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

Count1314 · Count1314

When it comes to trades especially small businesses that employ tradesman/subcontractors, it is really important to be able to analyse margins job by job. I do this for a couple of clients using departments in Sage and then performing a long and time consuming set of adjustments following an export...

Kirst88 · Kirst88

I am looking for help on how this works. If two people set up a company together as a partnership and both register as self employed but neither of the partners is a limited company then does this not make them an official partnership? For accounting purposes would they only need to calculate the inco...

Ashley Drive · Ashley Drive

If i company receives and invoice for goods purchased from a private individual who does not charge vat and the goods are then sent to a bonded warehouse will we be able to claim the VAT back when the goods come out bond ?

RedTapeDoc · RedTapeDoc

Our business is predominantly an on line business so we are looking at changing to a PayPal - Automated Accounting system called KashFlow anyone using it?

Ashley Drive · Ashley Drive

Hi I need help. I just joined a company and noticed that the director has: Taken goods out of the business for personal use The business was charged for these goods The business paid for these goods The director has permanently taken the goods for his personal affairs The previous accountant has pu...

Jenny1974 · Jenny1974

I'm getting a bit confused and hope someone can please help me. I understand the concept of deferred income, and also work in progress. What I'm struggling with is the term accrued income. To me this seems the same as work in progress ie work you've completed or started that you haven't yet invoiced. C...

woody88 · woody88

Good afternoon, I have a query relating to the CIS treatment of income received for a Recuitment consultants in the Construction industry. So far I have ascertained that the client has two revenue streams, as follows: 1.) One-off income from permanent placements 2.) Monthly income from sub-con...

gustavo · gustavo

Hi All, I keep book for 5 companies. We have made an overpayment last year in 'A' company for 150. We paid 150 twice against an invoice. we dont do much business with this supplier. but now we have received an invoice from this supplier for Company 'B' for 300. So i am planning to set off the overpayment in A...

gbm · gbm

We have someone working for us who deals with wages, and therefore I'm not 'in the loop' with dealing with HMRC as much these days. However, we seem to be getting more and more problems in this area. The latest one which we've struggled with a bit over the last couple of months is actually getting HMRC...

chellawson · chellawson

http://www.scribd.com/doc/63890293/92/Layout-of-control-accounts

Sweetpea · Sweetpea

Hi One of my client's supplier has gone in administration. The supplier has already invoiced my client with work that has not been finished. As my client was doing a big project he had to finish the job so he sub-contracted other suppliers to finish the un-finished work for which he had to pay of course...

Shamus · Shamus

Hi all, in my reading today I came accross an interesting fact about IFAC which is a bit of an eye opener to our profession. IFAC represents 160 accountancy bodies in 120 countries representing 2.5 million accountants. 2,500,000!!!! I didn't realise that there were anywhere near that number of acco...

newtotax · newtotax

Hi all, I am the director of my limited company which has no other employees. I recently started a permanent job but still have money in the company which I plan to leave in the company in case I return to using the company at any time. I am looking to do a postgrad university course and to use money in my comp...

chellawson · chellawson

Am I write in thinking that at the month end when doing all the adjustments, bad debit is classed as an expense and therefore a debit ajustment?? or am I total wrong, Ive been lefty a note for bad debt and it has written on it credit adjustment. Advice gratefully recevied

SuzanneD · SuzanneD

Hi All, I need help please! I have a client who is an estate agent and they have started doing lettings. The problem I've got is that they get money into their client account from the tennant for rent, which is then paid out of the client account to the landlord. They then take a rental commission. Eg. They...

Cindy112 · Cindy112

Hi all, Will sage only allow to print out current financial year P/L acccount, how about if I want to print out previous year's P/L account from sage? Plus I dont think I remember to have changed financial year from last year to current year on sage, will it change automatically?

