I had a differnt accountant when we started. Got him a disk with our messed up QB records. He said it would cost more to go back find and fix our QB then it would to start over. He had us use a leger book. The first guy didn't want to do the weekly payrole. So we were paying a payrole service $20-30 per week.
I don't think were getting ripped off. I beleave our accountant is doing more services. Were giving him a stack of papers not a disk. Anything from the goverment the accountant takes care of. He does the payrole taxes and unemployment. They reconsile the checking account every month. I keep an eye on it but don't ballance it. He would have to teach more than how to use QB. I would have to learn the goverment apphabit soup of forms.
Because I don't know all the tax rules I don't know the right way to do things. Every month are some expences that don't fit the day to day catigories. Like a Christmas dinner. Is that a gift or a business meal? If I pay a small doctor bill for a worker what catigory does that go in? What is the differance to the IRS between a tool and equipment? How do they get deprisiated? It might be nothing for some but for me it's not worth the agervation.
Tom
