Originally Posted by moneypenny20

I've never had an accountant do mine but do you not get all the paperwork given to you when the forms have been submitted? Also when you get your Notice of Assessment, you can see what gross and tax deducted figures were sent. Surely it's the responsibility of the client to ensure the accountant has done their job properly when they sign? I assume you have to actually sign when you submit a paper version. When do you pay them, is it before or after they've submitted? Interesting to know if I ever use one.

Originally Posted by PaulandNic

I've found my original group cert and got it with me now.

Originally Posted by lapin_windstar

Hold on, hold on - I'm not an accountant, but are you sure you can't refile your already filed tax return in the correct amount? My accountant mentioned this to me because I got charged the Medicare levy when in fact I was entitled to an exemption. (I didn't bother because it was not $50 difference that year).

Originally Posted by lapin_windstar

you should consider going through the CTTT (or whatever the equivalent is n your state) to get the fee you paid the accountant back plus any significant costs.

Originally Posted by moneypenny20

I've never had an accountant do mine but do you not get all the paperwork given to you when the forms have been submitted? Also when you get your Notice of Assessment, you can see what gross and tax deducted figures were sent. Surely it's the responsibility of the client to ensure the accountant has done their job properly when they sign? I assume you have to actually sign when you submit a paper version. When do you pay them, is it before or after they've submitted? Interesting to know if I ever use one.

Originally Posted by Gibbo

It used to be the client who was liable but now, as long as the client gives the accountant the correct information the accountant is liable for any penalties etc that the ATO impose if they have made mistakes or made in correct claims. I know this because my accountant was at pains to remind me of this, ie his liability, over the last couple of years

Originally Posted by PaulandNic

There's this mob ...

http://www.tpb.gov.au/

Where I can lodge a complaint, but i'm not interested in any of that, would sooner not lose $700 to someone else's error really.

Originally Posted by PaulandNic

Apparently if we put the correct figures in I owe them $26.

I got $750 odd back last year, and hence now owe them $700 odd!

Confusing as hell, hence why I used a pro for the job ...

Originally Posted by pumpkin blossom

So, you were given that money back last year, but if he hadn't done it wrong you would have had $700 less. So you haven't lost $700 at all, you should never have had it in the first place. You have had $700 that wasn't yours for a year. A huge pain in the posterior, and I would be angry at his incompetence too, but you haven't actually lost anything.

Originally Posted by moneypenny20

In fact, had he left it alone he'd have about 80c more in interest.

Originally Posted by pumpkin blossom

So, you were given that money back last year, but if he hadn't done it wrong you would have had $700 less. So you haven't lost $700 at all, you should never have had it in the first place. You have had $700 that wasn't yours for a year. A huge pain in the posterior, and I would be angry at his incompetence too, but you haven't actually lost anything.