Three things that make your relationship with your accountant smoother

A good working relationship with your accountant does not start with the accountant. It starts with you.

That sounds confronting. But it is meant practically.

Most delays and misunderstandings in an accountant relationship are avoidable. They do not come from incompetence — but from small habits that make collaboration unnecessarily complex.

These are the three most common ones — and how to solve them.

1. Submit documents all at once, not in dribs and drabs

If you email a document eight times, your accountant has to open a file eight times. If you submit everything at once via a shared folder, that only happens once.

At Futura we work with a shared SharePoint folder per client. You place documents there, I process them. Simple and organised.

2. Ask questions as they arise — do not save them up

Many entrepreneurs stack up questions until the annual meeting. Understandable, but inefficient. Small questions are answered faster when they are still small.

Just send an email to trix@futura-accountancy.nl. I will make sure the question reaches the right person.

3. Notify us of changes as they happen

New employee? Investment made? Property bought or sold? Inform your accountant immediately — not when the annual accounts are being compiled.

The earlier we know something, the better we can advise you.

Collaboration is a two-way street. I take care of my side — help me with yours.