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I've just had a conversation with my employer. She's foreign, and managing a start-up company.
Basically, I think her accountant is taking the mick. Doing a 'start your own business' course, she learned that employers needed to have a health and safety statement. She wrote to her accountant to verify this is the case. He wrote back one word - 'yes'.
For this email, and for supplying contact details for 2 people - a person to write a safety statement*, and a lawyer - he's issued an invoice for €1,200. Now, I'm no expert on accountancy, but this seems off the scale. Can anyone familiar with the field advise me on two things: Is the accountant having a laugh? and does this violate any codes of practice?
* this chap is seriously dodgy himself, which is how our conversation took place.
Basically, I think her accountant is taking the mick. Doing a 'start your own business' course, she learned that employers needed to have a health and safety statement. She wrote to her accountant to verify this is the case. He wrote back one word - 'yes'.
For this email, and for supplying contact details for 2 people - a person to write a safety statement*, and a lawyer - he's issued an invoice for €1,200. Now, I'm no expert on accountancy, but this seems off the scale. Can anyone familiar with the field advise me on two things: Is the accountant having a laugh? and does this violate any codes of practice?
* this chap is seriously dodgy himself, which is how our conversation took place.