I had a chat with a business owner the other day. In actual fact, he was no longer the business owner. His dad had setup the firm many years ago, and he had inherited the firm as his dad retired. He had worked in the business for several years, and for several more years he ran the business as a …
The fastest accountant in the world
We complete some 50,000 Australian tax, accounting, bookkeeping and sundry compliance jobs annually. It’s interesting when we get a new client, that sometimes they ask about the hours we’re charging. Of course, it’s a great discussion, and allows us to break down what we were doing on the job (we have some excellent inhouse built systems), to explain the process. …
Stop emailing me with offers of resources: I can code, and so can my staff
I was looking through one of my social media feeds recently, and saw in the news feed a comment from a frustrated IT person, who was obviously receiving far too much email spam (like that never happens to anyone in real life right?), and somewhat frustratedly had jumped onto social media to indicate they could code and had no need …
Outsourcing: the importance of understanding where you work
While travelling around we recently spotted a sign nearby a water drinking source. At first glance the sign appears totally in order, both in the original language, and in the translated English. However, native English speakers would likely note that “All sorts of pollution is banned” does not quite resolve the problem. Indeed “All Sorts” is not fully exclusive or …