@johnjenkins 1 thanks
Sadly, that was my experience at our 'local' meetings, too.
Lots of promises, same things covered at every meeting .. nothing changed.
It's just an opportunity to have a good whinge, so I packed them in as a waste of time. :(
Perhaps with the advent
of "agent view" WT might be incorporated so that we can actually change outdated and non workable practises. One can hope!
Hi ShirleyM and johnjenkins
Thanks for your comments. I will try not to be cynical just yet and we live in hope that things will get done. We know the wheels of government grind slowly, especially for those of us in business where things can change in the blink of an eye.
Hopefully agents will find the tax codes available online of some use in your clients' SA records, mind you only those issued from now on. If we do have Agent View, hopefully it will make our lives easier. Only time will tell, but here's sincerely hoping.
@rockallj
The problem of why things won't change is that HMRC are so suspicious of an underlying reason why we ask for things to be done differently they tend to disappear up their own backside to find out what that underlying reason is. Years down the line they suddenly realise there is no underlying reason.
@david5541
Hi David, it's a pity you feel that way about the AAT. I have always found them to be very supportive of members. Perhaps as your experience was way back (with respect) hopefully they have taken such thoughts on board in the last 12 years I've been a member. However I concur because I felt exactly the same as you but about the ACCA. I've now resigned from them after 10 years, thousands in fees and an FCCA to my name and practice with AAT. They are not in my view "second bests" to a chartered body. Far fewer hoops to jump through and much more helpful if you don't live in London, other large cities and the shires like many of us do!
My first and second meeting were also full of promise. 1 thanks
We are all still waiting