If you visited a restaurant for the first time and your experience ended up leaving a bad taste in the mouth, would you return? Unlikely.
As the saying goes, you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression. Often, a poor initial experience is enough to put you off returning somewhere or using a service again.
For contractors, the January 31st tax returns deadline is a real test of how good their contractor accountant is. You might have had a bad accounting experience – for instance, if the process ended up being too complicated or lengthy. A contractor accountant’s role is to in fact make your life easier. Perhaps you didn’t feel like you got value for money, communication was really poor or they missed the 31st January deadline.
Maybe, after this accountancy experience, you’re left thinking that it’d be easier to go it alone. But it’s important not to tar all contractor accounting companies with the same brush. The best contractor accountants take pride in providing exceptional, personal accountancy services for contractors, supporting them in any way they need. Intouch Accounting is one of them.
A personal accounting service, from start to finish
A one-size-fits-all approach to contractor accountancy services doesn’t work. Every contractor has unique needs – that’s why we’ll assign you a dedicated Personal Accountant who’ll learn your business inside out, so they can offer tailored accounting advice and support as and when you need it.
You might have been persuaded to use your last accountant because of their costs, but cheap contractor accountancy services rarely equate to the best accounting service. You’re also likely to find that a quality contractor accountant provides more accountancy services as standard in their monthly fee. Such services may include:
- Unlimited online accounting advice and support from a dedicated Personal Accountant
- Unlimited free IR35 contract reviews and compliance support
- Access to a 24/7 online portal for daily accounting tasks such as business expenses
- Year-end accounts and management including quarterly VAT returns and expert advice
- Monthly and annual payroll returns
- A simple, single Self Assessment Tax Return, including filling in HMRC and Companies House returns
- Use of the accountant’s office address as your official registered address
Intouch Accounting are one of the best accountants for contractors, offering all this and much more. We’re totally transparent with fixed fee accounting costs, charging £115 + VAT per month for our contractor accountancy services. You won’t pay any set-up or leaving costs with us, and there’s no tie-in period.
Time to get personal
You might not have ever appreciated the importance of having a dedicated Personal Accountant up until now. But in many contractor accountancy firms, you’d be assigned a general account manager and in some cases your queries could be handled by someone not qualified to answer them. When you need support with your finances and livelihood, this is simply not good enough.
Our specialist contractor accountants are all qualified experts. Not only will they keep your accounts in check and remind you when certain tasks need to be done, they’ll also advise on things you can do that will lead to greater tax efficiency.
So, whether you’re looking for a new contractor accountant after a poor experience, or you’re just setting up a limited company and want to get off on the right foot, you can trust the team at Intouch to help keep your finances in check.
We’d love to chat about how we can help you to reach your contracting goals – for more information on our contractor accounting services call us today on 01202 375 562 or email/live chat us here.
This blog has been prepared by Intouch Accounting. While we have made every attempt to ensure that the information contained in this blog has been obtained from reliable sources, Intouch is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of this information. This blog should not be used as a substitute for consultation with professional accounting advisers. If you have any specific queries, please contact Intouch Accounting.
