Cost for Preparation of Tax Return

[Alecia Loveless]

This year my accountant charged me $1800 to prepare my tax return.

I’m not sure if this is reasonable or not. My bookkeeper thought it was outrageous.

So I have 8 properties and the accountant received 2 P&Ls. One for 7 of the properties and another for the 8th that is help in a partnership.

I probably had an additional 8 documents regarding investments and their interest. As well as a W-2 document.

I spent an hour in office with the accountant going over things. Then we had about 6 brief follow up emails to finish sorting things out.

Does $1800 seem reasonable for this or should I start looking elsewhere for next tax season?