The Year-End Autopsy: Why Your Accounts Are Already Out of Date

Welcome back to Who's Watching The Money? In episode two, Dan Daly and Paul Redmond from RDA Accountants tackle a topic that sounds grim but is absolutely essential: the year-end autopsy.

You know the drill. Your year end was in March. It's now December. Your accounts finally land on your desk, and you're looking at numbers that are—in some cases—up to 21 months old. The horse has well and truly bolted. So what use is that to a business owner trying to make decisions today?

In this episode, Paul puts Dan in the hot seat with ten questions about the traditional year-end process and why it's failing modern businesses. From surprise tax bills to outdated decision-making, from cash flow blind spots to errors discovered too late, Dan and Paul explore why the accountancy profession has been stuck in a retrospective workflow for decades—and what needs to change.

They discuss the why business owners now expect real-time information, the difference between satisfying a statutory obligation and actually providing value, and the critical question every accountant should be able to answer: what should the owner do differently this month?

This episode is a rallying cry for real-time information, forward-looking advice, and a fundamental shift in how accountants and business owners work together. The year-end autopsy isn't just outdated—it needs an autopsy of its own.

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