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

Aleksandra · Aleksandra

Hi, Could you advise on the situation below, please? My client issued an invoice for a large sum, the invoice was for 2 seperate jobs. He has done one job and got paid for it, unfortunately the second job will not be started until the end of the next year. No materials has been bought for the second job yet...

NA_AA · NA_AA

What is a realistic target for a new bookkeeping business - for year 1, 2, 3 , 4, 5? Has anyone done any detailed forecasting?

ZoesBookkeeping · ZoesBookkeeping

Hi I do the bookkeeping for several clients on my home computer using Sage and QuickBooks. I wondered if anyone can recommend an online back up service so I can backup my clients Sage and QuickBooks data just in case my computer crashes as I don't want to lose the data. Thanks

braddlesNZ · braddlesNZ

Hello everyone, I am a full time Structural Engineer and have in the past had my own limited company. I had an accountant at the time but was very interested in the accounting/book-keeping and did a lot of it myself. I would like to do book keeping part-time to raise a bit of extra cash. Due to my engineeri...

betty121 · betty121

Hi everyone, I will be sitting the ICB self assessment diploma soon and decided to apply for my practice licence. On completing the form I decided on a name for my business and purchased the PI insurance in that name. However, I have now come across another bookkeeping business close by using a simila...

CodeMonkey · CodeMonkey

Hi After spending 2 years at college and not being able to find permanent work locally, my wife has decided the register as a self-employed beauty therapist and obtain work through a temporary contracting agencies that was recommended to her. Since i'm the technical one in the family (drawback of be...

Sarahuk3 · Sarahuk3

Good Afternoon, I am looking for a bit of advise... I have taken some work from a relative who has previously done his own bookkeeping on sage and he has asked if I can do 2011/12 for him. His year end is 31.03.12, I have made the necessary depreciation journals etc, but once completed the year end the n/c...

betty · betty

I wounder if anyone can help? 1. An invoice was raised. 2. Accident happened to the clients goods and a credit has been requested for the amount that the repair company is charging which excludes VAT. For example: Invoice raised: 420 + VAT of 84 = 504 Clients Repair Company: 295 + No VAT = 295 Credit to be...

KAZ · KAZ

My client recently sold an asset for less than its value. How do I close down the remaining amount?

Wella · Wella

I have three clients that all have the same situation. During the last 2 years each have drawn cheques to pay for goods from a supplier. Each month they appear on the bank reconcilliation, and are at least 18 months old. In two cases the suppliers no longer exist, and in all cases the cheques are over 6 mo...

Count1314 · Count1314

Help! I'm not on site and because I work with a variety of Sage payroll products, I am a bit mixed up on whether I need to install the update disc before or after the year end. I'm not sure all products allow you to continue into the new year before processing the last years year end. I am sure that I read that t...

mimlloyd · mimlloyd

I've never actually come across one of these before but someone doing a City & Guilds level 1 exam in manual bookkeeping said it came up in the exam. She said it looked a little bit like a petty cash voucher and that it mentioned a purchase. I thought it WAS the same thing as a petty cash voucher but my...

Shamus · Shamus

Just been going through the detail of one of my clients mileage logs and they are charging more in mileage than the particular client actually pays them for visiting (The client gets £38 for an hours visit but claims £66.60 for 74 miles each way). Whilst this is to my mind a pretty stupid thing to allow to...

BJA · BJA

Good morning, Is there some sort of approach that I should follow when doing bank and cash book reconciliations.....Questions like the one below completely confuses me.... The following information relates to a bank reconciliation. 1. the bank balance in the cashbook before taking the items bel...

NA_AA · NA_AA

I'm in danger of asking a very dumb question, but I am of the belief that you are better to ask and clarify rather than keep on making assumptions.. Anyhow What I would like to know why does the principle of 'petty cash' exist? and how did it come about?