Ginta · Ginta

Hello Everyone,I credited the invoice that had already been paid. How can I refund the customer in Sage and allocate this payment against his next invoice? Is it correct to go to Customer Writte Off/Refunds and choose the invoice I want to refund? Shall I put in additional reference section the new in...

linda19 · linda19

There are a number of Chq stubs with Capital Intruduced on for various amounts for the start of a new company. The Director paid from his own account. How do i enter this to bank account on line 50 and which N/C does it go to please ? Thanks

Amanda · Amanda

Hi Everyone, I was wondering how many bookkeepers offer to do Tax returns? I currently don't do it at the moment as I don't feel confident enough to do it although I do do my own. I have OCR bookkeeping (from sometime ago), SAGE, and AAT Intermediate (think its level 3 now), I am going to hopefully enrol o...

Toepoke · Toepoke

Good evening all. I have just registered and I hope I am doing this right or I probably won't get many responses. I am helping a friend get started with her new mobile hairdressing business and will be doing her accounts and tax return. I have set up her initial record keeping schedules for her expenses a...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Job Costing.........sort of! (Preview) When it comes to trades especially small businesses that employ tradesman/subcontractors, it is really important to be able to analyse margins job by job. I do this for a couple of clients using departments in Sage and then performing a long and time consuming set of adjustments following an export...	Count1314	1	5225	Wed Sep 14 17:21 2011 by HendyPhilhendy
	Partnerships Explain??? (Preview) I am looking for help on how this works. If two people set up a company together as a partnership and both register as self employed but neither of the partners is a limited company then does this not make them an official partnership? For accounting purposes would they only need to calculate the inco...	Kirst88	12	6722	Wed Sep 14 16:55 2011 by Don Tax
	BONDED GOODS (Preview) If i company receives and invoice for goods purchased from a private individual who does not charge vat and the goods are then sent to a bonded warehouse will we be able to claim the VAT back when the goods come out bond ?	Ashley Drive	0	4545	Wed Sep 14 15:55 2011 by Ashley Drive
	Automated Accounting for PayPal (Preview) Our business is predominantly an on line business so we are looking at changing to a PayPal - Automated Accounting system called KashFlow anyone using it?	RedTapeDoc	3	4651	Wed Sep 14 14:09 2011 by RedTapeDoc
	Directors Loan Account (Preview) Hi I need help. I just joined a company and noticed that the director has: Taken goods out of the business for personal use The business was charged for these goods The business paid for these goods The director has permanently taken the goods for his personal affairs The previous accountant has pu...	Ashley Drive	10	5870	Wed Sep 14 13:17 2011 by BudgetB
	Difference between accrued income and WIP (Preview) I'm getting a bit confused and hope someone can please help me. I understand the concept of deferred income, and also work in progress. What I'm struggling with is the term accrued income. To me this seems the same as work in progress ie work you've completed or started that you haven't yet invoiced. C...	Jenny1974	4	17902	Wed Sep 14 13:11 2011 by Jenny1974
	CIS Tax for Recruitment Business (Preview) Good afternoon, I have a query relating to the CIS treatment of income received for a Recuitment consultants in the Construction industry. So far I have ascertained that the client has two revenue streams, as follows: 1.) One-off income from permanent placements 2.) Monthly income from sub-con...	woody88	2	6908	Wed Sep 14 11:28 2011 by Peasie
	supplier credit (Preview) Hi All, I keep book for 5 companies. We have made an overpayment last year in 'A' company for 150. We paid 150 twice against an invoice. we dont do much business with this supplier. but now we have received an invoice from this supplier for Company 'B' for 300. So i am planning to set off the overpayment in A...	gustavo	1	1427	Tue Sep 13 11:47 2011 by jenand
