Lawyers and tax collectors....

... a summary of my day today, as well as a customer visiting us from down South (Virginia) - which gave us an excuse for a working lunch that we could order from Panera: much-loved and highly recommended. I spent over an hour on the phone to the DOR (Department of Revenue) and lost two hours of my life sorting out stuff for a law firm relating to tax codes.

The paperwork involved in business in the US is overwhelming compared to the UK. I used to think it was just the fact that I understood the system here less than I understood American football; but it really is just more intensive and designed to keep several lawyers, CPAs and consultants in gainful employment.