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		<title>If you think a professional accountant is expensive, wait till you hire an amateur!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some reason I’ve seen a whole raft of questions and complaints about that most retiring of professionals, our friend the humble accountant.  What is more, the questions and complaints being raised tend to demonstrate why they need an accountant in the first place.]]></description>
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		<title>Do contractor accountants abuse the company mobile?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research conducted by MDS has shown that SMEs run the risk of breaking the law because they do not monitor staff telecoms usage effectively.]]></description>
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		<title>Contractor travel &amp; subsistence expenses, HMRC, and a Ford Cortina</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Remembrance Day I had an appointment with senior officials of HMRC in Parliament St London – a stones throw from the Cenotaph. The meeting was concerning the coding of expenses incurred in travelling to temporary workplaces.]]></description>
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		<title>Limited company pre-trading expenses &#8211; what contractors can claim</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you are starting out as a freelancer, or transferring from an umbrella to running your own company, you are going to incur some out-of-pocket costs before your company is fully operational, or even before it actually exists. These costs can be reclaimed from the company.]]></description>
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		<title>Contractors &#8211; Do you know your business?</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2009/10/22/contractors-do-you-know-your-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading the various contractor-related bulletin boards over the weekend (as you do…) and I was struck yet again by the number of people in this game who don’t really understand  the business they’re in. There’s a lot to understand and nobody expects you to be a combination of chartered accountant, tax barrister and employment law expert, but some idea of the basics would be good.]]></description>
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