Starting out - mentor

I just in the process set up accountancy myself , can I have a mentor in Manchester? I am just facing a difficult decesion, is it worth to buy sage Taxation and year end software pack??

Hadn't everyone already told you not to buy sage as it's useless?! VT, tax calc and moneysoft are the choice of small practices.

Thank you for your comment, but could you tell me, why sage year end account and tax useless?

Hi affordableaccountant (and bbc?)

Whilst I'm not a tax expert etc, I do mentor accountants who're considering whether/how to set up in practice.

As a CIMA accountant with no previous practice exprience, I learnt the hard way about setting up in business, and now I like to help others in a similar posiition avoid a few of the pitfalls I met along the way!

I'm very happy to have a chat if that's of interest?

Hi Time4Change,

I saw your reply to affordable accountant back in 2011 and wondered if you are still enjoying mentoring accountants who are starting out? If so I'm in a similar position, many years in industry, none in practice. I'm an FCCA and have a practicing certificate and will be "going for it" in May, so any advice much appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Tony