In response to this totalitarian overreach, I would question as to whether the Government (largely Qualified By Ineptitude) is in any position to come around here, shouting the odds?
My reply to such a 'consultation':
You are responsible for HMRC - sort out your own bloody messes, before interfering with ours.
This is so easy to solve with very little cost and disruption.
1. Grandfather all existing unqualifieds into a new body. Maybe a new subsidiary of one of the existing ones. No need to take exams, but requirements for CPD, PI etc.
2. Then from that day all new practitioners must belong to one of the existing bodies.
I was grandfathered into the CPAA many years ago and I've found its current CPE program really useful. When I joined, the program was downright embarrassing, but it's come on leaps & bounds since.
Given the amount of esoteric bureaucrap that's thrown at us these days (we really are in the late stages of the Roman Empire) I'd not want to do without it, TBH.
There was a time when I used to be able to keep up with changes pretty well on my own, but that was in a previous century.
So it is indeed possible to do.
Of course, a few front-room accountants will disappear and 'help' people for beer or BTC - who could blame them quite frankly, if there is a market for it? Going Galt looks increasingly attractive these days...
As the MOD recently back tracked on allocating housing based on the number of kids a service person had because a lot threatened to leave. Maybe HMRC will give up on MTD ITSA when they see all the accountants doing the same. It’s good to know our public serpents think in advance when making policy decisions.
In the words of Mr. Harr...er, Brittas, "would that it were..."
I think that there is something fundamentally mis-wired in the collectivist mindset and they'll be rubbing their hands with glee at the thought of all the extra money they can pull in with pesky beancounters out the way.
Then of course, there will follow more collectivist 'enabling legislation' to compel all the retired accountants to return to work to sort out the cluster.
Well, like a bad penny you've turned up again,
You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens.
I think you know how it was when I tripped and fell,
Well, you double-dealed me, baby and I broke like a shell.
Notice how the 'recommendations' all involve more pointless tech.
There's a far easier way to verify a deepfake video; get an attack of Tourette's or try a non-sequitur and see what is the response.
I like to chat away to telephone scammers before laughing at them, so they have less time to try it on with someone else.
I also enjoyed that video of the guy who stalled by sounding moronic/distracted, whilst reverse-hacking the scammer's computer and deleting everything on it.
The most egregious though is still when the B/Soc forced you to pay an insurance premium, so that when you defaulted due to the engineered property collapse, they collected the dough after they repo'd your gaff.
The Ins co then often bankrupted the premium payer for their 'loss'.
The financial industry has long been a bed of fraud and corruption.
My answers
In response to this totalitarian overreach, I would question as to whether the Government (largely Qualified By Ineptitude) is in any position to come around here, shouting the odds?
My reply to such a 'consultation':
You are responsible for HMRC - sort out your own bloody messes, before interfering with ours.
[drops mic]
Oh, that's got to be Chris Barrie!
I've had that thought for a long time now.
Taxpayer: Sorry HMRC, all are telephone lines are closed and we'll claim to lose every single letter you claim to have sent.
Replies will be dealt with on 29 February only.
You can find out more information by going to a lake and tossing yourself in.
I was grandfathered into the CPAA many years ago and I've found its current CPE program really useful. When I joined, the program was downright embarrassing, but it's come on leaps & bounds since.
Given the amount of esoteric bureaucrap that's thrown at us these days (we really are in the late stages of the Roman Empire) I'd not want to do without it, TBH.
There was a time when I used to be able to keep up with changes pretty well on my own, but that was in a previous century.
So it is indeed possible to do.
Of course, a few front-room accountants will disappear and 'help' people for beer or BTC - who could blame them quite frankly, if there is a market for it? Going Galt looks increasingly attractive these days...
In the words of Mr. Harr...er, Brittas, "would that it were..."
I think that there is something fundamentally mis-wired in the collectivist mindset and they'll be rubbing their hands with glee at the thought of all the extra money they can pull in with pesky beancounters out the way.
Then of course, there will follow more collectivist 'enabling legislation' to compel all the retired accountants to return to work to sort out the cluster.
Stick a fork in this country - it's done.
If MTD IS on track, would it be a moral dilemma to push Jim Harrass onto said track, in order to derail it and save millions of other lives instead?
I know they're all off their bloody trolley , anyway.
Well, like a bad penny you've turned up again,
You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens.
I think you know how it was when I tripped and fell,
Well, you double-dealed me, baby and I broke like a shell.
Notice how the 'recommendations' all involve more pointless tech.
There's a far easier way to verify a deepfake video; get an attack of Tourette's or try a non-sequitur and see what is the response.
I like to chat away to telephone scammers before laughing at them, so they have less time to try it on with someone else.
I also enjoyed that video of the guy who stalled by sounding moronic/distracted, whilst reverse-hacking the scammer's computer and deleting everything on it.
The most egregious though is still when the B/Soc forced you to pay an insurance premium, so that when you defaulted due to the engineered property collapse, they collected the dough after they repo'd your gaff.
The Ins co then often bankrupted the premium payer for their 'loss'.
The financial industry has long been a bed of fraud and corruption.
Quintuple jeopardy, huh?
Reminds me of the PC Savage sketch from NTNON...
I'd describe it as a witch hunt, but that could be misinterpreted as a sleight against Ms Adams.