R F E Radzey Fischer Euringer Steuerberatungsgesellschaft MbH — Buchhaltung in Sendling München

Enjoy the money. You have earned it.

Quote: "Sie haben sich von uns umfassend über eine selbstständige Tätigkeit beraten lassen."

Quote: "Wir bewerten Ihre Bewertung daher als unseriös und unverschämt."

Response: As far as I remember I have received a subsequent phone call from an R/F/E employee shortly after where I expressed my will to not go with their services due to their high cost. High for me, that is.

In June 2016 I walked into R/F/E to get a price estimate for filing a year tax report for my freelance business. I told a short story about what I do and received an offer which I found too expensive. A year later I have received an invoice for tax consultancy for that visit. Something very unconventional (you don't pay to know the price of croissant in a bakery do you?), something I haven't been warned about, something I have not signed anything to agree upon and something that arguably didn't happen(it wasn't an actual tax consultancy in my opinion). My last phone call with R/F/E on this issue was uncompromising, arrogant, somewhat with intimidation by sheer legal power (a'la we're bigger than you) and with a little sprinkle of nationalism (perhaps due to my not-so-fluent German) on their side. In the subsequent phone call with my current tax advisor they expressed readiness to go to court with this invoice. I decided to save the trouble and not go the court way but just pay. And you should save the trouble and find a tax consultancy company without leech tendencies. Hope this helps in doubt.

Response: As far as I remember such conditional payment construction was never explained to me in a comprehensive manner, hence the original review. I would simply walk away from such a binding deal straight away.

Response: let these words simply speak for themselves, ladies and gentlemen.

Quote: "Wir haben Sie damals über unsere Gebühren informiert und ihnen kulanterweise angeboten, die Kosten dieser Erstberatung nicht in Rechnung zu stellen, sofern sie ihre Steuererklärungen bei uns erstellen lassen."

A RESPONSE TO THE RESPONSE FROM THE OWNER:

Quote: "Nachdem wir diesbezüglich seit einem Jahr nichts mehr von Ihnen gehört haben, haben wir die Erstberatung abgerechnet."

Response: This may simply be a trick. You see, if they charged for the whole hour the invoice would be higher than the sum from where on it is required to have an official tax consultation agreement which I would need to sign. It is a pure speculation on my side of course, but this pseudo-discount may be an evasion of the problem on R/F/E side. I have not signed any agreement yet they can charge me. If the sum was full, that may not have worked. In fact such strategies are very widespread in industries like patent trolling. They'd want money, but not much enough for the opposite side to be bothered with legal processes. Unfortunately, we will never know.

Response: I have already expressed my doubt that this was a consultancy. I have walked in with one goal, to know the price. Surely this is always up to the interpretation. And we are all clear what R/F/E's interpretation is, now. I herewith entitle R/F/E, however, to the right of repeating their interpretation a few more times to make it be perceived "even more true".

Quote: Wir haben dabei statt einer Stunde nur eine halbe Stunde zum üblichen Gebührensatz laut Steuerberatervergütungsverordnung in Rechnung gestellt...