Female Accountant in Melbourne

A bit presumptuous OP is Asian female because her username is similar to Hello Kitty

 

I'll have to disagree with you @jaybean, it does look to me like only female tax agents will be considered.

 

I don't get what all the fuss is about. So she wants only female accountants. Who cares. It's her right to choose .

There are plenty of women in my culture who will for modesty reasons prefer a female accountant to come over to their house to talk etc.

The reasons really don't matter. It's an individual's choice.

When I get haircuts I'll usually only want it done by women because my experience has been they generally do a better job. It's my right to choose . When we go see a Dr, often we can choose male or female.

Let's not try to totally decimate the rights of the individual.

 

yeah I didn’t notice that bit. You’re right. Very odd.

 

I find a request for a male or female tax or legal adviser a strange request. It suggests one party has a gender bias. Its not offensive. Just a strange request. If a client asked their work be done by a male, female or another gender I would decline the request and cease to act as we would not have employed a person - male or female unless they were proficient and capable. I would always recommend the best possible adviser and to be honest I dont know of a female tax adviser based in melbourne to recommend. It not I wouldnt recommend one.

Its also now a different world where location isnt relevant to many matters. Its not really necessary to meet face to face. And to elect to have your tax work done that way is old school and potentially time consuming. Time costs money. We use many forms of technology to do work fastera nd cheaper so we can maxmise client services without unncessary cost. That includes AI software, data feeds, prefill data matching, digital signing and document delivery through a client portal login and rapid non postal delivery of any notices etc. We also handle emails, client calls, uploads and vido meetings with clients globally. More than 60% of tax clients are not in Sydney. We rarely meet face to face these days and rarely see "paperwork".

I get female doctors as thats a different issue.

 

To ask for a specific gender is discriminatory in this day and age, but I think we need to give the OP the benefit of doubt in this case as we don’t know the reason for the request, nor should she feel obliged to justify the reasons on this forum. It could be personal.

 

Wow, still banging on this

 

Personal. Like anti male ?

 

'He felt me up': For women like Holly, street harassment is all too common

There's no shortage of creeps in the world.

During the recession of 1982 I recall as a child a male middle aged bank manager propositioning my mother after telling her that he had the power to call in the loan for our family business. Mum dutifully reported it to Dad but there wasn't a damn thing we could do. Those were tough times: I think we were paying 17% on our business loan at the time. So we shut up and took it on the chin. Never missed as payment, always in fear of seeing the creep in the shop (he had a habit of calling in from time to time) or on the street.

These days I am a Dad. I'd hate to see my daughter have to put up with what I saw and heard that day almost 40 years ago.

If the OP is more comfortable dealing with someone of her gender I can't say I blame her.

 

I would think shining a light on perceived discrimination is of value to the entire community.

For what it’s worth, I would have the same level of concern if I male was to behave in a similar manner

 

Is it discrimination for a female to request a female only gynaecologist?

Or for a female to only want her hair done by another female hairdresser for modesty reasons as is in some religions ?

I'm all for equal pay, equal opportunity equal everything for men and women.

But not everything, every time is malicious discrimination when one gender has a preference for a certain gender over the other. Surely we have more common sense and are more tolerant and understanding in a multicultural society like Australia.

 

When it comes to important matters like health, I don’t believe gender should ever come into the selection process.

The wife and I have experienced some serious health issues over the last few years. The main criteria was to get the best, gender did NOT enter our decision making process.

We would never let something petty like gender impact our health outcomes.

Our health is too important for that.

 

But that's your right to make that choice. One that I happen to agree with. But others should have the same right to choose without it being labelled as discrimination. There are many women who wouldn't feel comfortable with a male in this instance. They should be allowed to choose without judgement.

 

here we are talking about accounting - no modesty needed.