by Robert Green | Nov 4, 2014 | Uncategorised
I recently saw two clients who run a partnership, which is VAT registered, who were also considering purchasing an investment property together. I explained to them that if they did this, the rental income would be deemed as part of their VAT-able income and...
by Robert Green | Oct 27, 2014 | Uncategorised
Some time ago, I was approached by a musician. He had to negotiate a fee with a venue for a gig and was worried that he would give away his services too cheaply. He asked me to negotiate for him. I negotiated a fee for his gig, for the door money and for a...
by Robert Green | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorised
Are you a creative person and dread having an accountant? It doesn’t have to be this way. We are creative chartered accountants, and we deal with lots of creative industry, people like artists, sculptors, fashion, music, TV, film, video and photographers. As...
by Robert Green | Jul 9, 2014 | Uncategorised
Accountants are boring? The world of accountancy has a somewhat undeserved reputation of being rather dull and boring. Not so when you look at some of the creative and artistic types that intended to join the profession and studied hard to do so, before following a...
by Robert Green | Jun 4, 2014 | Uncategorised
The ancient city of Jericho, on the Palestinian left bank, is estimated to be at least 11,000 years old. It is widely believed that the traders and people of Jericho used a barter system until about 7,500 B.C. when simple tokens, often pebbles and clay balls (with...
by Robert Green | May 14, 2014 | Uncategorised
By its’ very definition, accounting is a method of recording and summarising financial transactions. For as long as civilization has been engaging in business and trade, systems of record keeping, accounting, and also accounting tools have been invented....