Friday, August 25, 2023

The collective noun for tax inspectors

A retired tax inspector once told me that the correct collective noun was a 'bunch of bastards'! 

I've since been collating other suggestions: 

A grab of tax inspectors 
A menace... 
A conniving... 
A tithe... 
A levy (levee)... 
A Grabble... 
An Inquisition.... 
A Bogy.... 
A Spectre.... 
A Digger..... 
A ruination .... 
An infliction .... 
A calamity .... 
A chill .... 
A pack... 
A frisson ..... 
A vexation .... 
A ravishment .... 
An infestation....

Friday, August 11, 2023

What is the best collective noun for accountants?  

An audit of accountants
A balance of accountants
A sum of accountants
A fudge of accountants
An account of accountants
A journal of accountants 
An assessment of accountants 
A calculation of accountants

Or something else?

Friday, August 04, 2023

What does it take to be a good tax accountant?

Q: What does it take to be a good tax accountant? 

A: Two things – grey hair and haemorrhoids. 

 The grey hair makes you look distinguished and the haemorrhoids make you look concerned.

Before PwC, before Coopers & Lybrand, there was Cooper Brothers.....

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