Advice from Accountants needed

[Tinkerbell3]

I am a Ltd company contractor currently rethinking my accountancy requirements.

I know it isn't normal practice - but is there any reason why I cannot have more than 1 accountant - e.g. one for Annual Accounts + Corporation tax, and another for PAYE?

This was a simple question - "Is there any reason why I cannot have more than 1 accountant? " - posed to the ACCOUNTANTS on this forum.

The APPROPRIATE responses - from accountants - would have been:
No - but xyz ...
Yes - because xyz ...

From non accountants:
I have this/ have tried this and xyz ...

For some reason, too many of the responses have been inappropriate. .
To those people:

Just because you don't agree with or understand something doesn't negate the need to respond appropriately and RESPECTFULLY.
There is no need to force your views or opinions on others.
There is no need to question people in a manner that borders on intrusive.
There is no need to belittle/ 'point the finger' at others just to make yourselves look good in the eyes of others. Only 'small' people behave like this in an attempt to look bigger/ shinier than they are.

Making flippant/ offhand comments, throwing insults, calling people names, suggesting/ assuming people who ask questions are clueless - is disrespectful and a bit ignorant.
THIS is trolling - yet some people had the nerve to suggest "I" was a troll! A TROLL: for. asking. an. accountancy. question?!
Trolling is when someone posts something with the intention to insult or offend another.

This was an Accountancy question - posted in the Accounts professional sub-forum.
We are not in a pub indulging in general chit-chat.
We are not at a Donald Trump rally trading insults.
Answer the actual question appropriately and respectfully - or maybe: just. don't. respond.

[cojak]

This isn’t an ACCOUNTANT’S forum, it’s a CONTRACTOR’S forum. And the accountants here have answered your question - thank you Craig, Chris Maslin (and I suspect Greg).

So have the good grace to at least thank them yourself rather than berate the contractors (who are amazingly, not banned from the accounts section of this forum).

This was a simple question - "Is there any reason why I cannot have more than 1 accountant? " - posed to the ACCOUNTANTS on this forum.

The APPROPRIATE responses - from accountants - would have been:
No - but xyz ...
Yes - because xyz ...

From non accountants:
I have this/ have tried this and xyz ...

For some reason, too many of the responses have been inappropriate. .
To those people:

Just because you don't agree with or understand something doesn't negate the need to respond appropriately and RESPECTFULLY.
There is no need to force your views or opinions on others.
There is no need to question people in a manner that borders on intrusive.
There is no need to belittle/ 'point the finger' at others just to make yourselves look good in the eyes of others. Only 'small' people behave like this in an attempt to look bigger/ shinier than they are.

Making flippant/ offhand comments, throwing insults, calling people names, suggesting/ assuming people who ask questions are clueless - is disrespectful and a bit ignorant.
THIS is trolling - yet some people had the nerve to suggest "I" was a troll! A TROLL: for. asking. an. accountancy. question?!
Trolling is when someone posts something with the intention to insult or offend another.

This was an Accountancy question - posted in the Accounts professional sub-forum.
We are not in a pub indulging in general chit-chat.
We are not at a Donald Trump rally trading insults.
Answer the actual question appropriately and respectfully - or maybe: just. don't. respond.

[sadkingbilly]

someone's upset then.
oh, deary me.

[ladymuck]

If you want to ask questions of accountants, ask on AccountingWeb.co.uk

It's highly likely, however, that some will also ask "why" and others can be quite snarky too.

[jamesbrown]

If you want to ask questions of accountants, ask on AccountingWeb.co.uk

It's highly likely, however, that some will also ask "why" and others can be quite snarky too.

Yes, I would expect at least the same level of snark from accounting web . The accountants here are likely thinking the same snarky things, but mostly have the good business sense to curb their enthusiasm because... hands/feeding/biting etc. .

If you ask a question that sounds ignorant of the basics of operating a small business or potentially looking to do something dodgy (following a sequence of posts that provide no clarification whatsoever), you can expect maximum snark and disbelief.

Had the OP provided even the semblance of an explanation about why they wanted to do this seemingly very silly thing, the level of suspicion wouldn't have been so acute.

[malvolio]

So to quote Sir Humphrey, "If you have to do this bloody silly thing, don't do it in this bloody silly way".

[Tinkerbell3]

won't be surprised if I am banned - for challenging the questionable behaviour on this site; after all this is a site that equates a question about ACCOUNTANCY - as trolling!

I posted an Accountancy question to the Accounting professional SUB forum.
Some Accountants replied. I THANKED them - see Post #17 pg 2.
Most of the other posts were inappropriate/ disrespectful: long RAMBLING dubious "advice"; intrusive/ flippant/ rude responses etc. Even loneliness and boredom cannot excuse loutish/ thuggish behaviour.
People posting here are supposed to be professionals - not village idiots and half wits ...

The question I asked did NOT justify inappropriate/ disrespectful posts. It reflects poorly on the posters - and also on the CUK site itself. Basic human DECENCY alone suggests respectful responses on a professional sub forum.

The CUK terms and conditions for forum use - https://www.contractoruk.com/about/bulletin_board.html provide guidelines:
CUK : The professional areas include Accounting/ Legal.
Forum members are expected to be POLITE; constructive; stay on topic and give thoughtful, useful advice.
ME: Long, ranting posts with condescending 'advice' - is IGNORANT - not thoughtful and useful.

By the way: Banning people who call out bad behaviour - appropriately so -
whilst allowing those who behave badly to continue to do so - reflects poorly on the CUK site moderators.

[jamesbrown]

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a head explosion in one the professional subforums when a noobie poster fails to receive the expected validation of their ridiculous question or scheme. Bear in mind that “do your research” is also part of the T&Cs of this subforum and the most cursory research would’ve revealed that the answer to your question is simultaneously “yes” and “an idea completely without merit”. The subsequent lack of any rational probably led most posters to believe you were up to no good but, evidently, the explanation is a bit simpler than that.

[WTFH]

won't be surprised if I am banned - for challenging the questionable behaviour on this site; after all this is a site that equates a question about ACCOUNTANCY - as trolling!
…
By the way: Banning people who call out bad behaviour - appropriately so -
whilst allowing those who behave badly to continue to do so - reflects poorly on the CUK site moderators.

Why are you so obsessed with being banned?
Has this happened to one of your other names on here?
You are playing the victim card by saying that if we ban you it reflects badly on us.

Let’s get this right - you asked a question about accountancy. You were given multiple polite answers that you rejected.
You were asked simple questions, which you describe as “intrusive”, if you’d asked your accountant, or people like us who have experience of running professional businesses, they would have asked you the same questions.

The answers you were given did not justify your tone, attitude and responses.

I’m closing this thread, because the OP needs to calm down.