There should be some sort of recourse on the accountant for errors, it's crazy that they get away with it and the individual has to suffer.
Several years ago the accountant I just replaced sent a letter with my return as a summary wanting my signature to lodge it all with the ATO. It was a $23,000 bill to the ATO in unpaid tax. I wasn't pleased and questioned it.
It turns out they made an error and after redoing it I received a $7,000 refund instead of having to pay more tax.
It never made sense why that happened, he mumbled some explanation that told me nothing and that was that. It was then I started to pay more attention and get more educated on the entire process.
There should be yes! In Italy, unfortunately, accountants always make many mistakes and always get away with it.
It is very sad that so much money has to be spent for the incompetence of others and the incompetent then go unpunished.
Precisely for this reason I believe it is necessary to rely on serious and established professionals after having done the necessary research.