I had a free video call from one of the Big 4 accounting firms about possibly relocating to their jurisdiction. I told them that I had narrowed it down to their country or another one and that I needed tax advice to make my decision.
We spoke for 40 minutes and there were 1 or 2 other members on the call. I was willing to make it a paid consultation but they never invoiced me. The interview seemed unremarkable. I explained to them that I stood to make a large capital gain in the next year and that if I could lower my tax rate significantly by changing tax residency, that it could fund my retirement and that it would definitely be worth the trouble for me. I found once I mentiond this that she was circuitous in answering what was required to establish tax residency, almost like she had a personal revulsion to somebody relocating just for the purpose of saving taxes, but I have no idea if this was an issue for her. She put all kinds of 'what if' scenarios like "Well if you come and then leave after only 4 months then they probably wouldn't give you the tax certificate." She was just inventing all kinds of unlikely scenarios and i felt she was trying to make things difficult for me. At the end of the meeting, she told me to drop by the office if I ever paid a personal visit to the new country. I travelled to the new place a month later to check it out and wrote her an email to say I had arrived and would like have a brief meeting just to follow up on some issues. When I didn't get a reply after a week, I paid a visit to the office which was near my hotel to see if she was available to schedule an appt or if she was on vacation. Security told me she was at work and that she had been informed but I never received a reply. I left after 20 mins of waiting and never contacted her after that. I was flabbergasted at the lack of professionalism from someone who worked at a big firm like that. If she wanted follow-up meetings to be paid, I could have certainly done that, but I never even got a reply. Now I am actually quite p'd off and am thinking of writing a complaint letter to the firm's management. Needless to say, I will not be using them anyway.
I was really interested to read this. I've worked with an editor for 10 years and she has ghosted me since earlier this year. I've sent several pitches and received no reply. She always replied previously and pretty much commissioned something from me each time. Such a shame as I really enjoyed writing for the publication.
Ten years has to be a record from the stories I've heard - that is shocking. You go through all the emotions of 'perhaps she's unwell' and so on, don't you? I'd be tempted to see if she was on socials and so on, but that can also drive you mad!
I had a free video call from one of the Big 4 accounting firms about possibly relocating to their jurisdiction. I told them that I had narrowed it down to their country or another one and that I needed tax advice to make my decision.
We spoke for 40 minutes and there were 1 or 2 other members on the call. I was willing to make it a paid consultation but they never invoiced me. The interview seemed unremarkable. I explained to them that I stood to make a large capital gain in the next year and that if I could lower my tax rate significantly by changing tax residency, that it could fund my retirement and that it would definitely be worth the trouble for me. I found once I mentiond this that she was circuitous in answering what was required to establish tax residency, almost like she had a personal revulsion to somebody relocating just for the purpose of saving taxes, but I have no idea if this was an issue for her. She put all kinds of 'what if' scenarios like "Well if you come and then leave after only 4 months then they probably wouldn't give you the tax certificate." She was just inventing all kinds of unlikely scenarios and i felt she was trying to make things difficult for me. At the end of the meeting, she told me to drop by the office if I ever paid a personal visit to the new country. I travelled to the new place a month later to check it out and wrote her an email to say I had arrived and would like have a brief meeting just to follow up on some issues. When I didn't get a reply after a week, I paid a visit to the office which was near my hotel to see if she was available to schedule an appt or if she was on vacation. Security told me she was at work and that she had been informed but I never received a reply. I left after 20 mins of waiting and never contacted her after that. I was flabbergasted at the lack of professionalism from someone who worked at a big firm like that. If she wanted follow-up meetings to be paid, I could have certainly done that, but I never even got a reply. Now I am actually quite p'd off and am thinking of writing a complaint letter to the firm's management. Needless to say, I will not be using them anyway.
It’s weird because she has liked some of my social media posts. She’s still the editor but has stopped replying to my pitches.
I was really interested to read this. I've worked with an editor for 10 years and she has ghosted me since earlier this year. I've sent several pitches and received no reply. She always replied previously and pretty much commissioned something from me each time. Such a shame as I really enjoyed writing for the publication.
Ten years has to be a record from the stories I've heard - that is shocking. You go through all the emotions of 'perhaps she's unwell' and so on, don't you? I'd be tempted to see if she was on socials and so on, but that can also drive you mad!