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

Suffolker · Suffolker

Someone I know has been trying to fill their SA Tax Return in on the Inland Revenue site and was wondering where the following would go. He has a small media company and has paid someone to do an audio recording for him as part of a bigger project. Now would that be classed as labour costs, professiona...

rowets · rowets

Hi all, Hope everyone has had a great Christmas, and may I wish all users of this forum a very happy new year! Possibly the wrong time to be posting questions but hopefully one of you guru's will still be sober enough to be able to offer advice? One of my clients for whom I do bookkeeping and annual accounts...

Hani · Hani

Hi everyone, I would like some advise as to how to bring in clients. I started my book-keeping and accounts service and had one client (who was a family member) but now I don't seem to be attracted anyone else! I've been to a networking event but had no luck to present, and even approached some account...

sarahwilson · sarahwilson

I'm studying AAT at the moment, I have just taken my Intermediate level exams. I am also in the process of doing ICB as I want to work part time from home, with a view to doing this full time in the future. I have work ed in accounts for 13 years, doing everything up to VAT returns (no payroll or tax stuff mind!...

rowets · rowets

Hi all, Hope you may be able to help on this one; I am presuming that since the instigation of the new Construction Industry Scheme on 6th April 2007, all deductions made by Contractors at the standard rate should have been made at 20% on the amount owed to the Sub Contractor after deductions of the usual...

brog13 · brog13

Anyone help? One of my accounts has not been able to keep up with payments of NICS, has contacted HMCE and arranged payments - so that bit is fine. Where can I put the amounts owed, so that it shows on the system that it is owed (similarly to a purchase invoice). Normally it would just show as a payment out wh...

Zigs · Zigs

Hi everyone, does anyone know where i can get a reasonable quote for pi insurance, the quotes i have had seem very high above £300, is that high or reasonable?

Gaynor · Gaynor

I have been book keeping self employed for approx 15 years, also payroll all with Sage also training people to use Sage. The government now insists that book keepers and payroll operators must now be registered for money laundering regulations, this is for a Fee of £95 per annum, I believe this to be ri...

thewallstreetkid · thewallstreetkid

Hi Can anyone please give the most efficient way of inputting the information into sage and getting the job ready. Currently I follow as follows: Sales invoices Bank payin book Bank receipts Purchase invoice & Nominal invoices Bank cheque book Bank payments Petty cash payments other adjustm...

Macko · Macko

Hi After some advice pls. My wife and myself started a Limited company recently. We've produced a large number of expenses relevant to the business and we've initially used personal money for expediency, subsequently entering the expenses directly to purchases and cash book as if the busines...

Suffolker · Suffolker

I use my car about 90% for business purposes and currently record my miles ready to claim the 40p per mile. I seem to be paying out quite alot on repairs, insurance, tax, petrol etc at the moment though and am wondering if it would be worth registering the car as a business asset. The thing is, would the ca...

Zigs · Zigs

Hi Ive worked out the capital allowance for the motor vehicle as 80% is business use and 20% is personal use. what do i do with the personal usage amount?

Zigs · Zigs

Hi everyone Ive got a friend who is a driving instructor, she purchased a car this year for her work. She asked me about allowances and i havent mentioned anything yet, thought id get it checked out first on the forum. My understanding is that she can capital allowances on her car and deduct this from he...

Macko · Macko

Apologies if this is a daft question ! On occasion to keep our shop afloat my wife and myself have had to use private money to cover bills etc. Can I treat this as a loan to the company ? Presumably I have to set up a directors loan account? My other concern was on the spreadsheet I use 'other income' seem...

Lisa · Lisa

Hi, Can anyone advise me on the best place to look for new clients? I have been lucky to find a few clients through word of mouth but I need to find a few more if my new start in the world as a self employed bookkeeper is to succeed financially. I have tried gumtree.com but most of the vacancies are full t...

Hector · Hector

Hi everyone, I need some suggestions for my business issues. I am the manager of a company and need to maintain the account books as per the schedule. I have a few selected persons to manage them but I am not finding them doing justice to their work. They somewhat lack behind and that upsets the whole sche...

