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Here's what's wrong with Britain...

Discussion in 'Alley of Dangerous Angles' started by Barmy Army, Apr 16, 2010.

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    I didn't mean all accountants, of course. Only those who, well, are less scrupulous than you are. I hope you can forgive me having doubts about the integrity of some of your colleagues ;) .

    And you had started so well... You just had to say that, didn't you :D .
     
    The Shaman, Apr 29, 2010
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    Aldeth the Foppish Idiot Armed with My Mallet O' Thinking Veteran

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    The Shaman has already defeneded himself, but I would like to add, that as someone who is not an accountant, I did not take The Shaman's initial statement to be referring to typical accountants. I interpreted his statement as referring to the Wall Street type accountants - not the accountant down the street that does Average Joe's taxes.

    Yikes - twins! I hope you had some help - especially in that first year. As the father of a small child, I cannot imagine what it would be like to have two at the same time. My wife did get gestational diabetes, and while it stinks, it isn't too bad of a deal - you just have to basically follow a diabetic diet. And while it would stink to be permanently on a diabetic diet, she only had it for the last three months of the pregnancy.
     
    Aldeth the Foppish Idiot, Apr 29, 2010
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    As Snook basically said earlier in his post, tax laws are specifically designed to allow various deductions, incentives, etc. to people who are eligible for them. However, there are often a number of such deductions, etc. that people may not be aware of. An accountant’s role is to minimize their clients’ tax burden by taking advantage of all deductions etc. that they are legitimately entitled to.
     
    Splunge, Apr 29, 2010
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    I keed, I keed.

    I just found the statement quite ironic, as it is pretty similar to what the couple of the OP did - they only followed a course that is allowed by law.
     
    The Shaman, Apr 29, 2010
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    Actually, I gave my little beauties up for adoption. I wasn't in a position to take care of them (and please don't ask me about the father - unless you're willing to ask me again in the MUG forums) so I did what was best for them. They'll be 9 this August - gah I feel old lol.
     
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    Ouch, that's a difficult situation. Do you see them sometimes?
     
    The Shaman, Apr 30, 2010
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    Can we get back on track with the debate? I'm sure if CD wants to discuss giving up the twins then she'll open a thread. We've all been warned about sidetracking lately so don't bring Big Red down on us here!
     
    Silvery, Apr 30, 2010
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    Oh yeah we were talking about the problems with Britain ... well, I'd have to say that ridiculous accent is the main problem. Why can't they speak real english like us Americans?
     
    T2Bruno, Apr 30, 2010
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    Hmmm. 12 posts in a row not on topic, capped off with T2's rather questionable attempt at humor. Nicely done, the lot of you.

    Accountants and working the tax laws -- NOT on topic.

    Adoptions -- NOT on topic (although at least vaguely related to the initial topic in a roundabout way, sorta . . . )

    Acne -- NOT on topic.

    Accents -- NOT on topic (and not one of your better attempts at humor, T2, so you don't get a pass on that).


    That is all.
     
    dmc, Apr 30, 2010
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