We wouldn't have much integrity if we didn't asses our predictions for the year and whilst we are heavily biased into thinking we got it all 100% correct, we didn't.

So in this weeks in-depth we mark our predictions out of 10 Matt Paff style and make 2 big predictions for next year.

Best on Ground

With Summer reading (And listening approaching) are audio-books better than actual reading? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/08/opinion/sunday/audiobooks-reading-cheating-listening.html

Ferrier Hodgson made a video about financial information for lawyers and most accountants could learn something from it https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6475613477447831552

R&D ''Expert'' Consultants under fire, is the PWC claim denial the start of a crack down? We hope so. https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/tax-compliance/12422-r-d-audits-to-see-businesses-forced-to-pay-back-millions

Did all this migration and skilled labour conversation confuse you? It didn't confuse Mel Meissner https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6476550858120269824

Worst on Ground

R&D experts should be allowed to earn their fee as the % of claim https://www.afr.com/business/accounting/pwc-slashes-rd-unit-after-being-targeted-in-rort-crackdown-20181209-h18whu

"Compliance is back in the conversation" say Receipt Bank, where did it go? The future? Hello? McFly?

https://blog.receipt-bank.com/top-5-accounting-trends-to-embrace-in-2019?hs_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true

Apparently there are 101 harsh truths accountants need to know about https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/101-harsh-truths-accountancy-firm-owners-need-face-james-ashford/

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