason what-so-ever that they should not have been completed by 4/15. If he did file an extension for you (which I would ask for proof from him since he does not seem very reliable at all) the extension would be valid till October 15, but only if you don't owe. Hopefully he entered your info into his tax software system and found that you don't owe, but will be owed a refund. I would contact his assistant and give him a deadline to file your taxes by, otherwise you will ask for all your papers back and find another accountant, and if there is any penalties or interest that you owe from filing and paying late, that you will consider him responsible for re-imbursing you for them. You can also report him to his state CPA society if he is one, and preparers like him give the rest of us a bad name, and a black eye. Trust me, most of us are far from him. Our office gives a deadline of around March 31 or so for people to get their tax info in, to meet the 4/15 filing deadline.<br><b>References : </b><br> I am a CPA/Tax Preparer, and no this is not common practice for an accountant. If you brought him your complete info by February, there should have been no reason what-so-ever that they should not have been completed by 4/15. If he did file an extension for you (which I would ask for proof from him since he does not seem very reliable at all) the extension would be valid till October 15, but only if you don't owe. Hopefully he entered your info into his tax software system and found that you don't owe, but will be owed a refund. I would contact his assistant and give him a deadline to file your taxes by, otherwise you will ask for all your papers back and find another accountant, and if there is any penalties or interest that you owe from filing and paying late, that you will consider him responsible for re-imbursing you for them. You can also report him to his state CPA society if he is one, and preparers like him give the rest of us a bad name, and a black eye. Trust me, most of us are far from him. Our office gives a deadline of around March 31 or so for people to get their tax info in, to meet the 4/15 filing deadline.
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]]> By: hottotrot1_usa http://www.familybusinessaccountants.com/business-accountants/is-my-accountant-following-standard-business-procedures/comment-page-1#comment-29 hottotrot1_usa Tue, 26 May 2009 17:11:59 +0000 http://www.familybusinessaccountants.com/business-accountants/is-my-accountant-following-standard-business-procedures#comment-29 No, its not usual. I would call and set an appointment to see him. If you don't owe any taxes, then its no big deal. But if you owe money, and you are penalized for being late, I'd be upset.<br><b>References : </b><br> No, its not usual. I would call and set an appointment to see him.

If you don't owe any taxes, then its no big deal. But if you owe money, and you are penalized for being late, I'd be upset.
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