Tax advisor did my taxes and I changed my mind about filing through him, am I obligate to pay??

[Anonymous]

This is like saying "I ordered a pizza, but by the time it came, I had already made myself a sandwich. Do I still have to pay for the pizza if the sandwich looks better?"

And the answer is YES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again. Thanks for the response. I guess I'm just bitter knowing that I could get a better return with Turbo and pay a lot less for the service and do it in 20 minutes. Lesson learned. I was afraid/did not want to bother doing it myself before. It was much easier than I thought. I don't want to screw the guy over, but I feel that for $200 bucks he could be a better communicator -- reply to my emails, answer my questions and actually explain things.

Unless you have a super simple tax situation, that's a ridiculously small amount of time to have spent doing your taxes. I think it would take me this long just to type in our personal info. Perhaps you went through the form too quickly and that's why it's less (because you missed something)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is like saying "I ordered a pizza, but by the time it came, I had already made myself a sandwich. Do I still have to pay for the pizza if the sandwich looks better?"

And the answer is YES.

Love this (and completely agree).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I did not think that it would take this long -- over 3 weeks. I did it on Turbo tax just out of curiosity and frustration.

What you thought is not an excuse not to pay him for his time spend on your taxes. You made the decision to send him tax info, not him. You owe him.. Pay up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:of course you're obligated to pay him! the work is done.

The return is not accurate. He forgot to include my daughter and other important information -- that's why I'm getting less through him. Of course I will tell him all these things, but isn't that what I pay him for? Accuracy so I don't mess things up myself?

OP, do you realize how absurd you sound? You tell him your child deductions and if you don't tell him, he can't guess. You're just being obtuse.

[Anonymous]

a good accountant can save you a ton of money.

BUT, if you don't have rental properties that have special issues and/or own or run your own business, I'd just use turbo tax.

[Anonymous]

Geez--- the whole thing sounds so fishy. The guy did the work you hired him for---YES- you have to pay him. Since you are now working with him show him the discrepancy with Turbotax and have him work with it.

Could be one of two things---you did something wrong in Turbotax or he's not such a great accountant. Either way--gotta pay.

[Anonymous]

If Jeff ever presents awards, I will nominate this for the stupidest question ever on DCUM. OP, there is NOT a SINGLE poster here agreeing with you. Hands down, I've never seen this unanimity on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Piling on... yes you have to pay him.

Use TT next year.

-Someone who payed $400 to have our taxes done and checked via TT - still paid! (To make it even more of a waste of $$ I'm a financial consultant and should have totally done them myself)

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I was able to handle Schedule A, B, C, D, and SE, but when the K-1, rental, nanny, and corporation of which I am an officer forms came in, I fled to an accountant.

And OP, you gotta pay.

If you'd even sent off an email trying to cancel before your return showed up, you might have a ghost of a case.

As it stands now, I imagine, if you send the discrepancies you found to your accountant and he refuses to remediate/explain the issues, you could take him to small claims court, but that wouldn't be for a few months. And even there I could be wrong.

[hedgehog]

Anonymous wrote:If Jeff ever presents awards, I will nominate this for the stupidest question ever on DCUM. OP, there is NOT a SINGLE poster here agreeing with you. Hands down, I've never seen this unanimity on DCUM.

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Solidarity!