Category Archives: Choosing an accountant

Keeping Proper Books & Records

Tax man chasing a business woman

Keeping proper books & records is the law. It’s not something that is nice to do or something you’d like to do. It’s a must and is something that can give you very valuable commodities. Those commodities are money, time, and confidence. When I say it’s the law, there are plenty of pages and sections

Payroll – It isn’t Easy

Payroll package

Payroll. It isn’t easy you know. I see it as a mixture of IT, Payroll, Tax, and HR. Payroll is something I love doing. There’s great satisfaction in helping clients and their employees. A small difference in take -home pay can prompt a call to find out what’s going on. We are in an era

Why your bookkeeping is rubbish

Rubbish

It’s so much more than just a compliance task. “Rubbish” may be a strong word to use, but we so often see entrepreneurs restricting their own business’s growth by limiting their bookkeeping to basic record-keeping. While this fulfils compliance purposes for Revenue, it doesn’t even scratch the surface of the powerful insights you could gain

Tax Compliance Is So Valuable

Happy Business man

Good tax compliance is so valuable. It has never been as important as it is now. That sounds like something the Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners would say! True, but from a practitioner’s viewpoint we can see the value it gives to clients. In this, we will outline some examples of good tax compliance and

Tax Returns – 10 Last-Minute Tips

Tax return help

We’ll look at 10 last-minute tips to help with your Income Tax returns. It’s a busy time of year in the office. Training is on hold. Tea breaks are shorter, and lunches just about happen. The Tax Return deadline is looming. Accounts for review and finalise. A few weeks to go till the deadline hits.

Bookkeeping – Outsource or Die

Paper everywhere

A catchy title. Bookkeeping – Outsource or Die is the title of a book. We were working with a business coach for accountants in the UK and the guest speaker Mark wrote it. He was a UK national living in the Philippines. He and his team provided outsourcing solutions to UK accountants. Successful and smart,

5 Tax Return Tips for 2022

Let’s have a look at 5 Income Tax return Tips for 2022. We are now at peak Corporation Tax return filing time. On Monday the focus will switch to Income Tax returns for 2022. All with the view of keeping our clients tax compliant and Revenue happy. Revenue want the Tax return to know how

Company Taxes – The Basics

Business meeting

We’ll have a look at Company Taxes – The Basics, so please stick with me as it’s a hard sell. The best way to do this is by using an example to run through the basics. This will help you stay awake. Trust me on this one. Let’s delve into Introduction The Agenda The Meeting

Tax Meetings with Company Directors

Time of the year. More tax meetings with Company Directors than normal. Some are with clients and others are one-off consultations. A wide range of topics discussed. From electric cars to Income Protection, a lot of issues looked at. The question is always, what should I do? Let’s look at some of these to include

Your Accountant – A Bean Counter!

Bean counter

My friend John calls me a bean counter, knowing that I am part of an accountancy and tax business. The bean counter reference is an accusation. A not-so-subtle dig at the accountancy profession. He doesn’t hold accountants in high esteem and is brutally honest about it. I came across the Bean Counter Cafe on my