Getting in early only to find the manager who’s got all the answers is not in today Being asked to process a whole shed-load of material adjustments 1 hour before the audit is supposed to finish Realising that the ‘we-could-finish-a-week-early-and-have-a-jolly’ budget has disappeared into thin air Being shoved into a cold, pokey, little room in the basement with no windows, mobile phone reception, printer or copier, miles away from where all the people you need to speak to work and 12 floors from the nearest decent snacks vending machine Finding out that your favourite prestigious audit client has gone bust and your audit partner has gone missing. Read more»
A correspondent wrote to the FT’s Dear Lucy’s column in July about dress codes referencing a particularly ‘tight dress’ she had been advised not to wear. In her reply, columnist Lucy Kellaway included this reference to female tax advisers: “Depending on the country and line of business you are in, the dress may be OK – or not. It’s all pretty arbitrary. We tolerate less flesh from the person who is doing our tax returns than from the person who is cutting our hair. Stupid, really; but that’s the way it goes.” The picture I’ve attached to this piece is of Britt Savage from the Nashville band Twang Deluxe who shredded a pile of tax forms to... Read more»
Last week guidance was published explaining how HMRC intend to apply the law that now allows them to publish the details of tax evaders. George Bull of Baker Tilly has christened the concept TAXBOs. He notes the irony of this as ASBOs are now on their way out….. It could catch on – although I note that Barry Hutton in South Africa got their first with his accountancy practice, Taxbo Services which was established in 1988. Read more»
A man was driving away from the tax office when all of a sudden he has to swerve to avoid a box falling off the lorry in front. Seconds later a policeman pulled him over for reckless driving. As the policeman starting writing the ticket he noticed the box was full of nails and tacks. “I had to swerve or I’d have run over those and blown my tyres!” protested the driver. “Ok”, replied the officer, ripping up the ticket, “but I’m still bringing you in.” “What for?!” retorted the man. “Tacks evasion”, answered the policeman. Read more»
Before you start speculating, it transpires Carlsberg DO do Accountancy…… Read more»
Saw this ad on a tube train the other day. As it’s for office use I guess the target audience will all understand the reference to a P45. Read more»
