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Thursday, November 30, 2006
Who does what and why?
They were encouraging him to take an interest in professional affairs - as they all did.
''What do you do,'' he asked. One said he was on the local branch committee, another chaired a tax discussion group, a third was a practice support member.
The oldest partner was unusually coy and then announced that his involvement in professional affairs was limited to making regular appearances in disciplinary hearings after clients complained about his work.
One of his fellow partners was quite new to the firm and was astonished to hear this. Later the new parter asked if what he'd heard was really true, that the older partner made regular appearances in disciplinary hearings after clients complained about his work. ''Oh no'', came the reply, ''The senior partner's a member of the Urgent Issues Task Force; he's just too embarrassed to admit it!"
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
I’m Allan – I’m an accountant
Do you really need certified copies of that?
Accountants frequently ask new clients to either bring their passport into the office or to supply certified copies. It's a requirement ...

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Star Wars: Tax Return of the Jedi Double Entry Indemnity, shown with: Double Insolvency Journal to the Centre of the Earth Abridged Too F...
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I once heard about a lady who received a letter from HMRC threatening her with fines if she didn't produce a certain document. In fact...
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As we approach the 31 January filing deadline for filing personal self assessment tax returns, I asked a few taxpayers why they leave things...
