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

Coles · Coles

Hi all Can anyone point me in the right direction for a new client checklist please? I am a virtual assistant also offering basic bookkeeping and need to have something in place for compliance. TIA

JasonB · JasonB

Can someone help offer an insight? I have a friend who has been working as a sole trader providing videography services. He has now set up a Ltd company with a partner and is a director in this new company providing the same services. He was advised by some business guru to invoice himself as a sole trader...

Bristol_al · Bristol_al

Hi everyone I was retired a year ago at the grand age of 31 as I got too sick to work. I'm looking to the future now and would like to retrain in a field where I can be self-employed and work part-time flexibly to suit my health issues. I have zero experience of or qualifications in book keeping and was hoping...

Cheshire · Cheshire

Hi Any ideas how I can setup a formula in excel to create a 'last payment date' from a start date. I have eg customer making payments to a client on a lease agreement for 24 months, so need to set up recurring payments, all have differing direct debit payment dates So far I have Col a Col b ...

lorrylau · lorrylau

A friend has asked me to look at their business, they sell band mechandise, T-shirts, posters etc. and are VAT registered. Sales in shopify include a separate shipping cost that the customer pays. They charge VAT on the goods (UK and EU sales) but not on the shipping. So £20 goods + £4 VAT plus £5 shi...

Louise84 · Louise84

Hi All, I have a client (sole trader). They have two trades.... second trade new in YE 19. The second trade made a loss due to start up costs. My question is can the loss be offset against the profitable trade in given tax year. Thanks Louise

Russky · Russky

The 3rd party is in the US is a newco & albeit 1 director is the same it is not a subsid. The US ledger was factored in the UK & now transferred to the the US. All figures $ The 110k is an introduction of cash to facilitate the shortfall in reserves to the existing lender. This was via transfer to the...

JEM · JEM

Hi, I'm new to my current position and have to run the year end reconciliations for the Year End Accounts. We have private health care policy for managers (BUPA) and I code the BUPA invoices to 8817 Private Healthcare Liability NC; we also have a health insurance policy for employees (Health Shield)...

accountonus · accountonus

Hi everyone, So a little about me .. I am a 31 year old mother of two - youngest being 6 months! i have a equine degree and veterinary physio diploma however after that industry and owning my own restaurant i decided to change career totally to fit around family life!! i have always been fascinated by bus...

cristeen · cristeen

Hi, I'm new to the forum and am seeking some general advice I have recently been employed as a bookkeeper for a small but rapidly growing Ltd company, mainly internet sales, two directors and now me. I am not formally qualified, my bosses are aware of this, but have some experience with Sage Line 50 fro...

ZoesBookkeeping · ZoesBookkeeping

HI, I use QuickBooks Pro 2016 (desktop) at a clients premises. Their accountant would like me to send her the end of year reports as excel spreadsheets. Is there an easy secure way to do this please? I have BT and Gmail emails. I can do the reports it's sending them securely I'm not sure about. Hear from yo...

accountonus · accountonus

Hi everyone, Is accounting for everyone 12 module online course for £50 any good?? Anyone recommend this, reading the website it looks very interesting and clear way of learning. Sometimes reading my Kaplan text books and testing on myaat can get a little tedious this could just give my knowledge...

Shamus · Shamus

https://www.accountingtoday.com/list/the-state-of-bookkeeping-in-2019?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=...

Cheshire · Cheshire

Just wondering if I can claim Cap allowances on the attached I bought for my business. It absolutely is W&E expenditure given the forcasting model currently being used. Of course, as we know, some forecasts can be way off, but full sensitivites have been calculated for any potential decreases...

Sidewinder1 · Sidewinder1

YouI am self employed since may 2018. Paying myself salary and dividend. Since tax year for my limited company ended in may 2019, I prepared the company's annual returns and paid the corporation tax. I also paid the self assessment tax returns as well. I just realized while going through bank stateme...

