Originally posted by SimonMac
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Previously on "Is convicted ex accountant Darren Upton practicing?"
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
He can be a sole trader then. But the question of disqualification was more about professional bodies. And you do not have to be a member of a professional body to practise as an accountant. Or engineer, or plumber or hairdresser etc......
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Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
So. Darren Upton, convicted of fraud, is still practising. Hmm. Secondary question, does he retain membership of any professional organisation?
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Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
I sort of guessed he'd be better off retraining as a brick layer, plasterer or something. (Article in the media today about brickies in Manchester earning over £600 per day).
(makes me wonder why we bother having accountants when every single home improvement quote I get is "cash only m8")
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
Indeed, that's exactly what I believed to be the case. Question is then, who would give any business to him now? I sort of guessed he'd be better off retraining as a brick layer, plasterer or something. (Article in the media today about brickies in Manchester earning over £600 per day).
He's a middle aged office worker, no way he is going to be able to retrain and earn decent money in the trades. You need to have put the time in and have the expertise to get those sort of rates. £600 per day is a lot but that article was about brikies laying 1000 bricks a day, day in day out. You don't just do a quick training course and start doing that. Same with plastering, plumbing etc. It's hard physical graft.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostRemind me what he was convicted of?
https://www.accountancydaily.co/pay-...ked-accountant
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...ver-gifts.html
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
Indeed, that's exactly what I believed to be the case. Question is then, who would give any business to him now? I sort of guessed he'd be better off retraining as a brick layer, plasterer or something. (Article in the media today about brickies in Manchester earning over £600 per day).
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Originally posted by DaveB View Post
Nope, you can call yourself an Accountant with no qualifications whatsoever. To be a Chartered Accountant you do need to be a member of the ICAEW or equivalent for the other home nations. Darren was kicked out of every professional UK accountancy association in the run up to his conviction.
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
As "Darren Upton"? If I remember correctly, I thought he had been struck off by his professional accounting body. Perhaps you can still call yourself an accountant despite being struck off the register? (As far as I know, you don't need any actual qualifications to call yourself an accountant - Chartered Accountant title or similar is however, legally protected). Might be different with accountants, but I doubt that a doctor could still call him/herself a doctor if he/she had been struck off the professional register?
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostNow a 'self employed accountant' on Linked in.
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