General Book-keeping & Accounting - The Book-keepers Forum (UK)

tina · tina

Hi, i'm new to the forum, this is my first post. This is probably a stupid question but its unsettling me so i need to ask it anyway. Done most of the exam but theres one bit that is bothering me, 2 cheques have been cashed at the bank and the cash put into the petty cash account, in the sage course i did i trans...

kez · kez

Hi, I have just joined this forum, and I have a book-keeping question I hope someone can help me with. I am just starting out with my own BK business and have been approached by a potential client. This client has been self employed for about 3 years but hasn't registered with the tax office. He also has...

Blackfalcon · Blackfalcon

Hi Everyone I am new guy for this forum and also Bookkeeping and accountancy industry. And I will be very grateful for your help. My question is; I have to post opening balances for nominal accounts on sage instant account plus program and I could not work it out what is the corresponding nominal acco...

gerry · gerry

Hi Can anyone tell me the best way to account for fuel costs, I have a client who has a limited company and the accountant has told me to cost all fuel to directors Loan account and he will sort out at the end of year. I am used to dealing with mileage claims for employees but not sure what to do with the owner. B...

Annielabrador · Annielabrador

Has anyone seen the site The Local Book keeper? What do you know about the job vacancies they post on there?

lor · lor

I have heard this site mentioned somewhere on this forum, but I wondered if anyone uses this site to gain clients and if they would recommend the site for gaining work.

marvin-r · marvin-r

bookkeeping clerks are employed in every industry; the individual industries employing the largest numbers of clerks are local government and the accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services industry. mesa book keeper

cazg · cazg

Hi there, I have come across a lot of duplicates on my system of customer accounts. They have been made up with a different account numbers but all details are the same. I want to be able to delete the duplicate to make the system less cluttered. Some accounts have past invoices posted to the account but...

Sashasib · Sashasib

Hello, Can someone advise how to include last year's expenditure in this year's cost of sales if it wasn't accrued at year end? How do I do this in quickbooks? Thanks S

mj · mj

Hi I wonder if someone could advise as to whether opening balances can be entered in Sage, after transaction postings have begun? A new client wants to move their records onto Sage; they have just changed accountants and neither a TB or yr-end balance sheet breakdown is available yet. Would it be wis...

sandyrose · sandyrose

Hello I'm new here on the forum but I'm hoping someone can help. I've recently taken over the role as company bookeeper for a very small company and I am trying to get my head round the management accounts for the 2nd quarter. I have two problems: 1. We have received a large refund on our council tax relati...

Debbie H · Debbie H

Can you let me know how you deal with writing off small exchange differences, or underpayments. I do not want to use the "Write off" option as they are not bad debts. Many thanks Debbie

LauraW · LauraW

Hi everyone hope you can help me with this little problem. I am going through my first mock exam (ICB Level 1 - Lee Crescent) and got a question I have not come across in my studies before and wondered if anyone could help me. I have received an invoice which is incorrect (to our advantage £10 cheaper than i...

Silly Digits · Silly Digits

Need help with the following A client of mine has raised a sales invoice manually. I am now posting this invoice onto sage as a batch invoice. Total goods and delivery charge £1763.69+ VAT 264.56 He has then given a promotional discount of £68.04 + VAT 10.21. How is the discount amount posted to get...

Mel · Mel

I was just wondering if anyone can help me with the correct formula to work out the settlement discount amount if only the paid amount is known.

Suzie · Suzie

Ive had a discussion with an accountant who suggests that when I do his clients books I use my windows office excel spreadsheets as I only have SAGE instant accounts at the moment A daft question I know but can any tell me if I would lay the spread sheet out as with manual bookeeping, i.e double line down th...

zexysu · zexysu

Hi all i needed an accouting service understandable for my business. I'm a normal small level business person to whom 'Accountancy' is always a 'mystery'. I had always been running around digits, credits, debits, ledgers, assets, liabilities etc etc. When i thought about using some tool then foun...

Purple · Purple

Hi I've just run off a balance sheet and don't understand a couple of the entries. Under Net Worth I have dividends as an asset and P&L as a liability. All dividends have been paid so surely these should not be here but in the Statement of changes in Equity. All the other entries appear to be the correc...

Lisa68 · Lisa68

I thought i'd say hello as I am new to the forum and have been reading the many posts, everyone seems so helpful.. I am studying sage bookkeeping and I have also invested in the bookcert business kit, I am hoping to start a bookkeeping business in the next 6 months and will definately be a regular visiter t...

Debbie H · Debbie H

Are these easy to do? I post all entries at the moment and if the balance on screen agrees with the statement then I don't "run" a reconciliation. I guess I should? Any comments? Thanks Debbie

