My ILR queries

First let me say how very pleased I was to be asked on the 4th inst. to write an article on why accountancy is not boring. I feel very very strongly that there are many people who may think that accountancy is boring, but they would be wrong, for it is not at all boring, as I hope to show you in this article, which is, as I intimated earlier, a pleasure to write. I think I can do little worse than begin this article by describing why accountancy is not boring as far as I am concerned, and then, perhaps, go on to a more general discussion of why accountancy as a whole is not boring.

As soon as I awake in the morning it is not boring. I get up at 7.16, and my wife Irene, an ex-schoolteacher, gets up shortly afterwards at 7.22. Breakfast is far from boring and soon I am ready to leave the house. Irene, a keen Rotarian, hands me my briefcase and rolled umbrella at 7.53, and I leave the house seconds later. It is a short walk to Sutton station, but by no means a boring one. There is so much to see, including Mr Edgeworth, who also works at Robinson Partners. Mr Edgeworth is an extremely interesting man, and was in Uxbridge during the war. Then there is a train journey of 22 minutes to London Bridge, one of British Rail's main London terminals, where we accountants mingle for a moment with stockbrokers and other accountants from all walks of life.

I think that many of the people to whom accountancy appears boring think that all accountants are the same. Nothing could be further from the truth. Some accountants are chartered, but very many others are certified. I am a certified accountant, as indeed is Mr Edgeworth, whom I told you about earlier. However, in the next office to mine is a Mr Manners, who is a chartered accountant, and, incidentally, a keen Rotarian. However, Mr Edgeworth and I get on extremely well with Mr Manners, despite the slight prestige superiority of his position. Mr Edgeworth, in fact, gets on with Mr Manners extremely well, and if there are two spaces at lunch it is more than likely he will sit with Mr Manners. So far, as you can see, accountancy is not boring. During the morning there are a hundred and one things to do. A secretary may pop in with details of an urgent audit. This happened in 1967 and again last year.

On the other hand, the phone may ring, or there may be details of a new superannuation scheme to mull over. The time flies by in this not at all boring way, and it is soon ,when there is only 1 hour to go before Mrs Jackson brings round the tea urn. Mrs Jackson is just one of the many people involved in accountancy who give the lie to those who say it is a boring profession. Even a solicitor or a surveyor would find Mrs Jackson a most interesting person. At 10.00am, having drunk an interesting cup of tea, I put my cup on the tray and then...( 18 pages deleted here - Casa) .. and once the light is turned out by Irene, a very keen Rotarian, I am left to think about how extremely un-boring my day has been, being an accountant. Finally may I say how extremely grateful I am to your book for so generously allowing me so much space.

Malik44 wrote:If your Accountant is FCCA it is acceptable in Home Office.
Difference is the initial membership of the Association of Chartered Accountants is denoted by the letters ACCA. An FCCA is a fellowship of the same organisation but indicates a higher level of knowledge and experience. Typically an ACCA member will become a FCCA after 5 years of membership.

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usernew123 wrote:
I have already amended my tax return for 2010-11 and waiting for HMRC to correct it but already paid the correct taxes to match the first application and submitted the proof of full tax paid and the new tax returns sent to HMRC. ..

Pscloud wrote:Aamir,

Which PEO did they hold yours ?

If you explain your case I might provide some input when can you expect a decision.

aamirwani wrote:Hi

I just spoke to solicitor about my ILR application based on completing 5 years on Tier 1 (general)

She said my application will most likely be refused for not maintaining my required threshold of £35k for 5 consecutive years.

Even though I have met the points required to qualify at initial, extention and ILR stage.

I had to be out of the country twice (2012 and 2014) for around 3 months for personal reasons, so didn't get paid for those months hence, drop in the income.

Could someone please point me to the ILR or Tier 1 rules where it says one has to maintain the required earnings for 5 consecutive years.

Thanks
Aamir

Wanderer wrote:I don't think you do have to maintain earnings level on T1G, wait of others though....