Should I confront my CPA?

[Jim Workman]

Last year, I switched to a very real-estate-savvy CPA in old (as in old money) Pasadena. I sent him my 11 HUD statements for this year, and I asked if someone in his office could help me enter one of them into my new Quick Books program. Then I could do the others and send in the QB file. He said "No, just let his people set it up." Now I got a bunch of Excel analyses which were imported into Quick Books and a bill for $2400. So I didn't save on my CPA bill, I didn't learn how to use QB, and I still have to complete all of my other expenses. (So there will be follow-up bill.)

Does this seem like an excessive bill or am I being too cheapskate?

[Nathaniel Busch]

This is pocket lining, in my opinion. 

Find a CPA that is willing to empower his clients. Nothing wrong with having his staff do the first one for $100 and leaving you a template to do the rest. 

A CPA that helps his clients grow on the front end, in exchange for billing less, is rewarded with a larger (and happier) client down the road. 

Loyalty to your clients is everything.