Friday, July 13, 2007

Yellow pages

At the start of the Wyman Symposium last night, Paul Aplin, Chairman of the ICAEW Tax Faculty explained that he had initially baulked at the idea of being an 'Intermediary' which is HMRCs preferred word to describe accountants and tax agents.

He changed his mind after looking up Tax Adviser in the Yellow Pages and finding it wedged between Tatooists and Taxidermists!

1 comment:

Mark Lee said...

I've checked and it's close to 'Tawdry' too!

Are some tax advisers paying more than they need to?

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