JudyBook · JudyBook

I am new to The Book-keepers Forum. I hope someone out there has the wisdom and patience to help me account for part exchanges. My client is an agent for a brand of boats. The usual practice is to invoice his customer for the sale of a new boat, straight forward enough. However, sometimes he sells new b...

brog13 · brog13

Hi! I wonder if any experts on Excel Spreadsheets could help me? I have created a simple self calculating spreadsheet for clients and their employees to claim expenses. When they claim mileage, the total mileage is multipied automatically by .40p to give the total claim. All is fine, until they get t...

AccountantsCircle · AccountantsCircle

Some of you will already know I manage the development team at The Accountants Circle, as well as much of the management accounts and budgeting outsourced services. What I'd like to know is - what tools or templates do you think would make your life easier as a bookkeeper? What gaps do you see in your cur...

Amanda · Amanda

Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone can help me, I have a new client who is in the construction industry, when he invoices someone in the same industry he deducts 20% off the labour (not materials). My question is where do I input the CIS amounts to I am on Quicksbooks Pro 2008. I assume that when I input...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Tax Return.. (Preview) Someone I know has been trying to fill their SA Tax Return in on the Inland Revenue site and was wondering where the following would go. He has a small media company and has paid someone to do an audio recording for him as part of a bigger project. Now would that be classed as labour costs, professiona...	Suffolker	4	3063	Tue Jan 6 17:48 2009 by Suffolker
	Client ceased trading (Preview) Hi all, Hope everyone has had a great Christmas, and may I wish all users of this forum a very happy new year! Possibly the wrong time to be posting questions but hopefully one of you guru's will still be sober enough to be able to offer advice? One of my clients for whom I do bookkeeping and annual accounts...	rowets	7	14747	Tue Jan 6 09:39 2009 by rowets
	Getting the first clients (Preview) Hi everyone, I would like some advise as to how to bring in clients. I started my book-keeping and accounts service and had one client (who was a family member) but now I don't seem to be attracted anyone else! I've been to a networking event but had no luck to present, and even approached some account...	Hani	4	2258	Thu Dec 18 17:21 2008 by Nimac
	Bit of advice please!!! (Preview) I'm studying AAT at the moment, I have just taken my Intermediate level exams. I am also in the process of doing ICB as I want to work part time from home, with a view to doing this full time in the future. I have work ed in accounts for 13 years, doing everything up to VAT returns (no payroll or tax stuff mind!...	sarahwilson	6	2556	Wed Dec 17 12:28 2008 by sarahwilson
	New CIS deduction rates (Preview) Hi all, Hope you may be able to help on this one; I am presuming that since the instigation of the new Construction Industry Scheme on 6th April 2007, all deductions made by Contractors at the standard rate should have been made at 20% on the amount owed to the Sub Contractor after deductions of the usual...	rowets	2	6122	Mon Dec 15 16:54 2008 by rowets
	Late payment of NICS (Preview) Anyone help? One of my accounts has not been able to keep up with payments of NICS, has contacted HMCE and arranged payments - so that bit is fine. Where can I put the amounts owed, so that it shows on the system that it is owed (similarly to a purchase invoice). Normally it would just show as a payment out wh...	brog13	2	1851	Mon Dec 15 08:51 2008 by brog13
	Professional indemnity (Preview) Hi everyone, does anyone know where i can get a reasonable quote for pi insurance, the quotes i have had seem very high above £300, is that high or reasonable?	Zigs	8	2382	Fri Dec 12 09:53 2008 by Zigs
	registration for money laundering (Preview) I have been book keeping self employed for approx 15 years, also payroll all with Sage also training people to use Sage. The government now insists that book keepers and payroll operators must now be registered for money laundering regulations, this is for a Fee of £95 per annum, I believe this to be ri...	Gaynor	17	3996	Tue Dec 9 12:05 2008 by Julie
