What do I want with a Chartered Accountant?

What do I want with a Chartered Accountant?

June 15, 2016 | Comments Off on What do I want with a Chartered Accountant?

Chances are – you don’t. There’s a lot of ballyhoo put about to the effect that in order to keep HMRC at bay you need to engage a Chartered Accountant to look after your affairs.  Curiously, most if not all of this noise is made by Chartered Accountants themselves, the ones with most to gain from it. What is a Chartered Accountant? He (or she) left University with a completely irrelevant degree.  It might be in ancient Sanskrit, Hebrew mythology or the history of Derbyshire County Cricket Club.  Doesn’t matter, all he has to do is demonstrate that he can
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Why you might need to change accountants

Why you might need to change accountants

February 12, 2015 | No Comments

February is a great month to review your accountants and decide whether they have your best interests at heart. You have just gone through the self-assessment process so you can ask yourself some basic questions: did you understand everything they explained to you was the invoice what you expected/were told to expect did you find them approachable did they respond to communications quickly/efficiently do you get the feeling they are making every decision based on what is best for you and your business If you answered yes to most of them then you probably have an accountant you ought to
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