Compare
Heed and your accountant
Reviewed 17 October 2026
The short answer
Your accountant prepares your returns and advises on your position, usually around the deadlines. Heed watches the law between those meetings: it tells you when a rule that affects you changes, explains it in plain English, and lists the questions to bring to your accountant. It does not replace advice. It helps the advice arrive in time.
01
Side by side.
| The job | Your accountant alone | Heed |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Advises, prepares and files | Watches, matches and explains |
| When you hear about a change | At the next meeting or deadline | When the change is published |
| Several countries | Often one adviser per country | Every country in your profile in one feed |
| Residency days | From your records, at year end | Counted as you go, warned before the line |
| Responsibility | Professional advice you can rely on | Information, not advice |
- What it does
- HeedWatches, matches and explains
- Your accountant aloneAdvises, prepares and files
- When you hear about a change
- HeedWhen the change is published
- Your accountant aloneAt the next meeting or deadline
- Several countries
- HeedEvery country in your profile in one feed
- Your accountant aloneOften one adviser per country
- Residency days
- HeedCounted as you go, warned before the line
- Your accountant aloneFrom your records, at year end
- Responsibility
- HeedInformation, not advice
- Your accountant aloneProfessional advice you can rely on
02
Which one, when.
When your accountant alone is enough
- Your affairs sit in one country and your accountant watches it closely all year.
How they work together
Bring Heed's briefs to your accountant: each says what changed, why it may affect you, and what to ask. Firms can run Heed for their whole book on the Advisor plan.
03Questions
What people ask.
Straight answers. Heed is intelligence, not advice.
If your income, assets or residency sit in more than one country, usually yes: treaties, credits and filings in each place interact. Heed watches the rules between your meetings and lists what to ask, so the time you pay an adviser for goes on decisions.
Most advisers prefer a client who arrives with the right question. Heed's briefs are written to be forwarded: what changed, the official source, and the questions to ask.
If your accountant's firm uses Heed, it can manage you as a client and share a read-only or full login with you. Otherwise you can send a brief or a PDF export.
04