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

Haler · Haler

To my fellow bookkeepers, I am hoping for some guidance here im at a real cross roads! & No better place to ask! I completed my CAT qualifications back in 2008 and more or less went straight to work for my fathers small coffee business. The problem with that is I feel rusty on a lot of the stuff I learnt...

Kate1 · Kate1

Hi, I have 1 bookkeeping client who is a self employed sole trader. I have been preparing the profit/loss and balance sheet on a monthly basis for the past few months on a freelance basis. The client has now asked me to prepare the self assessment and has also asked whether I have bookkeepers insuran...

Newbie66 · Newbie66

Hi there - I do some basic bookkeeping for a company. The manager of the company also has her own limited company and wanted me to help sort out her income and expenditure for her year end - it was basically a carrier bag full of receipts from the previous year. I have recorded all the expenditure on an exc...

QBE Book-Keeping · QBE Book-Keeping

Hello I have a client who mainly deals in cash :(. On a monthly basis he gets money from his clients in cash, and at the end of the month he retains some of this cash to pay himself. How do I record this as the money he receives never hits his bank account.

Margo f · Margo f

I am currently doing the books for my husband using Sage having been made redundant in the summer. I need more clients but am lacking the confidence. I passed my Level 2 AAT and basic book keeping and sage exams 9 years ago. Since then I have worked as a book keeper and more recently in the financial dep...

Jo Gordon · Jo Gordon

I need some software to do my Level II paper, but I'm not that far down the road and haven't bought any yet. I know a few on here like VT Transaction. I also know that people on the ICB forum have used Fusion to sit their papers. What has everyone else used? I need something that's easy to pick up as I really...

ryancondon · ryancondon

Hi all, I am looking to start a career as a bookeeper. My local college runs AAT levels 2,3,and4. I have no desire to work for a company, I would like to work self employed starting with just basic bookeeping for friends etc. I am wondering if the above courses will be over kill for my proposed career path...

Betty Boo · Betty Boo

Hi - I'm hoping someone can help I have been asked to work out the true costs of hourly paid employee's for a company I deal with. In a previous position we use to add on 12.07% for holiday pay and 12.8% (er's) NIC. Apart from the employers NI going up is there anything else I should take into account - should...

sally-anne · sally-anne

Hi Guys I am self teaching myself the above subject, using Ian Harrison's Advanced Accounting for A2. A question I am stuck on and have attached the above question. I understand how to apportion everything, but on paragraph four in the answer where do they get the £380 for rent and rates, and £620 for h...

nautica · nautica

Hi guys What N/C would i put a Franchice under it was paid for from own funds 10.700 and paid in full so CR Capital DR what code in sage Thanks Marty

Gerrard · Gerrard

Hi All, I have been struggling to get a clear answer on this for a while and am hoping the forum can help. A client has introduced, as part of his capital contribution tools that he owns into his self employed business (£5000). Would he be eligable for the annual investment allowance of £5000?

marudnis · marudnis

Hello, as our company [small hotel restaurant] is going to start employing people for more than part time basis I understand that we have to set up a proper payroll system and register it to HMRC. Until now we have had everybody on a part time basis and nobody exceeded the qualifying thresholds for NIC o...

Ridesy · Ridesy

Hi Peeps, Sorry, just need to bounce some numbers of those here who are proficient at Tax calcs. I am being asked to calculate optimum Dividend payment for the two shareholders in our business, so as to maximise these up to the 40% threshold. Am I correct in assuming that as neither has any P11D benefits...

Lilac Bookkeeping · Lilac Bookkeeping

Hi all I nice set of queries for anyone who is bored! 1) I have a client who is the sole director of a Ltd Co. She lives in Hastings but has to work regularly in London so is paying a friend £250 per mth for lodgings. Can this be included in a dispensation? 2) I have a client who is a director of a Ltd Co. he leas...

AICB · AICB

Hi all, A client is a director of a VAT-registered company. On occasion he will also act as an unpaid, independent chairman of another company's internal working group. He is not connected with this separate company in any way except that they send him an honorarium, ex-gratia, towards trav...

