I just filed a 990-N but though it does not take a lot of time to do, I have to keep them in my roster of clients, monitor that it gets filed and in Ohio you have to file an annual report with the Ohio Attorney General office.. I sent them a what I thought was a very reasonable bill and they gave me some push back. I know it was a very good price to begin with and this client also has a regular for profit company and he brings up fees on that also.. just hit me wrong and I wrote back that if he thinks my fees are too high maybe this would be a good time to explore other options for a CPA. He wrote back all apolgetic. I told him it's OK.. I was already giving the non-profift a nice discount.. taking tlps from others here about pricing and charging properly.
one more thing.. rec'd an email this morning from a guy starting a new business in Medina.. If it was tax season I would have referred him out but I thought.. hmm. I am going to give him a reply offering a one hour meeting for a fee of $ 250.00 to discuss his situation and what he can expect tax wise when running a business.. I used to do these into meetings for free but I stopped doing that as a lot of information is shared during these meetings.. I figured he would not even respond or give me some push back on the fee but he wrote back asking when he could meet. So the groundwork is laid for letting him know that I charge and will charge decently for going forward if we decide to work together.
