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		<title>Where do all the letters go&#8230;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has anyone else noticed how inept and incompetent is HM Revenue and Customs when it comes to dealing with simple and routine correspondence? Most of the time, when we send letters to HMRC, we do so in the high expectation of not receiving a reply and then, when we telephone to chase up, we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outside the box&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 09:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had an excellent and productive meeting with a relatively new client yesterday and the &#8220;business end&#8221; of the meeting went very well in terms of reviewing the annual accounts and tax liabilities. As we usually do, we then steered the meeting towards more general planning and discussion of the future strategy for the business in terms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheap isn&#8217;t always good&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 09:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My firm lost a client yesterday, most unusually for us on grounds of cost! After more than ten years of good service, and with a nice personal relationship built up due to our mutual interests of music and sport, the client dumped us unceremoniously without warning and went to a cheaper alternative. To be beaten on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HMRC penalties</title>
		<link>http://www.vernonassociates.co.uk/blog/2011/04/hmrc-penalties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HM Revenue and Customs is continuing on its path of penalising taxpayers ( or &#8220;customers&#8221; as HMRC euphemistically calls us, as if we as &#8220;customers&#8221; have the choice to take our &#8220;custom&#8221; to another HMRC if we are not happy with our &#8220;service&#8221;). As has been the custom in recent years, the construction industry is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.vernonassociates.co.uk/blog/2011/04/2011-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would have been nice to have been able to report that the 2011 Budget was the most innovative and imaginitive in decades but sadly that is not possible. The Chancellor George Osborne, by common consent, had so little room for manouevre that it is perhaps amazing that he managed to speak for around an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Definitions of an accountant</title>
		<link>http://www.vernonassociates.co.uk/blog/2011/03/definitions-of-an-accountant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First up:- &#8220;Someone who solves a problem which you didn&#8217;t know you had in a way you don&#8217;t understand&#8221; Or:- &#8220;Someone who states the bleedin&#8217; obvious which is no use to anyone&#8221; Or, for an auditor:- &#8220;Someone who arrives after the battle is over and bayonets the wounded&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>An accountant&#8217;s empathy&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An accountant was walking along a city street when he encountered a beggar sitting on the pavement. &#8220;Spare us a few pounds guv&#8217;nor&#8221; said the beggar &#8220;I &#8216;aven&#8217;t eaten a thing in more than a week!&#8221; &#8220;Mmm&#8221; replied the accountant &#8220;That&#8217;s very interesting&#8230;how does that compare with the corresponding period last year?&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Ten top tips for choosing an accountant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask friends, colleagues or business acquaintances for a recommendation. Alternatively, google for accountants in your area and check their websites. Make sure that your accountant is experienced and fully qualified, preferably with qualified staff. Check the types of businesses which the accountant already deals with successfully. Check the fee structure and how fees are payable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accountants&#8217; Fees</title>
		<link>http://www.vernonassociates.co.uk/blog/2011/03/accountants-fees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of all the various types of professional fees, it must be those raised by accountants which are most often challenged and disputed. This has always been surprising to me and seems to be at complete odds with most people&#8217;s views on, say, solicitors&#8217; fees for example. We have all heard the one about the solicitor&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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