by Paul Stark | Feb 3, 2022 | blog
I love February, yes it’s cold and dull for the most part and often snowy but it has one main redeeming feature… It’s not January. The tax return season has ended and I get at least 2 months of (relative) peace before April. So my New Year starts...
by Paul Stark | Dec 15, 2021 | blog
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas as Perry Como memorably sang. But don’t let up on the work. It’s immensely satisfying, I think, to take off the holiday knowing that you have put in a good month’s work and not “goofed off” because it’s the festive...
by Paul Stark | Dec 12, 2021 | blog
Everyone knows that accountants count things. But counting things isn’t always as helpful as it might be. if you count the wrong things and/or in the wrong way it’s pointless. The skill is to know what to count, how to count it, and when to count it. Most...
by Paul Stark | Nov 19, 2021 | blog
It has been a while since I have mentioned R&D tax credits. Or to put it another way, money lying around your business that you are ignoring. Simply put, the government wants innovation because it drives the economy and boosts taxes. So it helps out by giving...
by Paul Stark | Nov 18, 2021 | blog
The now famous introduction to Star Trek, “to boldly go etc..” and also beloved of grammar nerds who frequently tell you that it should be “to go boldly” (wrong, there is no such rule in English; it was made up by someone in the 18th century...
by Paul Stark | Oct 7, 2021 | blog
I suppose you will have seen the “X habits of successful people or Y things that successful people do/don’t do” lists around the web or emailed in to you? One thing they always miss that ALL successful people do is this one: They breathe. In...
