Not chocolate orange
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Tax gaap: the impossible gap?
In life there are only two certainties: death and taxes.
So it was said, but in uncertain days an accountant might need some imagination.
It has often been said that GAAP (Generally accepted accounting principals) were introduced in order to ensure: certainty comparability correlation and correspondence
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In the ancient world, it is said, and in some modern people groups, counting was 1, 2, 3, many (not note 1 2 many). It has since long been known that there are three kinds of accountants in the world. Those who can count, and those who can’t.
I had been introduced to Take four a couple of years ago
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When something would be bought reminds Coco of the OSSIE story from the DDR era:
A woman is walking down the street and sees a queue outside a shop. Without another thought she joins the queue and proceeds slowly, but effectively to the counter, whereupon, being faced with an empty counter and not being entirely sure what might be being sold in the shop, she asks for a 100g, or however much she would be allowed to purchase if less, of cheese. The counter assistant replies with as much deference and respect as in the circumstance she can muster: I am sorry, Madam, we have no cheese. We are a butcher’s, and we have nothing to sell today. The queue across the road is for the shop that cheese to sell has none.
Dorogoi Dlinnoyu
Coco knew nothing of Nandos until, consequent upon an interest in Southern Rhodesia, he was provoked by an advert for a six pack on YouTube. It is now a private video but you may be one of the few who have been invited to view it, or be able to find a copy of it.
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Ode to the end
As fast as thou shalt program, so fast thou art in art.
Backbone of the office, from which thou now depart.
Abacus the bounty to which DR gave a heart.
Taxpack the fuel infuriates from the start.
Electronic filing gives int’rest to the smarter
Corporations now befuddled by the word from Carter.
Technology for compliance available for barter,
CT Lite from Sage is a very fine starter.
Systems to accomplish all that you could need
To aid and abet in consumerisms greed.
Mark your words carefully, a transition now begins
Closing down tonight a penalty for their sins?
ex. Sonnet 11 BillS
© Rosie Inglis, Jane Malkin, Stuart Moffatt 2009
When the viola plays…
The orchestra detailed
Whilst we were away we attended a concert of operatic love songs given by a group of musicians consisting of flute, oboe, clarinet, string quartet, bass and piano/harpsichord.
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Dies ille, dies irae?
In approaching the translation of the Latin text:
Dies ille, dies lunæ
Semper venit opportune
Rogo vos et quæro id
Quid est quod et quod est quid?
Dawkins
Disagreeing with Dawkins
Continue readingA furry tail
Once upon a time there was little bear, Edward, Peter and Rew deLait – Edward, because all bears are called Teddy, Peter because when he had been named the minister had become very annoyed with someone making a lot of noise, as result of which he had not been careful about what he said, and Rew because it was his real name; deLait we understand was his family name, which was French, but his English friends simply could not say deLait properly which was a source of continual frustration for him – who lived in a deep dark wood, which he knew was a deep dark wood, because whenever he ventured outside he always saw Only Darkness….
You, dear reader, may care to read part two here.