Tax Question and Advice!

[Tron_fdc]

My brother is a CA. He does all my taxes, but makes it VERY clear that he is not at fault for any errors in reporting, or documents that I give him that may not be right. This is pretty standard practise for all accountants; they usually have you sign a waiver, but at the very least let you know that they are only preparing the taxes on your behalf, and YOU are sending them in.

You probably should have waited for your Notice of Assessment from the government, which will tell you if Revenue Canada agrees with your return or not.

[mykalberta]

Note to self, when I stop doing my own taxes do not go to someone in Castleridge to do them. Good to know.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by albertGQ

There was no penalty. Just the $60 interest. I think its almost a waste of my time to try and recoup that. I might just suck it up and pay the whole thing myself but I think I should call them to inform them of their massive error. Its not like I have the money available to pay this so I will have to use my LOC.

I should've just gone to Locke, but he charged more then this hobo

Thanks for the props, but I have overhead.

I can think of a whole host of things he may have done wrong to make an error of that magnitude, but if you boil it down, it comes down to one of two things:

1) Rookie Error - He probably doesnt know all the dependancy rules

2) He did know the rules, but failed to adhere to them because he was scared to give you news he thought you wouldnt like.

I see it happen all the time, usually on returns that are brought to me by ex-H&R customers and people who are tired of people just like this young fellow.

You're probably SOL on any attempt to recoup any costs on this. He'll just cut you loose and move on to the next person.