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Clear Vision • December 3, 2015

Merry Christmas
Survey Results
We would like to thank everyone who participated in our Online Survey – we were overwhelmed with the number of responses we received.
Feedback is vital for all businesses and can sometimes be difficult to attain. The feedback we received will help us in our direction for client service for 2016. We hope you will be able to recognise some of your suggestions in practice next year.
The winner of the $100 voucher for Gip’s Restaurant is Richard. What a lovely Christmas surprise for Richard and his wife – a free dinner!

Gips Winner
Office Gossip
Justin won the Saturday Golf Competition on the weekend……pretty pleased with himself! Off to compete in the Australian Masters next year??
Justin’s oldest son Harry has performed in the school play in the lead role. Clearly he has more talent than his father in front of an audience – fortunately for Justin he has a way with numbers!
Karen has finally seen the light and moved into town with the rest of the CVA team. She has left the bright lights of Southbrook behind and is looking forward to becoming a “townie”.

Lifeline
Want to Help a Local Family?
As you may have heard Clear Vision in conjunction with Lifeline Toowoomba is raising money for a local Toowoomba family.
We are trying to raise money to give a family of 5 kids some “Back To School” vouchers for the 2016 year.
We have raised over $300 so far but we need more! This family have 5 kids to send to school next year and with a Dad out of work due to an injury back to school time is very expensive.
If you want to help please deposit your donation in the Clear Vision account:
BSB: 034 221
AC: 506 844
Put your “name and Lifeline” in the description and we will send you a receipt in 2016.
Thank you!

Christmas Jokes
Time for a Laugh?
What’s the definition of an accountant?
A. Someone who solves a problem you didn’t know you had in a way you don’t understand.

When does a person decide to become an accountant?
A. When he realises he doesn’t have the charisma to succeed as an undertaker.

A businessman was interviewing job applications for the position of manager of a large division. He quickly devised a test for choosing the most suitable candidate.
He simply asked each applicant this question, “What is two plus two?”
The first interviewee was a journalist. His answer was, “Twenty-two”.
The second was a social worker. She said, “I don’t know the answer but I’m very glad that we had the opportunity to discuss it.”
The third applicant was an engineer. He pulled out a slide rule and came up with an answer “somewhere between 3.999 and 4.001.”
Next came an attorney. He stated that “in the case of Jenkins vs. the Department of the Treasury, two plus two was proven to be four.”
Finally, the businessman interviewed an accountant. When he asked him what two plus two was, the accountant got up from his chair, went over to the door, closed it, came back and sat down. Leaning across the desk, he said in a low voice, “How much do you want it to be?” He got the job.

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