The only two certainties...

Benjamin Franklin famously observed that the only certainties in life are death and taxes.

In technology, the two certainties are change and bugs.

In politics, promises and broken promises.

In project management, delays and scope creep.

In marketing, everyone has an opinion and nobody agrees.

And in accountancy?

• Clients will want to pay less tax and lower fees.
• Clients will leave things until the last minute and then expect you to perform miracles.
• New tech will promise to save you time and some client will still send you a shoebox or carrier bag full of receipts.
• Your busiest clients will think they're your easiest and your least profitable clients will think they're your most valuable.

True? 

For every tax problem...

 For every tax problem there is a solution - which is straightforward, uncomplicated and wrong.

There are only two types of accountants in the world....

There are more than two types of aphorisms along these lines. Here are some of my faves. 

There are only three types of accountants in the world.... 

....Those who can count and those who can't.

There are only 10 types of accountants in the world.... 

.... Those who understand binary and those who don't 

There are only two types of accountants in the world.... .

...Those who walk into a room and say, ‘There you are!’ – and those who say, ‘Here I am!’ ” (original credited to Abigail Van Buren) 

There are only two types of accountants in the world.... 

....Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data

Any more?