NA_AA · NA_AA

In QB the problem I have is that If I am posting an expense in the accounts which were paid by the DLA - I cannot directly pay the 'expense' via the 'DLA' account. The expense is 'paid' by the petty cash account, and then I have to post a second jounal to transfer funds from the DLA account to the petty cash Why...

KEELY · KEELY

my new client has just opened a dollar bank account. some of his customers have paid their invoices into the sterling account. In sage if a customer is set up as dollar account you can not enter a customer receipt for an invoice into a sterling bank account. Therefore can anyone suggest the best way to...

Sirocco · Sirocco

Can anyone enlighten me as to how we should account for work carried out by other companies that we engage. As our business (construction and maintenance) has grown we have decided to have certain works undertaken by other limited companies. For example we as a small limited co. are awarded a contra...

NA_AA · NA_AA

Hi, I was wondering whether any of you have experienced completing book-keeping for an overseas company? and do you think this is a common practice?

NA_AA · NA_AA

Would an individual be treated as UK resident, if they came to the UK on a two year spouse visa?

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	Year end adjustments (Preview) Hi, Could you advise on the situation below, please? My client issued an invoice for a large sum, the invoice was for 2 seperate jobs. He has done one job and got paid for it, unfortunately the second job will not be started until the end of the next year. No materials has been bought for the second job yet...	Aleksandra	5	1967	Mon Apr 23 16:04 2012 by k
	What is a realistic target...? (Preview) What is a realistic target for a new bookkeeping business - for year 1, 2, 3 , 4, 5? Has anyone done any detailed forecasting?	NA_AA	15	6682	Mon Apr 23 19:34 2012 by BobHarper
	QuickBooks and Sage online back up online back up service (Preview) Hi I do the bookkeeping for several clients on my home computer using Sage and QuickBooks. I wondered if anyone can recommend an online back up service so I can backup my clients Sage and QuickBooks data just in case my computer crashes as I don't want to lose the data. Thanks	ZoesBookkeeping	11	2583	Mon Apr 23 05:02 2012 by AcctShield
	Starting up as a part time book-keeper ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Hello everyone, I am a full time Structural Engineer and have in the past had my own limited company. I had an accountant at the time but was very interested in the accounting/book-keeping and did a lot of it myself. I would like to do book keeping part-time to raise a bit of extra cash. Due to my engineeri...	braddlesNZ	101	8176	Sat Apr 21 01:32 2012 by Spamkebab
	Naming your business (Preview) Hi everyone, I will be sitting the ICB self assessment diploma soon and decided to apply for my practice licence. On completing the form I decided on a name for my business and purchased the PI insurance in that name. However, I have now come across another bookkeeping business close by using a simila...	betty121	10	1762	Fri Apr 20 22:33 2012 by Wella
	Sole Trader and claiming unusual travel costs (Preview) Hi After spending 2 years at college and not being able to find permanent work locally, my wife has decided the register as a self-employed beauty therapist and obtain work through a temporary contracting agencies that was recommended to her. Since i'm the technical one in the family (drawback of be...	CodeMonkey	8	2108	Fri Apr 20 17:30 2012 by Alfred
	Profit and Loss Account on Sage 3200 (Preview) Good Afternoon, I am looking for a bit of advise... I have taken some work from a relative who has previously done his own bookkeeping on sage and he has asked if I can do 2011/12 for him. His year end is 31.03.12, I have made the necessary depreciation journals etc, but once completed the year end the n/c...	Sarahuk3	6	3154	Fri Apr 20 00:44 2012 by Sarahuk3
	Should VAT be charged on a credit note for damages? (Preview) I wounder if anyone can help? 1. An invoice was raised. 2. Accident happened to the clients goods and a credit has been requested for the amount that the repair company is charging which excludes VAT. For example: Invoice raised: 420 + VAT of 84 = 504 Clients Repair Company: 295 + No VAT = 295 Credit to be...	betty	2	1183	Thu Apr 19 19:08 2012 by betty
