Comment by ValentineC

> Whatever you submit for your company, you are again responsible. Even if you hired a accountant.

> So while technically, if a accountant makes gross mistakes, the bill will always fall in your lap, because you are expected to understand the reports you submit to the IRS. And catch any errors before doing so.

I've had a tiny accounting firm take on more and more accounting debt over years just to get the accounts (lots of journal entries into contra accounts; this was before I took over the company), that I was mostly rolling my eyes at how horrible they've become when I tried enlisting Claude's help to untangle them and hopefully move away from using that firm.

I know bookkeeping is tough, especially for newer businesses that haven't set up the processes, but a lot of the professional services industry feels like outsourcing a website to a freelancer on Upwork.