On this week’s exciting edition of AccountingWEB’s No Accounting for Taste, we’re discussing Zoom fatigue, the extended furlough scheme, Uber and Eat Out to Help Out penalties.

Hosts Richard Hattersley and John Stokdyk are joined on the podcast by Matt Portt, the owner of Portt and Co. A lot has happened since Matt first appeared on the podcast all the way back at episode two. 

Matt has been mainly grappling with the ongoing CJRS soap opera. His firm has a specialist payroll department and has lived and breathed the furlough scheme since March. 

CJRS constributed to the profession's long working days and heightened stress levels, but there are other culprits. The pod team reflects on how remote working has also exacerbated the strain on the profession, and the role Zoom has played in draining accountants’ energy levels. 

In addition to all of this, the team also discusses the other big headlines from the past seven days, including Uber and Eat Out to Help Out penalties.

For links to the articles discussed in this episode, visit AccountingWEB: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/no-accounting-for-taste-ep78-workaholics-zoom-fatigue-and-cjrs

On this AccountingWEB podcast we'll find out how accountants have coped with the sudden change in client demand over the last several months.

Accountants have contended with the rush of government guidance already this year, and now with the prospect of self assessment looming again and the second lockdown, we’re seeing a gloomy outlook in the profession. 

This podcast will discover how accountants have managed clients, the high level of demand and the associated pressures of Covid workload. 

To do this, host Richard Hattersley is joined by Sage’s Chris Downing: an accountant at heart with almost 20 years of experience working at the accountancy firm Milsted Langdon; and in accountants' corner this week is Sam Mitcham, the founder of SJCM Accountancy.

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On this week’s No Accounting for Taste, we’re talking the Job Support scheme, support for musicians and meditation.

The founder of the Accountancy Practice, John Froggett joins host Richard Hattersley and John Stokdyk in accountants’ corner this week. Frogett has reason to celebrate as his firm recently made the small firm of the year finalist list at the Accounting Excellence awards.

The glitz and glamour of the Accounting Excellence awards contrasts with the firm’s humble beginnings. Froggett started 20 years ago with a cheque for £250 and an office set up in his garage

Froggett and the AccountingWEB team reflect back over the compliance-heavy headlines which were dominated by the coronavirus support schemes, including further tweaks to the self-employed income support scheme and the Job Support Scheme. A keen singer himself, Froggett is concerned about those falling through the net like musicians and venues.

This constant treadmill of guidance from the government has had a knock on effect on accountants and their wellbeing. With accountants contending with the prospect of self assessment and a second spike worsening their heavy workload, Froggett talks the team through his own meditation routine – and explains how this eases his work stress.

Read the stories discussed on AccountingWEB: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/no-accounting-for-taste-ep77-jss-seiss-and-meditation

On this edition of No Accounting for Taste podcast, Alan Woods from Woods Squared reports on the expanded Job Support Scheme and what he’s doing to support clients through the local lockdown.

This week, Liverpool became the first city to be put under tight local lockdown restrictions. Alan Woods is based in Merseyside, so knows too well what the tier three rules will mean for Liverpudlian businesses.

Alan joins AccountingWEB’s Richard Hattersley and John Stokdyk to explain how he’s helping his clients’ content with the lockdown. Unsurprisingly then, Alan has a lot of interest in the expanded Job Support Scheme, announced by the Chancellor last week. But Alan calls for more certainty for his clients, as the Chancellor’s safety net for lockdown businesses doesn’t kick in until 1 November.

The team find out how Alan is contending with the new restrictions and how his support this time differs from the first lockdown. All this plus the latest headlines on AccountingWEB, including more on the Job Retention Bonus, the professional services grant and IR35.

You can find links to all the stories discussed on the podcast at AccountingWEB.co.uk: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/no-accounting-for-taste-ep76-accountants-grapple-with-local-lockdown-restrictions

On this week’s episode, the AccountingWEB pod team unpicks the Chancellor’s Winter Economy Plan and discuss the effects the never-ending guidance is having on the profession.

