# Off-topic/Thanks: Filing corporate income taxes and didn't need a bookkeeper in the middle

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**Created:** [April 23, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/off-topic-thanks-filing-corporate-income-taxes-and-didnt-need-a-bookkeeper-in-the-middle/249 "2024-04-23T18:46:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbrains](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.plaintextaccounting.org/jbrains/32/30_2.png) [@jbrains](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/jbrains)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/off-topic-thanks-filing-corporate-income-taxes-and-didnt-need-a-bookkeeper-in-the-middle/249/1 "2024-04-23T18:46:28Z")

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I didn't find an "off-topic" nor "random" tag, so apologies if this is seen as clutter. 🙂

I took the plunge into PTA with `hledger` to draft my company's books in 2023 and to escape the torture of QuickBooks in a multiple-currency world. I am pleased to report that I have succeeded in completing my fiscal year 2023 recordkeeping and my accountants have not fired me. Moreover, I feel like I will actually have a head-start on 2024 and will be able to do _gasp_ tax planning, rather than feeling like I'm always playing catch-up.

Many thanks for the help I've received to get me to this point! I'm a believer.

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**Author:** ![simonmic](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.plaintextaccounting.org/simonmic/32/1_2.png) [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/off-topic-thanks-filing-corporate-income-taxes-and-didnt-need-a-bookkeeper-in-the-middle/249/2 "2024-04-23T19:02:52Z")

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Perfectly on topic. Thanks for sharing your experience report, and congrats!

What was the conversation/data exchange with your accountants like ?

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**Author:** ![jbrains](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.plaintextaccounting.org/jbrains/32/30_2.png) [@jbrains](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/jbrains)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/off-topic-thanks-filing-corporate-income-taxes-and-didnt-need-a-bookkeeper-in-the-middle/249/3 "2024-04-23T19:53:22Z")

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> [@simonmic](#):
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> What was the conversation/data exchange with your accountants like ?

It went fairly well: I generated a bunch of `register` reports per account in both plain text and CSV format and they grabbed whatever they needed. I don't know how they processed it, but they didn't complain and didn't ask for anything else.

When I asked to sneak in two more postings before the deadline, I simply pasted my journal postings into an email and they understood perfectly. The clarity of this approach really appeals to me.

I have one concern about the flexibility I have to refactor accounts, now that the accountants have got involved, particularly things such as splitting an account into subaccounts or renaming an account. I'll worry about those issues _after_ the filing deadline has passed and they've recovered from the rush.

I hope they see me as a lower-maintenance client now.