The simple truth is that you’re unlikely to know if your accountants any good unless you’re able to have a good ‘poke-around-under-the-hood’ with someone who knows what they’re doing. There can be all sorts of nasties going on behind the scenes putting you at risk and unless you’re an expert you’ll be none the wiser. Behind the scenes in the accounting world means the hundreds of pages that a good accountant prepares, to check and verify your accounts, even though you’ll only ever see a handful of them.  (more…)