The Positive Accountant

I was reflecting today on how easy it used to be to advise on setting up in business. Once upon a time it used to be 'If you want limited...

Oh dear, I have caused myself some marital strife as a result of my last edition. I said I would be saving 'a fortune' on flowers.  That...

Another sunny day, another day done of the lockdown.  Lloyds Bounceback loans continue to be received but I'm not hearing of clients who...

Bounceback loans - an update. This has become another steep learning curve.  (One of many we've had in the last six weeks...) I have...

Well, Roger the Robin went down well, and I don't mean just with the cat.  (if that means nothing, re-read Ed 34) Back to more serious...

Are we seeing the slightest chink of a relaxation of lockdown ?  Are we going to hear more next week ? One thing that's for certain,...

On Monday I mentioned the 'Bounceback Loans' announced by the Chancellor. There still hasn't been much mention of these, but the inside...

'Unprecedented' That's a word we've heard a lot of recently. I thought I knew what the word meant.  Which is borne out when I reach for...

Another day in lockdown...I was thinking earlier today where, exactly would we be had this happened a generation ago. The worldwide web,...

STOP PRESS - BOUNCEBACK LOANS ! In my previous lives, one of the joys of being a tax partner was that on Budget day one got to work...

I'm going to start this with a plea for help. It is to do with bank account details.  We are having to ask for these quite a bit at the...

A year ago today I attended a meeting (remember what they were ?) in Devon.  It was a two and a bit hour journey (Cessna rather than...

I criticised my own profession last night.  This morning I had no option but to hang my head. My own Institute, who proclaim themselves...

On Friday I had a little pop at the legal profession - and in particular their insistence on the old fashioned practice of wet ink...

I continue to be astonished as to how many people are reading these musings, and even more so about how controversial they are becoming....

Those who know me well will know that lawyers have a habit of winding me up (and apologies to the small number of them that are on my...

So, we're locked down for at least another three weeks.  Which means I guess I'm committed to a few more of these...which I suppose is a...

Wasn't that the oddest Easter ever - lovely weather, wanting to go places but unable to, wanting to see people but unable to. We now find...

Today's been an interesting day, the sun has been shining, lots of good things happened.  And we're on edition 21 of this blob (as...

I once had a client - I'll call him Mr George, now long since departed from this mortal coil - who when I visited approximately once...