![]() * QuickBooks or Bookkeeping Advisory Services – $97 ![]() * Financial Statement Presentation – $134 Another 33% charge an additional fee for file extensions, 22% charge an additional fee for information received after a set deadline, and 24% charge an additional fee to expedite returns.Īverage hourly fees for various client services include: Nearly three quarters (71%) charge an added fee for disorganized or incomplete files. Surveyed firms expected to increase tax-prep fees by an average of 6.4% in 2017, up from an actual increase of 6.0% in 2016. Tax-preparation fees were expected to rise by higher percentages. Surveyed firms expected to increase their accounting service fees by an average of 6.1% in 2017, up from an actual increase of 5.3% in 2016. For accounting fees, 37.4% increase fees annually, while 34.4% increase fees every other year. Nearly half (49.8%) of tax and accounting practices increase tax preparation fees annually while 33.7% increase these fees every other year. The average fee charged to prepare an itemized Form 1040 with Schedule A and a state tax return is $273, and the cost for a Form 1040 without itemized deductions and a state return is $176. ![]() Most bill for tax preparation by form (39.5%), hourly (8.4%), by a combination of fixed and hourly fees (25.0%) or by fixed fee only (23.2%). Firms split fairly evenly regarding billing methods for accounting services, with about a third billing by fixed fee (35.3%), hourly (31.2%) or a combination of the two (31.8%).
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