Thanks to some of you for at least attempting to provide a useful answer (particularly Ivor Windybottom).
Thanks for nothing except judgement from others (particularly Hugo Fair), who know nothing of the situation that has brought me to ask this question. It’s none of your business but in an effort (although I dare say it will be wasted!) to at least make you think for a split second about whether you should pass judgment without knowing the facts;
A couple of years ago I was in the process of starting a bookkeeping practice (I’m not an accountant), hence the question about AML but decided not go ahead with it for personal reasons. Whilst looking at other opportunities I was approached by someone with an opportunity to come in on their school outdoor adventure business, so I was doing a bit of research into this. Recently we’ve diversified into selling voluntary carbon credits (and it’s all above board). Now we’ve come to the time where we need to prepare our first VAT return for the new business, we reached out to our accountant to ask them this question, only to receive the sad news of his demise. This was just under 2 weeks ago, so we haven’t been had the time yet to find a new one.
So, apologies @hugo fair if my not just jumping into business opportunities without conducting a bit of research first and asking a few questions offends you. Perhaps forums aren’t where you should be “hanging out” if you don’t like people asking questions.
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Thanks to some of you for at least attempting to provide a useful answer (particularly Ivor Windybottom).
Thanks for nothing except judgement from others (particularly Hugo Fair), who know nothing of the situation that has brought me to ask this question. It’s none of your business but in an effort (although I dare say it will be wasted!) to at least make you think for a split second about whether you should pass judgment without knowing the facts;
A couple of years ago I was in the process of starting a bookkeeping practice (I’m not an accountant), hence the question about AML but decided not go ahead with it for personal reasons. Whilst looking at other opportunities I was approached by someone with an opportunity to come in on their school outdoor adventure business, so I was doing a bit of research into this. Recently we’ve diversified into selling voluntary carbon credits (and it’s all above board). Now we’ve come to the time where we need to prepare our first VAT return for the new business, we reached out to our accountant to ask them this question, only to receive the sad news of his demise. This was just under 2 weeks ago, so we haven’t been had the time yet to find a new one.
So, apologies @hugo fair if my not just jumping into business opportunities without conducting a bit of research first and asking a few questions offends you. Perhaps forums aren’t where you should be “hanging out” if you don’t like people asking questions.