This week's opinion

I had the good fortune to be asked to speak at the Accountex exhibition in Manchester last week. As I walked around the stands I was struck by just how fast technology is moving in our industry. Everywhere I looked somebody was demonstrating a new app a new use for cloud accounting or a new piece of integrated software which managed the whole accounting and tax compliance process from beginning to end. There is some impressive work being done and I know that many of us are seeing the benefits that this brings to our working practices. But in talking to fellow practitioners at the event I was also reminded of the fact that there are many clients for whom this electronic world is scary expensive and irrelevant. Some people will never manage to keep good records whatever the system. Others can keep basic records on paper and...