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

AliBee · AliBee

Happy Sunday All. I'm a big fan of reading business and motivational books (E-Myth, Traction, etc) and a recurring theme I keep reading is that a lot of successful business owners use a business coach. I can see the benefits, goal setting, use as a sounding board, but from some online quotes the costs s...

blueeyes · blueeyes

Hi, I have a client who has popped a load of receipts in and stated it was for building a 'workshop' in his garden. What are HMRC's views on this kind of thing? Is it allowable and if so should it be capitalised? TIA

lots to learn · lots to learn

Morning All Hope everyone is enjoying the sunny weather. Apologies for not being on here for a while, life and work just somehow got so busy! I'm just looking at depreciation for a business with caravan site/ holiday cottages etc. This is the first year so the cottages and caravan site were valued wh...

Jake93 · Jake93

Hi all.I'm looking for a bit of advice on how to record a mobile phone contract in my books.Please forgive me as I am new to bookkeeping and am learning as I go. Let me know if I'm wrong in what I'm saying So here's where I'm at...I currently pay £94.30 (ex. VAT) per month for 2 connections. Purchased throu...

Martin S · Martin S

Hello everyone,I'm feeling a little overwhelmed at the moment and was hoping I might be able to get some advice from you all... I have recently qualified and still need to sort out my practice license & liability insurance. I plan to make bookkeeping my full time employment eventually, I now f...

Leger · Leger

I have inherited a nightmare set of books from a client, done by a previous accountant. I have spent a lot of time and effort putting right what should be on the balance sheet, and bar the ct I've finally got to where I want to be and I'm left with just two item. Retained earnings from 16/17 and accruals. Th...

Leger · Leger

Sorry, I should actually know this. I am the Company Director I buy fuel on company debit or credit card. I claim mileage at 45p a mile. Are the transactions as follows: Fuel CR Bank DR DLA Mileage CR DLA DR Motor Expenses? Up until now I've just bought the fuel on company card and assigned it to...

Leger · Leger

Interesting one. Loans has been received by a Ltd Co which have then been withdrawn by the Director for personal use. No payments have been made on the loan by the Company so it looks as if the Director has utilised a business type loan and is making the repayments from a personal account. The credits...

Purple · Purple

Hi I have been presented with a fantastic opportunity to work for a firm and they have asked my views on being a subcontractor for them rather than an employee. I need some advice on where to start with this. It will be doing bookkeeping and accountancy work along with other adhoc things that come up. ...

morgwick · morgwick

Wow... An increase to £300. That's a bit of stinger for a part timer

AlleliA · AlleliA

Read a bunch of articles about Accounting going to the Cloud. Is this reliable? Thanks!

haymac · haymac

Hi All, Slightly miffed so apologies for rant. I work up to TB only then pass onto clients accountants for them to finalise. No problem with this, have forged a few good relationships over the years and gained clients as a result. But I am experiencing a bit of underhandedness (if that's a word) from on...

Artois · Artois

Just typed a question on my laptop but it won't submit for some reason so trying this on my iPad just to see

Casu · Casu

Hi just about to sign up my 1st sole trader client. she wants me to set up her HMRC account. I have my agent code for SA. can you tell me where I start first? do I register her as self employed and if so how? I can see a form that I can print from HMRC but can this be done online? is there a link you can supply p...

ZoesBookkeeping · ZoesBookkeeping

Hi Everyone I'm still using QuickBooks Pro 2015 desktop for some clients for bookkeeping and VAT. I'm wondering if I move them to an online MTD compatible programme how is best to charge them? Should they register with the new programme company and then have to pay the monthly fee themselves or should...

Artois · Artois

Good evening all I have had a dormant Ltd Co for a while and now finally decided to move from sole trader status to trading through the Ltd, started to get things up and running but only now thought about my HMRC agent account, do I need to open another agent account in the Ltd name? And if so I take it I will t...