	Sale of Asset (Preview) My client recently sold an asset for less than its value. How do I close down the remaining amount?	KAZ	3	1166	Thu Apr 19 15:17 2012 by Count1314
	Un Presented Cheques (Preview) I have three clients that all have the same situation. During the last 2 years each have drawn cheques to pay for goods from a supplier. Each month they appear on the bank reconcilliation, and are at least 18 months old. In two cases the suppliers no longer exist, and in all cases the cheques are over 6 mo...	Wella	9	2324	Thu Apr 19 00:40 2012 by RuthA
	Sage Instant Payroll Year End (Preview) Help! I'm not on site and because I work with a variety of Sage payroll products, I am a bit mixed up on whether I need to install the update disc before or after the year end. I'm not sure all products allow you to continue into the new year before processing the last years year end. I am sure that I read that t...	Count1314	4	2613	Wed Apr 18 22:06 2012 by Count1314
	What exactly is a cash requisition voucher? (Preview) I've never actually come across one of these before but someone doing a City & Guilds level 1 exam in manual bookkeeping said it came up in the exam. She said it looked a little bit like a petty cash voucher and that it mentioned a purchase. I thought it WAS the same thing as a petty cash voucher but my...	mimlloyd	2	4609	Wed Apr 18 00:36 2012 by mimlloyd
	Mileage discrepancy (Preview) Just been going through the detail of one of my clients mileage logs and they are charging more in mileage than the particular client actually pays them for visiting (The client gets £38 for an hours visit but claims £66.60 for 74 miles each way). Whilst this is to my mind a pretty stupid thing to allow to...	Shamus	19	2092	Tue Apr 17 22:18 2012 by YLB-HO
	Bank and cash book reconciliations (Preview) Good morning, Is there some sort of approach that I should follow when doing bank and cash book reconciliations.....Questions like the one below completely confuses me.... The following information relates to a bank reconciliation. 1. the bank balance in the cashbook before taking the items bel...	BJA	1	2916	Mon Apr 16 16:18 2012 by MarkS
	Petty Cash...? (Preview) I'm in danger of asking a very dumb question, but I am of the belief that you are better to ask and clarify rather than keep on making assumptions.. Anyhow What I would like to know why does the principle of 'petty cash' exist? and how did it come about?	NA_AA	6	1815	Mon Apr 16 08:41 2012 by Rob-f58049
	Petty Cash & DLA in QB (Preview) In QB the problem I have is that If I am posting an expense in the accounts which were paid by the DLA - I cannot directly pay the 'expense' via the 'DLA' account. The expense is 'paid' by the petty cash account, and then I have to post a second jounal to transfer funds from the DLA account to the petty cash Why...	NA_AA	1	1683	Mon Apr 16 04:23 2012 by Stardoe
	Dollar Bank Accounts (Preview) my new client has just opened a dollar bank account. some of his customers have paid their invoices into the sterling account. In sage if a customer is set up as dollar account you can not enter a customer receipt for an invoice into a sterling bank account. Therefore can anyone suggest the best way to...	KEELY	2	1658	Mon Apr 16 04:02 2012 by Donna CBK
	Firms who work for firms (Preview) Can anyone enlighten me as to how we should account for work carried out by other companies that we engage. As our business (construction and maintenance) has grown we have decided to have certain works undertaken by other limited companies. For example we as a small limited co. are awarded a contra...	Sirocco	6	4767	Mon Apr 16 03:30 2012 by Stardoe
	Is it common...? (Preview) Hi, I was wondering whether any of you have experienced completing book-keeping for an overseas company? and do you think this is a common practice?	NA_AA	5	1298	Mon Apr 16 01:04 2012 by kjmcculloch83
	Residence status? (Preview) Would an individual be treated as UK resident, if they came to the UK on a two year spouse visa?	NA_AA	3	3858	Sun Apr 15 14:53 2012 by Wella
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