Soothpayers
13 September 2012
Quarterly instalment payments for corporation tax will force finance professionals to predict the future. But firms must improve the accuracy and flow of their information before they check their horoscopes
The only certainties in life are death and taxes, or so it is said. Of course, if this were true, the most secure career would be that of an accountant for a firm of funeral directors. But life is rather less predictable than this. Just as no one can be sure of the date, place and means of their death, it is impossible to predict exactly what the chancellor will do...