Artois · Artois

Hi all, Got a call today from a client who informed me that he had just received a phone call from someone claiming to be from HMRC telling him that he owed them money and if it was not paid straight away then a warrant for his arrest would be issued, luckily he thought that it must be a scam and phoned me stra...

Leger · Leger

Always confuses me this. I have a lighting technician client and this year he has purchased replacement lighting, cabling etc. My gut instinct is for maintenance repairs and renewals (VT doesn't have the renewals bit but Taxfiler does) but not sure strictly if that's the right category or not. P...

Purple · Purple

Hi Could somebody help me to clarify how to report something please? I have a charity that holds a large amount of investments. During the financial year they sent a cheque for £50,000 to the stockbrokers that has been invested as appropriate alongside the many other investments that they hold. How w...

Stardoe · Stardoe

Hi All, Hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year. Probably all extremely busy now tax return deadline is approaching! Luckily I don't have any self-assessment clients, only Limited Companies, as winding down to retirement! This post follows on really from my previous post regarding calcu...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Business Coaching (Preview) Happy Sunday All. I'm a big fan of reading business and motivational books (E-Myth, Traction, etc) and a recurring theme I keep reading is that a lot of successful business owners use a business coach. I can see the benefits, goal setting, use as a sounding board, but from some online quotes the costs s...	AliBee	3	1796	Sun May 26 13:34 2019 by Cheshire
	How to account for new 'workshop' built at clients home (Preview) Hi, I have a client who has popped a load of receipts in and stated it was for building a 'workshop' in his garden. What are HMRC's views on this kind of thing? Is it allowable and if so should it be capitalised? TIA	blueeyes	17	2268	Sun May 26 12:42 2019 by Cheshire
	Holiday Cottage Depreciation (Preview) Morning All Hope everyone is enjoying the sunny weather. Apologies for not being on here for a while, life and work just somehow got so busy! I'm just looking at depreciation for a business with caravan site/ holiday cottages etc. This is the first year so the cottages and caravan site were valued wh...	lots to learn	4	1791	Mon May 20 12:18 2019 by lots to learn
	Recording Mobile phone contract (Preview) Hi all.I'm looking for a bit of advice on how to record a mobile phone contract in my books.Please forgive me as I am new to bookkeeping and am learning as I go. Let me know if I'm wrong in what I'm saying So here's where I'm at...I currently pay £94.30 (ex. VAT) per month for 2 connections. Purchased throu...	Jake93	1	1485	Fri May 17 18:49 2019 by Artois
	Where do you start with new clients? (Preview) Hello everyone,I'm feeling a little overwhelmed at the moment and was hoping I might be able to get some advice from you all... I have recently qualified and still need to sort out my practice license & liability insurance. I plan to make bookkeeping my full time employment eventually, I now f...	Martin S	18	2728	Fri May 17 07:52 2019 by Bucks Bodger
	Help with balance sheet adjustments (Preview) I have inherited a nightmare set of books from a client, done by a previous accountant. I have spent a lot of time and effort putting right what should be on the balance sheet, and bar the ct I've finally got to where I want to be and I'm left with just two item. Retained earnings from 16/17 and accruals. Th...	Leger	6	1878	Fri Apr 19 11:47 2019 by Leger
	Correct accounting procedure for Director's mileage. (Preview) Sorry, I should actually know this. I am the Company Director I buy fuel on company debit or credit card. I claim mileage at 45p a mile. Are the transactions as follows: Fuel CR Bank DR DLA Mileage CR DLA DR Motor Expenses? Up until now I've just bought the fuel on company card and assigned it to...	Leger	3	2033	Mon Apr 15 14:29 2019 by Cheshire
	Loans into Company used personally by Director (Preview) Interesting one. Loans has been received by a Ltd Co which have then been withdrawn by the Director for personal use. No payments have been made on the loan by the Company so it looks as if the Director has utilised a business type loan and is making the repayments from a personal account. The credits...	Leger	5	1879	Sat Apr 6 13:52 2019 by Cheshire
