my accountant tells me that he has approx 400 clients on his books ,covering all professions florist,mechanic,building trades, shops etc etc.he is always busy because whether people have a good year or a bad year accounts still need to be done. but one thing he has noticed more and more this last few years is regardless what buisness people have everybodys turnover is down and in a lot of cases quite significantly, now just pause and think about this, if one accountant in carlisle who has 400 clients with there turnover down that means less money going to the goverment/inland revenue, now times this by all the other accountants in carlisle with similair tales ,then times this by all the accountants in cumbria and this is a very serious shortfall in revenue for the goverment and this is just cumbria with a small population,now take a deep breath and think of all the accountants in this country who have similair stories and think a lot of these accountants will in some cases have thousands of clients on there books, this is a very serious state this country is in as this lost income will have to come from other ways, i really think this recession has a long long way to go yet,and it is going to get much much worse, only this week in carlisle a large furniture showroom has closed down after 165 years of trading, sorry to say lads but i honestly think the good times have gone never to return,people are apprehensive and scared about losing there jobs,coupled together with higher fuel prices food etc, and they are not :RpS_unsure:spending money,what few jobs there is are being chased and undercut by to many people and this is nationwide, the good times have gone.