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amother
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 Thu, Feb 15 2024, 3:35 pm
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Our previous accountant charged $250 for both DH and I (not legally married). He retired. We called another accountant recommended by a friend who quoted $350 for each of us individually - so $700 total. Is this normal pricing? It seems like a lot
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hodeez
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 3:43 pm
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For a simple return that's pricey
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amother
Clover
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 3:44 pm
| amother OP wrote: | | Our previous accountant charged $250 for both DH and I (not legally married). He retired. We called another accountant recommended by a friend who quoted $350 for each of us individually - so $700 total. Is this normal pricing? It seems like a lot |
I just shopped around for quotes and got $500-$850 for married filing jointly
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amother
Dodgerblue
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 3:46 pm
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Ours is $350 for a simple return. So makes sense that it would be double for 2.
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amother
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 3:53 pm
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Wow. That’s a lot of money!
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amother
Jetblack
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 3:56 pm
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Ours charges us 350 for married filing jointly. That's her Klei kodesh rate so. I assume going rate is higher than that
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amother
Lemon
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 4:30 pm
Mine charges around 300-500 for a basic return.
married filling jointly. We have a house and one w2. Maybe filling separate makes it do pricey. I think it's a little to much .
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amother
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 4:41 pm
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I’m shocked. For years my accountant has charged us $75. Married filing jointly
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amother
Raspberry
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 5:21 pm
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amother
cornflower
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 5:22 pm
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I'm on a Whatsapp group of accountants and there was a discussion recently re pricing. Most of them agreed that even for a simple return they wouldn't charge under $300 because there are always questions or issues that come up during the year (where's my refund? I'm having a baby, will that increase my refund? If I buy a car what can I deduct? Etc etc) and you can't charge separately for each little question so they inflate the initial price quote to cover the time it takes to deal with all the little issues.
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amother
Pewter
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 5:36 pm
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Ours charges around $600. I think it's crazy.
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amother
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 5:39 pm
$350 is average pricing I think. Side note, I’m curious why you’re not legally married.
I just file online myself.
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amother
Birch
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 5:42 pm
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How long do you think it takes your accountant to do your tax return? If it's more than an hour, including answering your questions etc...than why is $350 a lot? People pay that for 45 min of therapy on a weekly basis with no guaranteed outcome. At least here you know your taxes are done correctly
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amother
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 5:53 pm
| amother Cobalt wrote: | | I’m shocked. For years my accountant has charged us $75. Married filing jointly |
Your account at is not making any money on you. Or he’s paying his staff below min wage.
My firm charges $350 min for one return. If your return is really so easy do it yourself on turbo tax. If it’s too complicated for that then that’s why you have to pay!
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amother
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 6:06 pm
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Last year we paid 190. I thought that was expensive.
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amother
Tuberose
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 6:07 pm
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I pay 2500. Business and personal return.
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amother
DarkCyan
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 6:08 pm
How much do you expect to pay? Your account at is a professional with a masters degree or years of experience.
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amother
Beige
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 6:09 pm
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Last year our accountant charged us $1,500!!! After that my husband does it himself.
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amother
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 6:15 pm
| amother Yarrow wrote: | $350 is average pricing I think. Side note, I’m curious why you’re not legally married.
I just file online myself. |
We didn’t do it when we got married (we both kind of forgot about it) then we lived in Israel for a bit so we weren’t able to take care of it. When we moved back, we tried twice to plan it around our anniversary but because of Covid they changed the rules of witnesses (you have to pre-register them instead of picking a stranger off the street) and we didn’t have relatives available to come down to the office during business hours. We had a hard time finding a rav willing to “officiate” after the fact.
Then I had my baby who has ongoing medical issues and it’s more worthwhile benefits-wise if we’re not married
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theoneandonly
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Thu, Feb 15 2024, 6:16 pm
| amother Beige wrote: | | Last year our accountant charged us $1,500!!! After that my husband does it himself. |
Assuming you have more going on than just one or two w2s...
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