Hi Wonder if I can have some feedback please - the accountant that quite a few of my clients use has this year retired and so I needed to find a new accountant for those clients who needed one - one of whom happens to be my other half!! I have just received an invoice from the new accountant for the submission of my other half''s tax return and am surprised to find a charge for the completion and submission to HMRC of the 64-8 client authorisation forms. I personally have never charged for completing and submitting these forms as I looked at it being part of taking on a new client not a chargeable activity. I have not known an accountant to charge either but I have to admit that I had worked with our previous accountant for many years so wondered if this is a common practise now - I don't want to query this invoice until I find out if I am out of date - the fee for just the 64-8 (one for partnership one for personal) was £50 plus VAT (added to which they forgot to send the partnership one to him so I had to print it off and deliver it to them for their details had I known they were going to charge for the service I would have completed and submitted myself!) Your comments would be appreciated Thanks in advance Nikki
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