Chartered accountant price list: how to read it?

Updated March 30, 2026 - Many companies are looking for an accountant fee schedule as if there were a single public scale. In reality, the official framework above all recalls that the fees are set freely depending on the diligence, difficulty, costs and reputation of the professional.

Article 18 of the code of ethics recalls that fees are freely fixed between the client and the accountant. This means that a price list visible on a practice website is an internal or commercial price list, not a public scale applicable to everyone.

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A grid is useful for:

• ▸understand the level of service;
• ▸compare mission perimeters;
• ▸view options;
• ▸identify what is included or not.

• ▸maintenance or revision;
• ▸VAT and taxation;
• ▸pay or not;
• ▸number of exchanges;
• ▸tools included;
• ▸exceptional services outside the package.

Hayot Expertise Advice: a price list only has value if it is read with the mission letter. The real subject is not the call figure, but the real scope of the work supported.

• ▸compare two prices without comparing the content;
• ▸confuse basic package and complete mission;
• ▸forget the exceptional services;
• ▸do not link the price to the tools and the expected responsiveness.

We can help you read firm offers with a logic of scope, quality of service and level of management.

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In 2026, there is no single price list for accountants. Above all, there are more or less explicit offers. Good reading focuses on the mission content, not just the displayed price.

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(Official sources: article 18 of the code of ethics, Order of Chartered Accountants)