Since we last recorded a podcast Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the job support scheme, further self-employed grants and an extension to the coronavirus loans. To examine the news, host Richard Hattersley is joined by AccountingWEB’s editor-in-chief John Stokdyk and friend of the site and partner at Burton Sweet, Nigel Harris.

The team attempt to add meat to the bones of Sunak’s new job support scheme and judge the effectiveness of the tax deferment and coronavirus loan extensions. Aside from the winter rescue plan, tech enthusiast panel rate Xero’s vision for tax and practice software and advise an accountant ready to throw in the towel after failing their CIMA exams.

For links to the stories discussed on this podcast, head over to AccountingWEB: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/no-accounting-for-taste-ep7-job-support-scheme-loans-and-stress

The AccountingWEB team is joined by Dan Heelan to discuss the high profile cases of furlough fraud and the dishonest use of the Bounce Back loans.

Joining host Richard Hattersley and John Stokdyk to pore over the headlines on AccountingWEB this week is business owner turned accountant Dan Heelan from Heelan Associates.

The big story this week was the arrest of an accountant and a director for a suspected £70,000 furlough fraud. Meanwhile, Heelan flags the Bounce Back Loans as another support measure which may have been exploited.

Since the scheme launched we’ve seen discussions on AccountingWEB from readers concerned about clients applying for loans to use for non-business reasons such as ‘home improvements’, while another reader raised concern that a client has two bounce back loans with separate banks.

Heelan discusses the extent of Bounce Back Loan fraud and what can be done, if anything, to stamp it out.

This week's No Accounting for Taste chews over headlines including the regulation of tax advisers, what adversely affected really means, and we also discuss the challenges of female entrepreneurs and business owners.

Joining host Richard Hattersley to review the big stories of the week is PracticeWeb’s Ray Newman and beaming in from accountant’s corner is Rachel Martin, the founder of Accountant_she.

For links to all the stories discussed, go to AccountingWEB.co.uk: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/no-accounting-for-taste-ep73-women-in-business-seiss-tax-regulation

With deferred taxes, loan repayments and the tough economic outlook hitting small businesses, this week’s No Accounting for Taste podcast explores the importance of cashflow forecasting.

AccountingWEB’s editor-in-chief John Stokdyk is joined this week by two cashflow enthusiasts. In her second outing on the pod is Kirsty McGregor, the founder and chairman of the corporate finance network, and making his pod debut is Paul Barnes, the managing director of MAP.

To start the show, the pod team races through the most read stories on AccountingWEB. Stories catching our eye this week include a new government grant which covers accountancy fees, the second SEISS grant, and confusion over Employer Allowance claims.

With the headlines out of the way, the team talk about the headline topic of the episode, cashflow and forecasting.

To view all of the stories discussed in today's episode, visit AccountingWEB.co.uk: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/no-accounting-for-taste-ep72-are-businesses-being-left-behind

On this week’s No Accounting for Taste, we discuss clients left behind by the government’s business support measures, recruiting during the crisis and returning to the office.

AccountingWEB’s editorial team Richard Hattersley and John Stokdyk are joined this week by Class of 2019 alumnus and Accounting Excellence finalist Andy Sullivan from Complete HQ to chew over the latest news in the accountancy and his firm’s response to the virus.

As a relatively new firm, Andy knows too well how tough it is starting out, finding clients and having a work-life balance. But if that wasn’t tough enough, throw in a global pandemic.

On top of all that, he had to recruit in the middle of the Covid-19 crisis. Andy had an influx of extra work because firms near him couldn’t cope, had furloughed staff or weren’t providing the service the businesses wanted. He talks the team through the process of hiring a new team member.

Links to the stories mentioned in this episode can be found here: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/no-accounting-for-taste-ep71-recruiting-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic

On this week’s No Accounting for Taste, we discuss the return of Making Tax Digital, the VAT cut for the hospitality sector and whether the Summer Statement measures will make any difference.

To tackle the news, host Richard Hattersley is joined this week by PracticeWeb’s Ray Newman and the managing director of Steele Financial, Ben Steele.

Get links to the stories discussed in this episode and more information: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/no-accounting-for-taste-ep70-mtd-extended-vat-5-cut-and-eat-out-to-help-out