CLAUD100 · CLAUD100

http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/information-edge/nov11/520865/go-%E2%80%98fd%E2%80%99-%E2%80%98go-guy%E2%80%99-4-st...

gustavo · gustavo

Hi Guys, I accrue 25 pounds towards water rates every month. So for sept man accts, i took 25 pm again. But the invoice came through last week, dated 05.09.2011 for £95 (1.6.11 to 31.8.11) for which the adjustments should have been done in sept. How could i bring about this adjustment to reflect it fro...

kjmcculloch83 · kjmcculloch83

Interesting discussion on another forum about expenses which can be claimed when running your business from home. An accountant (as far as I know) on this forum suggested that 100% of boradband costs could be claimed as, in their words "You can't run your business without it". Personall...

tonys · tonys

Hi, Could I ask a quick question? Does the "Accounting Reference Date" as stated on Companies House website: EG 30/11 indicate a year end date of 30/11? Sorry it sounds obvious but I just wanted to make sure. No accounts have been previously filed. Tony

fabs79 · fabs79

Yet another 'use of a private car for company business' question... The Ltd company has 2 directors who drive to the clients' sites every day using their own personal cars. I understand that the company can pay each of them 45p per mile for the first 10,000 business miles for the year and 25p per miles fo...

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	To my fellow bookkeepers, Advice Badly Needed (Preview) To my fellow bookkeepers, I am hoping for some guidance here im at a real cross roads! & No better place to ask! I completed my CAT qualifications back in 2008 and more or less went straight to work for my fathers small coffee business. The problem with that is I feel rusty on a lot of the stuff I learnt...	Haler	8	1567	Fri Nov 25 06:25 2011 by Don Tax
	bookkeepers insurance ? (Preview) Hi, I have 1 bookkeeping client who is a self employed sole trader. I have been preparing the profit/loss and balance sheet on a monthly basis for the past few months on a freelance basis. The client has now asked me to prepare the self assessment and has also asked whether I have bookkeepers insuran...	Kate1	6	1186	Thu Nov 24 20:34 2011 by Kate1
	Bookkeeping for a Limited Company (Preview) Hi there - I do some basic bookkeeping for a company. The manager of the company also has her own limited company and wanted me to help sort out her income and expenditure for her year end - it was basically a carrier bag full of receipts from the previous year. I have recorded all the expenditure on an exc...	Newbie66	5	4906	Thu Nov 24 18:37 2011 by Newbie66
	Client drawings and cash (Preview) Hello I have a client who mainly deals in cash :(. On a monthly basis he gets money from his clients in cash, and at the end of the month he retains some of this cash to pay himself. How do I record this as the money he receives never hits his bank account.	QBE Book-Keeping	7	1170	Thu Nov 24 17:17 2011 by ClareB4
	Getting started (Preview) I am currently doing the books for my husband using Sage having been made redundant in the summer. I need more clients but am lacking the confidence. I passed my Level 2 AAT and basic book keeping and sage exams 9 years ago. Since then I have worked as a book keeper and more recently in the financial dep...	Margo f	6	5543	Thu Nov 24 12:53 2011 by Margo f
	Software for ICB level II computerised (Preview) I need some software to do my Level II paper, but I'm not that far down the road and haven't bought any yet. I know a few on here like VT Transaction. I also know that people on the ICB forum have used Fusion to sit their papers. What has everyone else used? I need something that's easy to pick up as I really...	Jo Gordon	3	802	Wed Nov 23 09:05 2011 by Sylvia
	Beginning a career as a bookeeper (Preview) Hi all, I am looking to start a career as a bookeeper. My local college runs AAT levels 2,3,and4. I have no desire to work for a company, I would like to work self employed starting with just basic bookeeping for friends etc. I am wondering if the above courses will be over kill for my proposed career path...	ryancondon	18	1398	Tue Nov 22 21:46 2011 by freedomresources
	Employee True Costs - Confused Please Help!!? (Preview) Hi - I'm hoping someone can help I have been asked to work out the true costs of hourly paid employee's for a company I deal with. In a previous position we use to add on 12.07% for holiday pay and 12.8% (er's) NIC. Apart from the employers NI going up is there anything else I should take into account - should...	Betty Boo	2	3847	Tue Nov 22 20:07 2011 by Betty Boo
