Prima Management Limited

Having been a contractor for many years in Ireland, the one thing that has stayed constant is the fact there is a limited number of companies that handle books for contractors, and of those limit few, pretty much all of them are horrible. I left another train wreck of an accounting company (CXC) and under advise from mates of mine moved my business to Prima. It was good for a few months, then I got a new contract and for some reason they forgot I was a client and the fact they had sent me my P45 and tax cert themselves. I found this out after getting my first pay cheque a month into my contract and noticed 48% went to emergency tax. They told me if I had submitted those two forms to them I would not have had to pay emergency tax. When I explained to them they were the ones who sent it to me, and forwarded the email I had received weeks before FROM them, they had no excuse as to why they had forgotten I was a client and that they had handled my books on a previous contract. Needless to say if your accountant can’t remember sending you your own P45 and you lose half a months wages for a full year (you won’t get it back until the next tax return you file next year), it’s time to move on to an accountant who is better at things like BASIC BOOK KEEPING. Seriously? You didn’t have my P45 and tax cert in my file? You were the ones who sent it to me weeks previously. Not impressed.