My accountant is a flake... please help!

[jen121]

Hi Everyone,

I just started a corporation this past January. It is a small business with low profits and little expenses. I am the sole owner (no shareholders), and I am the only employee.

I have had an accountant for the past 7 months. He has been extremely unreliable and hard to reach. He completely forgot to file my first quarter and I am having issues with getting my second quarter. I finally went into the office and asked for my 2nd quarter. He had me wait there for 5 minutes while he quickly slapped it together (charging me $90 for his 5 minutes).

My question is... do I need an accountant? I do all of my book keeping and it's a VERY small low profit business. Not a lot of expenses either. I make out the same amount toward payroll each month. So it is a repetitive process.

If I can do this myself, can someone please explain to me the process. Which forms I need and any deadlines throughout the year? My business is based in Florida. I would be truly grateful considering I am so frustrated with this whole thing.

Thank you in advance.

[Bees Knees]

My question is... do I need an accountant?...

If I can do this myself, can someone please explain to me the process. Which forms I need and any deadlines throughout the year?

If you need to ask, obviously you cannot do it yourself...unless someone teaches you, or you teach yourself how to do it.

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