	A Level Accounting (Preview) Hi Guys I am self teaching myself the above subject, using Ian Harrison's Advanced Accounting for A2. A question I am stuck on and have attached the above question. I understand how to apportion everything, but on paragraph four in the answer where do they get the £380 for rent and rates, and £620 for h...	sally-anne	2	3547	Tue Nov 22 19:09 2011 by sally-anne
	Franchice (Preview) Hi guys What N/C would i put a Franchice under it was paid for from own funds 10.700 and paid in full so CR Capital DR what code in sage Thanks Marty	nautica	1	1038	Tue Nov 22 13:34 2011 by Robert Pearce
	Capital Allowance for Self Employed Capital Allowance annual Investment Allowance self Employed (Preview) Hi All, I have been struggling to get a clear answer on this for a while and am hoping the forum can help. A client has introduced, as part of his capital contribution tools that he owns into his self employed business (£5000). Would he be eligable for the annual investment allowance of £5000?	Gerrard	4	6609	Sun Nov 20 18:22 2011 by Gerrard
	A payroll beginning (Preview) Hello, as our company [small hotel restaurant] is going to start employing people for more than part time basis I understand that we have to set up a proper payroll system and register it to HMRC. Until now we have had everybody on a part time basis and nobody exceeded the qualifying thresholds for NIC o...	marudnis	2	2957	Fri Nov 18 16:10 2011 by Ridesy
	Need to check figures - Tax/Dividends - my head hurts (Preview) Hi Peeps, Sorry, just need to bounce some numbers of those here who are proficient at Tax calcs. I am being asked to calculate optimum Dividend payment for the two shareholders in our business, so as to maximise these up to the 40% threshold. Am I correct in assuming that as neither has any P11D benefits...	Ridesy	2	940	Fri Nov 18 16:01 2011 by Ridesy
	Dispensation - director renting a property nearer work, Leasing query and vat query. (Preview) Hi all I nice set of queries for anyone who is bored! 1) I have a client who is the sole director of a Ltd Co. She lives in Hastings but has to work regularly in London so is paying a friend £250 per mth for lodgings. Can this be included in a dispensation? 2) I have a client who is a director of a Ltd Co. he leas...	Lilac Bookkeeping	7	2694	Thu Nov 17 22:37 2011 by MarkS
	Uninvoiced, ex-gratia receipt (Preview) Hi all, A client is a director of a VAT-registered company. On occasion he will also act as an unpaid, independent chairman of another company's internal working group. He is not connected with this separate company in any way except that they send him an honorarium, ex-gratia, towards trav...	AICB	4	1966	Wed Nov 16 10:19 2011 by AICB
	"How to make the Finance the Go-to" Department - Free Paper Through AccountingWEB (Preview) http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/information-edge/nov11/520865/go-%E2%80%98fd%E2%80%99-%E2%80%98go-guy%E2%80%99-4-st...	CLAUD100	0	2066	Wed Nov 16 10:12 2011 by CLAUD100
	Accrual and old invoice (Preview) Hi Guys, I accrue 25 pounds towards water rates every month. So for sept man accts, i took 25 pm again. But the invoice came through last week, dated 05.09.2011 for £95 (1.6.11 to 31.8.11) for which the adjustments should have been done in sept. How could i bring about this adjustment to reflect it fro...	gustavo	0	903	Tue Nov 15 17:13 2011 by gustavo
	Broadband as an expense (Preview) Interesting discussion on another forum about expenses which can be claimed when running your business from home. An accountant (as far as I know) on this forum suggested that 100% of boradband costs could be claimed as, in their words "You can't run your business without it". Personall...	kjmcculloch83	14	2974	Tue Nov 15 16:23 2011 by Hal
	Year end date (Preview) Hi, Could I ask a quick question? Does the "Accounting Reference Date" as stated on Companies House website: EG 30/11 indicate a year end date of 30/11? Sorry it sounds obvious but I just wanted to make sure. No accounts have been previously filed. Tony	tonys	3	1008	Tue Nov 15 15:29 2011 by Wella
	Private car used on company business (Preview) Yet another 'use of a private car for company business' question... The Ltd company has 2 directors who drive to the clients' sites every day using their own personal cars. I understand that the company can pay each of them 45p per mile for the first 10,000 business miles for the year and 25p per miles fo...	fabs79	1	2394	Tue Nov 15 15:17 2011 by Stardoe
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