Leger · Leger

An electric bill is sent in April covering the previous 3 months. Year end is March so I have two payments in Feb and March which shows the creditor as overpaid. The January bill had an outstanding balance after payments were taken into account so part of the February payment is allocated towards it....

elizabeth · elizabeth

Using Sage software. Need advice on postings for closing stock. End of first year trading and I have closing stock. No opening stock. Thank you

Cheshire · Cheshire

Hi John thought I would start this on another thread. Re your other post ''Hi Guys Please can I open this up more as my knowledge may be lacking here. Is retail stock always valued at cost? I always thought it was. If it isn't I would be grateful for being pointed in the right direction as to when it isn'...

Dottylou · Dottylou

Hi I have AAT level 3 and Bookkeeping level 1 & 2 with the IAB, I am also currently studying AAT level 4 as well as having 5 years experience in industry. My MD has asked me to take on payroll which I think I am getting my head around. We deduct pay for sick leave, I can see in the past that the old Accounta...

Bests · Bests

Does anyone on here use Receipt Bank? Received an email from them offering a free demo.

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	New Client Checklist, UK (Preview) Hi all Can anyone point me in the right direction for a new client checklist please? I am a virtual assistant also offering basic bookkeeping and need to have something in place for compliance. TIA	Coles	14	2632	Fri Aug 2 13:11 2019 by Ally2019
	Director & subcontractor in same company ?! (Preview) Can someone help offer an insight? I have a friend who has been working as a sole trader providing videography services. He has now set up a Ltd company with a partner and is a director in this new company providing the same services. He was advised by some business guru to invoice himself as a sole trader...	JasonB	15	2209	Thu Aug 1 17:26 2019 by Cheshire
	Considering re-training as a bookeeper - what should I know? (Preview) Hi everyone I was retired a year ago at the grand age of 31 as I got too sick to work. I'm looking to the future now and would like to retrain in a field where I can be self-employed and work part-time flexibly to suit my health issues. I have zero experience of or qualifications in book keeping and was hoping...	Bristol_al	13	1901	Thu Aug 1 17:04 2019 by Cheshire
	Excel help (Preview) Hi Any ideas how I can setup a formula in excel to create a 'last payment date' from a start date. I have eg customer making payments to a client on a lease agreement for 24 months, so need to set up recurring payments, all have differing direct debit payment dates So far I have Col a Col b ...	Cheshire	6	1807	Wed Jul 31 08:27 2019 by Cheshire
	Shopify: shipping costs and VAT shopify VAT Revenue (Preview) A friend has asked me to look at their business, they sell band mechandise, T-shirts, posters etc. and are VAT registered. Sales in shopify include a separate shipping cost that the customer pays. They charge VAT on the goods (UK and EU sales) but not on the shipping. So £20 goods + £4 VAT plus £5 shi...	lorrylau	8	3001	Mon Jul 29 10:25 2019 by Cheshire
	Sole trader with two trades (Preview) Hi All, I have a client (sole trader). They have two trades.... second trade new in YE 19. The second trade made a loss due to start up costs. My question is can the loss be offset against the profitable trade in given tax year. Thanks Louise	Louise84	16	2216	Sat Jul 27 17:40 2019 by YLB-HO
	Double entry on the sale of ID trade receivebles to a 3rd party (Preview) The 3rd party is in the US is a newco & albeit 1 director is the same it is not a subsid. The US ledger was factored in the UK & now transferred to the the US. All figures $ The 110k is an introduction of cash to facilitate the shortfall in reserves to the existing lender. This was via transfer to the...	Russky	4	1450	Sat Jul 20 19:30 2019 by Cheshire
	Reconciliation of Private Healthcare Nominal Account (Preview) Hi, I'm new to my current position and have to run the year end reconciliations for the Year End Accounts. We have private health care policy for managers (BUPA) and I code the BUPA invoices to 8817 Private Healthcare Liability NC; we also have a health insurance policy for employees (Health Shield)...	JEM	3	2594	Mon Jul 15 19:13 2019 by Cheshire
