What do you get an accountant for Christmas?

You know you've been talking about work too much when....

The accountant had just read the story of Cinderella to his four-year-old daughter for the first time.

The little girl was fascinated by the story, especially the part where the pumpkin turns into a golden coach.

Suddenly she piped up, "Daddy, when the pumpkin turned into a coach, would that be classed as income or a capital gain?"

Cassons Christmas song - Holding out for an Accountant hero

This is a great video from accountancy firm Cassons with specially adapted lyrics and, one presumes, featuring staff and partners in a variety of roles and guises.

Newton's law of accounting

1. For every accountant, there is equal and opposite accountant.
2. Both of them are wrong.