	Sage bookkeeping helpful tips (Preview) Hi Can anyone please give the most efficient way of inputting the information into sage and getting the job ready. Currently I follow as follows: Sales invoices Bank payin book Bank receipts Purchase invoice & Nominal invoices Bank cheque book Bank payments Petty cash payments other adjustm...	thewallstreetkid	2	2197	Mon Dec 8 17:17 2008 by thewallstreetkid
	Expenses (Preview) Hi After some advice pls. My wife and myself started a Limited company recently. We've produced a large number of expenses relevant to the business and we've initially used personal money for expediency, subsequently entering the expenses directly to purchases and cash book as if the busines...	Macko	7	3128	Fri Dec 5 10:47 2008 by Macko
	Registering Car As Business Asset (Preview) I use my car about 90% for business purposes and currently record my miles ready to claim the 40p per mile. I seem to be paying out quite alot on repairs, insurance, tax, petrol etc at the moment though and am wondering if it would be worth registering the car as a business asset. The thing is, would the ca...	Suffolker	7	6358	Mon Dec 1 17:03 2008 by Suffolker
	capital allowances/personal allowance (Preview) Hi Ive worked out the capital allowance for the motor vehicle as 80% is business use and 20% is personal use. what do i do with the personal usage amount?	Zigs	2	2311	Fri Nov 28 12:23 2008 by Zigs
	Driving instructors SA (Preview) Hi everyone Ive got a friend who is a driving instructor, she purchased a car this year for her work. She asked me about allowances and i havent mentioned anything yet, thought id get it checked out first on the forum. My understanding is that she can capital allowances on her car and deduct this from he...	Zigs	4	3324	Wed Nov 26 16:49 2008 by Dustin57
	Private money invested in limited company (Preview) Apologies if this is a daft question ! On occasion to keep our shop afloat my wife and myself have had to use private money to cover bills etc. Can I treat this as a loan to the company ? Presumably I have to set up a directors loan account? My other concern was on the spreadsheet I use 'other income' seem...	Macko	4	2262	Tue Nov 25 20:58 2008 by Macko
	Looking for new clients!!! (Preview) Hi, Can anyone advise me on the best place to look for new clients? I have been lucky to find a few clients through word of mouth but I need to find a few more if my new start in the world as a self employed bookkeeper is to succeed financially. I have tried gumtree.com but most of the vacancies are full t...	Lisa	1	7592	Fri Nov 21 13:05 2008 by Accountsguy
	What are the better options for bookkeeping? (Preview) Hi everyone, I need some suggestions for my business issues. I am the manager of a company and need to maintain the account books as per the schedule. I have a few selected persons to manage them but I am not finding them doing justice to their work. They somewhat lack behind and that upsets the whole sche...	Hector	12	7087	Wed Nov 19 20:28 2008 by Mrs_Fireeyestiger
	accounting for part exchanges (Preview) I am new to The Book-keepers Forum. I hope someone out there has the wisdom and patience to help me account for part exchanges. My client is an agent for a brand of boats. The usual practice is to invoice his customer for the sale of a new boat, straight forward enough. However, sometimes he sells new b...	JudyBook	1	6658	Tue Nov 18 18:59 2008 by Julie
	Excel Formula (Preview) Hi! I wonder if any experts on Excel Spreadsheets could help me? I have created a simple self calculating spreadsheet for clients and their employees to claim expenses. When they claim mileage, the total mileage is multipied automatically by .40p to give the total claim. All is fine, until they get t...	brog13	4	3160	Tue Nov 18 18:46 2008 by brog13
	What templates would help you? (Preview) Some of you will already know I manage the development team at The Accountants Circle, as well as much of the management accounts and budgeting outsourced services. What I'd like to know is - what tools or templates do you think would make your life easier as a bookkeeper? What gaps do you see in your cur...	AccountantsCircle	3	3064	Tue Nov 18 07:48 2008 by AccountantsCircle
	CIS TAX Query (Preview) Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone can help me, I have a new client who is in the construction industry, when he invoices someone in the same industry he deducts 20% off the labour (not materials). My question is where do I input the CIS amounts to I am on Quicksbooks Pro 2008. I assume that when I input...	Amanda	8	14002	Thu Nov 13 09:02 2008 by CBS
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