Signing accounts before filing

vinukmathews
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When submiting the final accounts, is it acceptable to get the conformation from clients by replying back to the email writing 'i conform the accounts....' or do i really need to get it signed by them to submit?
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I would recommend full signing of accounts and this can be done over email, with scans etc. Always best to get a full and proper sign-off of accounts.0
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If we're in a hurry to submit accounts (day of deadline for instance) and know that the client is unlikely to get back to us in time, we will on those occasions often accept a simple statement by email along the lines of "I accept the accounts" before submitting.
We do still stipulate that the client needs to send us a signed copy of the accounts as soon as possible for our permanent records though. And we're a little bit old-fashioned, as we do ask that the signed copy be hand-signed and returned by post, not signed electronically or returned by scan.
(and a few clients can't seem to tell the difference between scanning documents, and taking blurry photos on a cameraphone with a big shadow of the client's hand obscuring half the picture... xD)Accounts Executive, ғɪᴀʙ ᴍᴀᴀᴛ
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