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Testimonials
For over 20 years we have engaged the services of Parfrey Murphy (Chartered Accountants) to act as the external payroll provider to our Irish (HQ) operation.... In that period I can attest to Carbery having received an excellent service.... We have no hesitation in recommending Parfrey Murphy as payroll service providers.
— Colm Leen, Carbery GroupSince 2006 we have outsourced our entire accounting function for our 3 locations in Ireland to Parfrey Murphy....We are delighted that we selected PM to carry out the above work.... They are extremely professional.... I would, without hesitation, recommend Parfrey Murphy to any potential outsourcing client.
— Jackie Gorman, HMS Host IrelandWe would like to thank Parfrey Murphy for providing us with invaluable information and assistance in the organisation of our tax returns...
— Dermot Harrington, RHM ArchitectureI first engaged Parfrey Murphy as my accountants in 2008. This has proven to be extremely helpful to my business. From carrying out my annual accounts and a number of other services during the year they have been both proficient and professional at all times
— Andrew Mackin, Mackin Consultancy
Humour
" The one in the grey suit is the author. The others are accountants."
"I've always found accountants absolutely fascinating."
"Typical Accountant! Always looks at the bottom line first."
"No I'm just like this at weekends -
the rest of the week I'm an accountant bored out of my skull!!"
Good Grief! This balance sheet won't do - Why Damn it a child could understand it.
"Our auditors recommend a day of prayer!"
"I always had a feeling you'd excel at figures."
"For a start I suggest you cut down on your life-style."
"Damn it Sam!
I expect my accountant to contribute a bit more than "it's a fair cop"."
Tax - has made more liars out of American people than golf.
So you want to contact your accountant whose name is Peter and he passed away last week.
" I went on an ego trip once and nobody noticed."
Other Parfrey Murphy Funnies:
- It does seem a little harsh for the auditor to be described so often in the following glowing terms:
A man who goes in when a battle is over to count the dead and bayonet the wounded.
- Glenda Jackson (Tolley’s Practical Tax) -
My money goes to my agent then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.
- In this paragraph ‘year’ means the period beginning with the 27th March 1974 and ending with 5th April 1974.
Schedule 6 (2)(3) Finance Act 1975
- There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist -
The taxidermist leaves the hide!
- Edmund Burke in 1774 said – To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to man.
- Winston Churchill remarked in 1937 -
“There is no such thing as a good tax.”
- Ernest Hemingway on receiving a $100,000 tax demand in 1941:
“If anyone asks the children what their father did in the war they can say he paid for it.”
- The Duke of Edinburgh said:
“All money nowadays seems to be produced with a natural homing instinct for the Treasury.”
- Perhaps we should leave the last word on tax to Benjamin Franklin:
“There are two certain things in this world – death and taxes.”
(‘and death, thank god, doesn’t get any worse’, Anon)
