Accountant Liability: Discover Your Rights

Questioner

The following applies to the question. In 2014 my wife changed employers halfway through, now there are 2 years of statements of which only 1 has been processed by the accountant after this statement to the tax authorities there was an additional assessment, now it is the case that we did not pay enough attention either. Now the question is to what extent is the accountant liable for this?

Lawyer

If the accountant has failed to comply and the error can be attributed to him, causing your spouse to suffer damage, then the accountant can be held liable. In short, what agreements have been made between the parties and have they been complied with.

Questioner

The only agreement that was made, The accountant prepares the annual figures/documents and also arranges our private tax return We spoke to him about this and he responded quite light-heartedly to the fact that he had fallen short in this regard. The blame lies with us because we had not submitted the annual statement correctly?

Lawyer

The accountant must meet the requirements of good craftsmanship, but the question is why the annual statement was not delivered correctly. In other words, is this perhaps attributable to you?