Forbes accredited for iXBRL filing
Milton Keynes-based tax and practice software house Forbes Computer has been approved by HMRC to file Corporation Tax returns including accounts and computations in the in “inline” iXBRL format.
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Mr Angry
Mr Angry spends his spare making disparaging comments about our software on Accountingweb . I intend to reference back to this post every time he does as I feel his single handed effort is giving a misleading impression. For people that want to decide for themselves they can try the software yourself www.tax.co.uk/products/download.htm
Tech ed replies
8:03pm - Why does the Tech ed protect forbes ?
8:05pm - The tech ed was asked about Forbes but to date no reply has been received!
As I explained very clearly, the Tech Ed acted to protect the interests of AccountingWEB and the anonymous poster themselves rather than Forbes. AccountingWEB has terms and conditions for members that are based on professional courtesy and the law of the land. Please abide by those rules. The invitation to discuss your situation and find a way to put the facts forward in a more reasonable manner remains open.
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Please try to use this forum in a constructive way
Repeatedly posting semi-coherent rants against a software provider (and me) will not get you anywhere - except perhaps banned from AccountingWEB for abuse. It's quite difficult to get to reach any meaningful conclusion from your posts so far. On the points you've raised, I would answer:
1. Yes, someone has independently accredited this product - HMRC.
2. No, I haven't road-tested the product yet. This is a news report that it exists. While I aspire to get my hands on or at least take a look at every software product in the market, this is not humanly possible. This is where AccountingWEB members can help, if they come online to share honest, accurate and constructive advice about the applications they know.
Anonymous, please step back from the keyboard for a minute, take a deep breath and count to 10. Then perhaps drop me a line via the private messaging system on AccountingWEB and we'll try to get to the bottom of your complaints. If you aren't willing to do this, perhaps you could stop taking up so much of our time with pointless posts.
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HMRC recognition rather than accreditation
It is true, the HMRC do only check that the iXBRL accounts and computation that are output. To evaluate how easy it is to operate is not their role. We are more than happy for someone independently to review our software.
Tech-ed, feel my pain. We have had this off and on for two and a half years from him ! Could we move this thread to somewhere else and just leave the news article ?
p.s. I don't think the tech editor is endorsing our product, I think he is reporting a piece of news.
This discussion has come to a close
Can the members involved in this pointless campaign please desist from posting now, you have made your point. You have also received private contact from both myself and the technology editor, which you have ignored in favour of airing your laundry here.
I have deleted some of your posts because they add no value to this thread. If you cannot express your point of view in a professional and constructive manner then further action will be taken.
If there are any further comments of this nature then I will delete all posts made by all contributors.
Thanks very much
Just thought I would point out that I have not prompted either of these contented posters. I am also happy to get constructive criticism publicly or privately to dave@forbes.co.uk. Mindless insults really are a different matter. I shouldn't, but I do take them personally.
All part of this new social networking world I suppose ! A glutton for punishment I have just signed up for twitter - http://twitter.com/forbessoftware - just need to work out how to operate it. We will use it to let people know what we are doing and when updates are being uploaded, when we have gone to the pub on a Friday etc.
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An AccountingWEB.co.uk member made several Anonymous postings on this article. However, as the site's terms and conditions make perfectly clear, the point of this commenting mechanism is not to let people make unsubstantiated comments that could be deemed defamatory or libellous.
As a result, we have edited the comments posted. If the person concerned would like to discuss their issues privately, they can get in touch with me directly via the private messaging system or email as john at accountingweb.co.uk and we will see if it's possible to put your point across in an acceptable manner.
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