	New, Overwhelmed & Honest... (Preview) Hi everyone, So a little about me .. I am a 31 year old mother of two - youngest being 6 months! i have a equine degree and veterinary physio diploma however after that industry and owning my own restaurant i decided to change career totally to fit around family life!! i have always been fascinated by bus...	accountonus	17	2603	Mon Jul 8 16:18 2019 by Leger
	Transactions from previous years, how to deal with them? (Preview) Hi, I'm new to the forum and am seeking some general advice I have recently been employed as a bookkeeper for a small but rapidly growing Ltd company, mainly internet sales, two directors and now me. I am not formally qualified, my bosses are aware of this, but have some experience with Sage Line 50 fro...	cristeen	8	6296	Sat Jul 6 17:49 2019 by YLB-HO
	Sending Excel reports securely (Preview) HI, I use QuickBooks Pro 2016 (desktop) at a clients premises. Their accountant would like me to send her the end of year reports as excel spreadsheets. Is there an easy secure way to do this please? I have BT and Gmail emails. I can do the reports it's sending them securely I'm not sure about. Hear from yo...	ZoesBookkeeping	3	1544	Thu Jul 4 10:55 2019 by ZoesBookkeeping
	Accounting for everyone? (Preview) Hi everyone, Is accounting for everyone 12 module online course for £50 any good?? Anyone recommend this, reading the website it looks very interesting and clear way of learning. Sometimes reading my Kaplan text books and testing on myaat can get a little tedious this could just give my knowledge...	accountonus	6	1709	Mon Jul 1 16:44 2019 by Cheshire
	The state of bookkeeping 2019 (Preview) https://www.accountingtoday.com/list/the-state-of-bookkeeping-in-2019?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=...	Shamus	4	1741	Fri Jun 28 16:24 2019 by Shamus
	capital allowances claim (Preview) Just wondering if I can claim Cap allowances on the attached I bought for my business. It absolutely is W&E expenditure given the forcasting model currently being used. Of course, as we know, some forecasts can be way off, but full sensitivites have been calculated for any potential decreases...	Cheshire	4	1589	Wed Jun 26 16:09 2019 by Cheshire
	Can I pay myself salary which I forgot to withdraw last year? Limited company self employed salary (Preview) YouI am self employed since may 2018. Paying myself salary and dividend. Since tax year for my limited company ended in may 2019, I prepared the company's annual returns and paid the corporation tax. I also paid the self assessment tax returns as well. I just realized while going through bank stateme...	Sidewinder1	11	2440	Mon Jun 24 16:53 2019 by Leger
	Prepayments or debtor (Preview) An electric bill is sent in April covering the previous 3 months. Year end is March so I have two payments in Feb and March which shows the creditor as overpaid. The January bill had an outstanding balance after payments were taken into account so part of the February payment is allocated towards it....	Leger	4	1774	Fri Jun 14 18:12 2019 by Onion4Sage
	closing stock (Preview) Using Sage software. Need advice on postings for closing stock. End of first year trading and I have closing stock. No opening stock. Thank you	elizabeth	10	1717	Wed Jun 12 11:06 2019 by Casu
	IAS2 (Preview) Hi John thought I would start this on another thread. Re your other post ''Hi Guys Please can I open this up more as my knowledge may be lacking here. Is retail stock always valued at cost? I always thought it was. If it isn't I would be grateful for being pointed in the right direction as to when it isn'...	Cheshire	1	1501	Mon Jun 10 21:57 2019 by Leger
	Payroll - Sickness (Preview) Hi I have AAT level 3 and Bookkeeping level 1 & 2 with the IAB, I am also currently studying AAT level 4 as well as having 5 years experience in industry. My MD has asked me to take on payroll which I think I am getting my head around. We deduct pay for sick leave, I can see in the past that the old Accounta...	Dottylou	4	1863	Wed May 29 16:24 2019 by Dottylou
	Anyone here use Receipt Bank? (Preview) Does anyone on here use Receipt Bank? Received an email from them offering a free demo.	Bests	5	1853	Sun May 26 14:05 2019 by Cheshire
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