Discounts for client introductions?

System
System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
edited 12:08PM in AAT member discussion

I've been offering my clients £10 off their bill for every new client they introduce to me, but I was reading the AAT's ethical guidelines the other day and it seems that that's not allowed :? anyone know whether i've misunderstood the guidelines and if not, why is this a 'bad' thing to do?
I've phoned the AAT to clarify but no-one's got back to me yet.

jodie

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  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Discounts for client introductions?

    The way I read it was it is allowed providing the person who has been referred to you is aware that a discount has been given to the person who referred them (if that makes sense) :?

    If you hear anything different please post as I was considering this myself.

    Michelle
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Discounts for client introductions?

    I don't think you should need to give such a discount. If you have done a good job at a good price, then I usually find that you will get recommended anyway.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Discounts for client introductions?
    TC wrote:
    I don't think you should need to give such a discount. If you have done a good job at a good price, then I usually find that you will get recommended anyway.

    Agreed.

    Regards

    Dean
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Discounts for client introductions?

    You're probably right, but a year ago I was getting swamped with those calls begging me to advertise in a diary / newspaper / website and I decided that instead of paying them for new business I'd rather pay someone I actually cared about, ie my clients! So with each tax return I did last year I put at the end of the accompanying letter a paragraph along the lines of 'Providing your circumstances remain unchanged, I am providing a quote of £xxx to complete your 2005/06 tax return. This amount will be reduced by £10 for each new client introduced to me'
    So I don't now want to have to go back and tell them that that doesn't stand any more!
    I'll probably take it off future letters though.

    Ta
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Discounts for client introductions?

    the AAT have returned my call and yes michelle, you're spot on there - so long as the new client is aware of the introduction discount given to the original client then you're alright.
    If I hadn't gone into blind panic after reading the first part of the guideline I probably would have realised that that was the case to start with!
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Discounts for client introductions?

    Thought that was the case but maybe not a good idea then.
    I was considering it for the same reasons you were Jodie.

    Michelle

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