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	ICB computerised level 2 (Preview) Hi, i'm new to the forum, this is my first post. This is probably a stupid question but its unsettling me so i need to ask it anyway. Done most of the exam but theres one bit that is bothering me, 2 cheques have been cashed at the bank and the cash put into the petty cash account, in the sage course i did i trans...	tina	7	2811	Wed Sep 23 17:03 2009 by BackOfficeGroup
	A problem I need some advise with (Preview) Hi, I have just joined this forum, and I have a book-keeping question I hope someone can help me with. I am just starting out with my own BK business and have been approached by a potential client. This client has been self employed for about 3 years but hasn't registered with the tax office. He also has...	kez	6	2008	Thu Sep 10 08:48 2009 by kez
	Sage nominal accounts opening balance enteries. (Preview) Hi Everyone I am new guy for this forum and also Bookkeeping and accountancy industry. And I will be very grateful for your help. My question is; I have to post opening balances for nominal accounts on sage instant account plus program and I could not work it out what is the corresponding nominal acco...	Blackfalcon	4	5589	Tue Sep 8 11:46 2009 by Blackfalcon
	Fuel costs (Preview) Hi Can anyone tell me the best way to account for fuel costs, I have a client who has a limited company and the accountant has told me to cost all fuel to directors Loan account and he will sort out at the end of year. I am used to dealing with mileage claims for employees but not sure what to do with the owner. B...	gerry	2	4365	Tue Sep 1 17:19 2009 by Wella
	The Local Book keeper (Preview) Has anyone seen the site The Local Book keeper? What do you know about the job vacancies they post on there?	Annielabrador	1	1863	Tue Sep 1 12:23 2009 by Zoe
	peopleperhour.com (Preview) I have heard this site mentioned somewhere on this forum, but I wondered if anyone uses this site to gain clients and if they would recommend the site for gaining work.	lor	5	3059	Mon Aug 31 21:13 2009 by kjmcculloch
	book keeping (Preview) bookkeeping clerks are employed in every industry; the individual industries employing the largest numbers of clerks are local government and the accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services industry. mesa book keeper	marvin-r	3	2948	Sun Aug 30 20:56 2009 by lor
	DUPLICATES ON SAGE 50 2008 VERSION (Preview) Hi there, I have come across a lot of duplicates on my system of customer accounts. They have been made up with a different account numbers but all details are the same. I want to be able to delete the duplicate to make the system less cluttered. Some accounts have past invoices posted to the account but...	cazg	2	1854	Sun Aug 30 18:38 2009 by Stardoe
	Previous year's expenditure as cost of sales in this years accounts. (Preview) Hello, Can someone advise how to include last year's expenditure in this year's cost of sales if it wasn't accrued at year end? How do I do this in quickbooks? Thanks S	Sashasib	1	1985	Wed Aug 26 22:22 2009 by Sashasib
	Retrospectivey entering opening balances in Sage (Preview) Hi I wonder if someone could advise as to whether opening balances can be entered in Sage, after transaction postings have begun? A new client wants to move their records onto Sage; they have just changed accountants and neither a TB or yr-end balance sheet breakdown is available yet. Would it be wis...	mj	3	4523	Sun Aug 23 20:57 2009 by mj
	Quarterly accounts - council tax refund relating to previous years and selling fixed asset (Preview) Hello I'm new here on the forum but I'm hoping someone can help. I've recently taken over the role as company bookeeper for a very small company and I am trying to get my head round the management accounts for the 2nd quarter. I have two problems: 1. We have received a large refund on our council tax relati...	sandyrose	4	1623	Fri Aug 21 08:08 2009 by sandyrose
	Writing balances off in Sage (Preview) Can you let me know how you deal with writing off small exchange differences, or underpayments. I do not want to use the "Write off" option as they are not bad debts. Many thanks Debbie	Debbie H	3	11721	Mon Aug 17 18:16 2009 by Weebly_one
	Quick problem - I hope (Preview) Hi everyone hope you can help me with this little problem. I am going through my first mock exam (ICB Level 1 - Lee Crescent) and got a question I have not come across in my studies before and wondered if anyone could help me. I have received an invoice which is incorrect (to our advantage £10 cheaper than i...	LauraW	14	2947	Mon Aug 17 14:21 2009 by LauraW
	Discount on sage (Preview) Need help with the following A client of mine has raised a sales invoice manually. I am now posting this invoice onto sage as a batch invoice. Total goods and delivery charge £1763.69+ VAT 264.56 He has then given a promotional discount of £68.04 + VAT 10.21. How is the discount amount posted to get...	Silly Digits	2	2331	Fri Aug 14 13:05 2009 by Silly Digits
	settlement discounts (Preview) I was just wondering if anyone can help me with the correct formula to work out the settlement discount amount if only the paid amount is known.	Mel	1	2593	Fri Aug 14 07:19 2009 by Davey
	Bookkeeping using Excel (Preview) Ive had a discussion with an accountant who suggests that when I do his clients books I use my windows office excel spreadsheets as I only have SAGE instant accounts at the moment A daft question I know but can any tell me if I would lay the spread sheet out as with manual bookeeping, i.e double line down th...	Suzie	2	5857	Thu Aug 13 11:35 2009 by AccountantsCircle
	Small business - Accounting - ledgers/credit/debits ----> Mystery (Preview) Hi all i needed an accouting service understandable for my business. I'm a normal small level business person to whom 'Accountancy' is always a 'mystery'. I had always been running around digits, credits, debits, ledgers, assets, liabilities etc etc. When i thought about using some tool then foun...	zexysu	0	1377	Mon Aug 10 08:35 2009 by zexysu
	Quick balance Sheet Query (Preview) Hi I've just run off a balance sheet and don't understand a couple of the entries. Under Net Worth I have dividends as an asset and P&L as a liability. All dividends have been paid so surely these should not be here but in the Statement of changes in Equity. All the other entries appear to be the correc...	Purple	1	1688	Sun Aug 9 15:16 2009 by Davey
	Hello everyone (Preview) I thought i'd say hello as I am new to the forum and have been reading the many posts, everyone seems so helpful.. I am studying sage bookkeeping and I have also invested in the bookcert business kit, I am hoping to start a bookkeeping business in the next 6 months and will definately be a regular visiter t...	Lisa68	10	6814	Sat Aug 8 19:09 2009 by Lisa68
	Bank Reconciliations in Sage (Preview) Are these easy to do? I post all entries at the moment and if the balance on screen agrees with the statement then I don't "run" a reconciliation. I guess I should? Any comments? Thanks Debbie	Debbie H	3	1747	Fri Aug 7 15:53 2009 by Zoe
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