Accountants call for Yes vote

[ibis]

Hmm...in an unusual departure for a normally reticent body, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland have called for a Yes vote to Lisbon.

"Vincent Sheridan, ICAI president, said at the organisation’s annual conference in Galway the institute had entered the referendum because of the importance of the issue to Irish business and to the economy at this time, the Irish Examiner reports.

‘We believe that the treaty poses no threat to our current corporation tax rate, he said. ‘But we believe that if Ireland is to be successful at preventing future attempts at harmonising either rates or bases, we need to maximise our standing and negotiating position in Europe. Voting Yes will achieve that result, voting no will achieve the opposite."

From Accountancy Age.

[popper]

Those crazy accountants. Always at the edge man ....

[essexboy]

Ich bin ein Chartered Accountant....

[LIMARE]

What does an accountant use as a contraceptive?

Their personality

[newswire]

Now if we could get them to sign off on the EU accounts then we will vote yes

[popper]

What does an accountant use as a contraceptive?

Their personality

I'd bestow you a smiley if I could ;(

That was the joke about John Major whose father was an acrobat.

The only man ever to run away from a circus to become an accountant!

[Fr. Hank Tree]

What does an accountant use as a contraceptive?

Their personality

If an accountant's wife cannot sleep, what does she say?

"Darling, could you tell me about your work."

[krayZpaving]

An accountant is someone who finds economics too exciting. An actuary is someone who finds accounting too exciting.

[Supermanpolitician]

Gave up accountancy to study law...I must be cool.

[meriwether]

There's a lot of cliches and perceptions about accountants being boring.

They're all true.