	HMRC and PAYE (Preview) We have someone working for us who deals with wages, and therefore I'm not 'in the loop' with dealing with HMRC as much these days. However, we seem to be getting more and more problems in this area. The latest one which we've struggled with a bit over the last couple of months is actually getting HMRC...	gbm	10	10466	Tue Sep 13 10:27 2011 by Don Tax
	Frank woods book (Preview) http://www.scribd.com/doc/63890293/92/Layout-of-control-accounts	chellawson	2	4631	Sat Sep 10 14:23 2011 by chellawson
	Supplier gone in administration (Preview) Hi One of my client's supplier has gone in administration. The supplier has already invoiced my client with work that has not been finished. As my client was doing a big project he had to finish the job so he sub-contracted other suppliers to finish the un-finished work for which he had to pay of course...	Sweetpea	4	1852	Fri Sep 9 18:01 2011 by Sweetpea
	Interesting fact about the number of qualified accountants. (Preview) Hi all, in my reading today I came accross an interesting fact about IFAC which is a bit of an eye opener to our profession. IFAC represents 160 accountancy bodies in 120 countries representing 2.5 million accountants. 2,500,000!!!! I didn't realise that there were anywhere near that number of acco...	Shamus	4	5405	Thu Sep 8 19:05 2011 by ADAS
	Limited company paying for director's university fees (Preview) Hi all, I am the director of my limited company which has no other employees. I recently started a permanent job but still have money in the company which I plan to leave in the company in case I return to using the company at any time. I am looking to do a postgrad university course and to use money in my comp...	newtotax	9	11000	Thu Sep 8 19:04 2011 by YLB-HO
	Bad Debit write off (Preview) Am I write in thinking that at the month end when doing all the adjustments, bad debit is classed as an expense and therefore a debit ajustment?? or am I total wrong, Ive been lefty a note for bad debt and it has written on it credit adjustment. Advice gratefully recevied	chellawson	4	1528	Thu Sep 8 17:48 2011 by chellawson
	How to deal with lettings/rentals for estate agent (Preview) Hi All, I need help please! I have a client who is an estate agent and they have started doing lettings. The problem I've got is that they get money into their client account from the tennant for rent, which is then paid out of the client account to the landlord. They then take a rental commission. Eg. They...	SuzanneD	1	1098	Thu Sep 8 16:56 2011 by BudgetB
	How can I print out previous financial years P/L account? (Preview) Hi all, Will sage only allow to print out current financial year P/L acccount, how about if I want to print out previous year's P/L account from sage? Plus I dont think I remember to have changed financial year from last year to current year on sage, will it change automatically?	Cindy112	2	7137	Thu Sep 8 13:33 2011 by HendyPhilhendy
	A refund for paid invoice (Preview) Hello Everyone,I credited the invoice that had already been paid. How can I refund the customer in Sage and allocate this payment against his next invoice? Is it correct to go to Customer Writte Off/Refunds and choose the invoice I want to refund? Shall I put in additional reference section the new in...	Ginta	2	1361	Thu Sep 8 01:28 2011 by Ginta
	Capital Introduced (Preview) There are a number of Chq stubs with Capital Intruduced on for various amounts for the start of a new company. The Director paid from his own account. How do i enter this to bank account on line 50 and which N/C does it go to please ? Thanks	linda19	1	999	Wed Sep 7 22:35 2011 by Stuartbham
	Do many Bookkeepers offer Tax returns (simple ones). (Preview) Hi Everyone, I was wondering how many bookkeepers offer to do Tax returns? I currently don't do it at the moment as I don't feel confident enough to do it although I do do my own. I have OCR bookkeeping (from sometime ago), SAGE, and AAT Intermediate (think its level 3 now), I am going to hopefully enrol o...	Amanda	18	8123	Wed Sep 7 21:26 2011 by Susie Sue
	Motor expenses (Preview) Good evening all. I have just registered and I hope I am doing this right or I probably won't get many responses. I am helping a friend get started with her new mobile hairdressing business and will be doing her accounts and tax return. I have set up her initial record keeping schedules for her expenses a...	Toepoke	0	875	Wed Sep 7 21:10 2011 by Toepoke
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