End of the saga, I hope.
That long awaited CIS refund arrived yesterday. I note that the cheque and letter are dated 12 August, so even then it took ten days to get to us.
Practitioner's Diary
Life is tough on the front line of accountancy. For more than five years, our intrepid correspondent has been bringing us news and views from a typical West Country practice.
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Aug
15
1
We are all aware that tax offices across the country have a secret store room of unopened post bags, letters that go unopened - let alone unanswered for weeks.
Aug
08
2
My client always happy to be erring on the side of caution. His company wasn't strictly in the construction industry, although a lot of his consulting work involved building design and installations in factories, and probably involved working with other contractors within CIS.
Jul
29
3
I have never been good at pithy one liners and witting put downs, but if my professionalism allowed me to I'd be using them now.
As I mentioned last time, some clients clearly have unrealistic expectations.
Others simply seem to be living in a different world altogether.
Jul
24
2
I dare say many of us wonder if life wouldn't be a lot simpler without the clients.
And staff.
Not that I don't love them all dearly, you understand, but sometimes they seem to combine to try my patience.
Jul
19
No, not the Tennessee Williams play, I was thinking of the new Streetcar for Business idea.
Jul
12
I was interested in LLPs - or rather the lack of them in most small accountancy practices. I am seeing a potential new client later this week who has approached us because we have some experience with LLPs. Not a lot, I'll confess, but evidently more than most local firms.
Jun
29
I have heard of all sorts of investment schemes in my time, but talking to a client today I heard a new one that I thought I should share with the AccountingWEB readership.
According to my client, who looks like he ought to know, there's money to be made in .... tractors!
Jun
26
I have known clients do some pretty daft things, but just recently a couple have actually made a success of what looked like pretty harebrained schemes.
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