	Subcontractor versus employee (Preview) Hi I have been presented with a fantastic opportunity to work for a firm and they have asked my views on being a subcontractor for them rather than an employee. I need some advice on where to start with this. It will be doing bookkeeping and accountancy work along with other adhoc things that come up. ...	Purple	14	1980	Fri Apr 5 11:38 2019 by Leger
	Increase in MLR (Preview) Wow... An increase to £300. That's a bit of stinger for a part timer	morgwick	1	1763	Thu Apr 4 23:21 2019 by Cheshire
	Should we trust the cloud? ( 1 2 ) Accounting Cloud Modern (Preview) Read a bunch of articles about Accounting going to the Cloud. Is this reliable? Thanks!	AlleliA	70	29106	Tue Mar 26 10:13 2019 by Cheshire
	Accountants (Preview) Hi All, Slightly miffed so apologies for rant. I work up to TB only then pass onto clients accountants for them to finalise. No problem with this, have forged a few good relationships over the years and gained clients as a result. But I am experiencing a bit of underhandedness (if that's a word) from on...	haymac	4	1756	Sat Mar 23 11:23 2019 by haymac
	Can't submit post (Preview) Just typed a question on my laptop but it won't submit for some reason so trying this on my iPad just to see	Artois	0	1308	Sat Mar 16 10:29 2019 by Artois
	New client, what to do? (Preview) Hi just about to sign up my 1st sole trader client. she wants me to set up her HMRC account. I have my agent code for SA. can you tell me where I start first? do I register her as self employed and if so how? I can see a form that I can print from HMRC but can this be done online? is there a link you can supply p...	Casu	3	1791	Mon Mar 11 13:37 2019 by Casu
	Cheap MTD compliant software customer charges - Move QuickBooks data to another programme (Preview) Hi Everyone I'm still using QuickBooks Pro 2015 desktop for some clients for bookkeeping and VAT. I'm wondering if I move them to an online MTD compatible programme how is best to charge them? Should they register with the new programme company and then have to pay the monthly fee themselves or should...	ZoesBookkeeping	3	1686	Tue Mar 5 15:36 2019 by ZoesBookkeeping
	Transition to Ltd Co (Preview) Good evening all I have had a dormant Ltd Co for a while and now finally decided to move from sole trader status to trading through the Ltd, started to get things up and running but only now thought about my HMRC agent account, do I need to open another agent account in the Ltd name? And if so I take it I will t...	Artois	7	1550	Tue Feb 26 13:00 2019 by Artois
	HMRC Scam (Preview) Hi all, Got a call today from a client who informed me that he had just received a phone call from someone claiming to be from HMRC telling him that he owed them money and if it was not paid straight away then a warrant for his arrest would be issued, luckily he thought that it must be a scam and phoned me stra...	Artois	5	2147	Thu Feb 7 14:12 2019 by Cheshire
	Tell me where to stick it!! (Preview) Always confuses me this. I have a lighting technician client and this year he has purchased replacement lighting, cabling etc. My gut instinct is for maintenance repairs and renewals (VT doesn't have the renewals bit but Taxfiler does) but not sure strictly if that's the right category or not. P...	Leger	12	2048	Wed Jan 30 20:23 2019 by Artois
	Charity Reporting for Investements (Preview) Hi Could somebody help me to clarify how to report something please? I have a charity that holds a large amount of investments. During the financial year they sent a cheque for £50,000 to the stockbrokers that has been invested as appropriate alongside the many other investments that they hold. How w...	Purple	4	1715	Sun Jan 27 23:08 2019 by Cheshire
	Actual number of holiday days taken irrelevant? (Preview) Hi All, Hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year. Probably all extremely busy now tax return deadline is approaching! Luckily I don't have any self-assessment clients, only Limited Companies, as winding down to retirement! This post follows on really from my previous post regarding calcu...	Stardoe	9	2004	Thu Jan 24 09:52 2019 by pictures
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