Late P35 to reduce Corporation Tax..Urgent help!!

[susan alberti]

My Company tax year ended end Sept 09 and the accountant started work on the accounts mid May 2010. The company is a 2 man band ie 2 directors. At the end of financial year 09, I submitted what I now know is an end of year Paye return for taxation under the NI and PAYE threshold for the 2 directors, with some help from the accountant but he submitted it on the wrong forms, anyhow I resubmitted and all well. During the PAYE year 2009-2010 I rang PAYE and told them our earnings too low for tax so no forms monthly to fill out for NI and PAYE payments.

This year 21st May, accountant writes to me and asks if we have ran a payroll (didn't do that year before) and submitted P35.I wrote back and asked what is it? Is it the form I filled out re basic earnings a while back. No reply from him now I find he has put nothing through on the accounts for basic earnings and we are stung with an additional £2000 Corporation tax. He refuses to change the figures or agree that we put in a late PAYE return, (there are other anomalies too in the accounts too). He will not agree a bonus either as he says we should have has a formal meeting, despite the fact we have taken out money from the company regularly and the company has made profits, as if 2 directors would not discuss this several times over the year. His excuse is he did not know we were making money even though he had access to online accounts for months before he prepared figures. Please advise whether I have any hope of getting this sorted! If needs be, could we hope another accountant would help?

[pawncob]

It's up to you to complete P35s etc. I can't see that the accountant has failed in any way.
Why were you late in submitting the P35?
If you sent it in 09/09 surely he had details when you sent him books 8 months later?
If you paid remuneration it must have gone through the books, how did he miss it?
Do you really post your accounts on line?

[susan alberti]

It's up to you to complete P35s etc. I can't see that the accountant has failed in any way.
Why were you late in submitting the P35?
If you sent it in 09/09 surely he had details when you sent him books 8 months later?
If you paid remuneration it must have gone through the books, how did he miss it?
Do you really post your accounts on line?

Answers to above:
Why were you late in submitting the P35?
Did not know what it was, asked accountant but got no reply.
If you paid remuneration it must have gone through the books, how did he miss it? Don't know but took drawings/money as year before.
If you sent it in 09/09 surely he had details when you sent him books 8 months later?
Yes, and I was under the assumption that this includes part of the time in the Co accounts period but was told it could not be included.
Do you really post your accounts on line?
Accounts on line, yes, accessible by accountants.