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Like many offices Gabem has a dress down Friday policy, which after a week of dressing neatly I still secretly look forward to. But not today, today we are even smarter than normal, and I am actually wearing a tie.

The reason for all this is that we have photographers in taking pictures for an upcoming set of articles for Recruitment International. They took a number of shots in and around the office and as many of you have said to us that it would be nice to see the people you are speaking to will include them at the end of this post for you all to see.

A question that has come up frequently from the self employed guys using Solo and CIS is whether we can recommend any accountants who would be able to look after their taxes and business expenses. It's a good questions because although we've started adding an estimate of the tax that self employed contractors should be setting aside to their remittance, it is just an estimate and unlike the umbrella company employee payslips, a snap shot of that week and there are many other considerations to be taken into account on the year end tax return for self-employed contractors.

As a result we've started to look for a number of accountancy firms that we would both be happy to recommend on quality grounds and that we feel would constitute good value. The firms on the list would be recommendations, and intended mainly for those of you who are new to self-employment. The choice of course would be yours, if you already have your own accountant or someone has recommended one all the better, our main concern is that you actually have one. Our list would be made up of firms we feel understand the particular tax issues of contractors. As soon as we have a completed list I'll let you know.

I'm also looking to update our links sections, so if any of you could suggest other helpful sites or places on the net just email in by clicking on Hugo below.

Hugo
13/02/2009