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

Vinci · Vinci

Hi, I am planning to file my account in the Companies House through webfiling this month.In fact, there was no trading activities in this accounting period though given the fact that the last-filed accounts were small company, abbreviated accounts, exempt from being audited which is not dorman...

tonys · tonys

Hi all, Is there vat on flight usually? Regards, Tony

Amanda · Amanda

Hi Everyone, I have just taken on another new client this evening and he has been self-employed for 4/5 years, hes not very big although will have to probably go VAT reg this year. He is a Sole trader. He does his own SA on line although I will have a look at these in more detail when I come of holiday in Sept...

lubish · lubish

hello, the following nominal codes are included in the year end report 4000 4002 5000 6201 7102 7103 7304 7502 7900 7901 9998 3200 nc 7000 rent is not included ; isn't that part of year end; also is it possible to change chart of accounts or the ones included in year end are included automatically. regar...

Fidget · Fidget

Hi, I'm using MS Accounting at work for our sundry debtors system, and on Fri I tried to raise some invoices and on trying to save got the message "invoice number already in use, given number xxxx instead." It happened for the next 4 numbers in the sequence, and the result is that I've got 4 num...

debzinkent · debzinkent

We received a purchase invoice that we then paid. It transpired that the purchase invoice wasn't actually for us so the company sent us a cheque to repay the payment. I can't figure out how to treat the transaction. Do I leave the invoice on the purchase ledger as the supplier account is at a nil balance...

morgwick · morgwick

Hi, I have a client who is self employed, but his wife and him have income totalling £3900 for hosting foreign students. Am I right in that this income is tax free? If so, does it need to be mentioned anywhere on the Tax Return. I don't deal with tax, my client does his own TR, so wanted to advise him correct...

Minty · Minty

Hi all. What can be done in the following scenario? A bookkeeper takes on a new client at the start of a new financial year, but discovers that the accountant's end of year figures do not take account of things like closing stock, company vehicle value, petty cash on hand at year end, creditors, etc....

alegna · alegna

Hi all first time user and I need some advice. I'm in the process of taking on a new client and their circumstances are slightly complicated. The orginal owner of the business passed away in May 2011 and his sister is now trying to sort out his estate as she wants to carry on with the business by setting up...

Marky65 · Marky65

Hi I hope that everyone is having a good weekend. I have just been approached about a potential opportunity to do the bookkeeping for a licensed premises (pub/bar), and I was wondering whether there is anything that I should specifically be aware of. Thanks for your help Regards Mark

Liz · Liz

I have taken over the bookkeeping of a business that runs 2 payroll schemes. They have received coding notices for both scheme splitting the employees allowances but they have ignored these. Everyone is on a tax code of 747L on one scheme and BR on the other. Is this acceptable or should we be using the...

Liz1967 · Liz1967

Hi all First post here, although I have lurked as I have found the answers to many questions through this forum. I am the book keeper for my husbands limited company; I can sign cheques up to £1000 but over that value my husband has to counter sign. Really cross with myself because I forgot to ask him to c...

morgwick · morgwick

Hi all, I need to prepare the accounts for a client who changed to a limited company part way through his financial year. I need to prepare partnership accounts to date of incorporation. Regarding the closing balances of the partnership, can these be brought in as opening balances on the limited comp...

lyns · lyns

Hi Guys, Im currently studying sage 50 accounts as part of my course, just finished day 1 yesterday and baffled by it a little. Anyway my question is i have to visit the training centre to do the course which is a 2 hour round trip which is fine but what i wondered is how much is it roughly to buy Sage 50 2011 a...

celliott73 · celliott73

Hi, I work with number of not-for-profits (they are companies limited by guarantee and not registered charities). I have had conflicting advice about whether or not donations (made by individuals) are considered a taxable income or not. I can find nothing on the HMRC website to confirm or deny. An...

Consul · Consul

I was contracted to do an internal audit on a multinational company, however their accounts on this side of the sea is a total mess. It has me questioning everything fundemental principle I know. So I need some support with respect to confirming my ideas or correction where needed. Now the company ha...

Weebly_one · Weebly_one

This is due for release this week, and I just sat the dealers new features course this morning. I tweeted details of the most useful new features to my @siliconbullet account, and am about to do a summary on the company facebook page too if anyone is interested. The features I thought would be most usef...

joanne06 · joanne06

hi guys, just stumbled across this website and thought i'd ask for some advice. my friend has recently opened a salon and has asked me to do her accounts as i'm AAT qualified (not registered though) am i ok to do her accounts or not? i'm not charging her for it (just doing it out of the goodness of my heart an...

Darksy · Darksy

Hi New Just come across this site fist can i say i am not a Bookkeeper so hope its ok to ask for some help. i started my business April 2010 and purchased a copy of Sage accounts and i have been following the book that i got with it . So i could do my own accounts and all has been ok. I got behind with my...

yout85 · yout85

Good evening all, I can't believe it's all happened so quickly, but in the space of around 2 weeks, I have gone from deciding this is what I want to do with my life, to reading literally any online guidance I could find.... to being on the verge of being IAB qualified. I have filled out all the application f...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Abbreviated B/S Need Input (Preview) Hi, I am planning to file my account in the Companies House through webfiling this month.In fact, there was no trading activities in this accounting period though given the fact that the last-filed accounts were small company, abbreviated accounts, exempt from being audited which is not dorman...	Vinci	27	13962	Wed Aug 10 12:55 2011 by HendyPhilhendy
	vat on flights (Preview) Hi all, Is there vat on flight usually? Regards, Tony	tonys	1	1326	Tue Aug 9 17:01 2011 by Wella
	New client -extra income from a flat (Preview) Hi Everyone, I have just taken on another new client this evening and he has been self-employed for 4/5 years, hes not very big although will have to probably go VAT reg this year. He is a Sole trader. He does his own SA on line although I will have a look at these in more detail when I come of holiday in Sept...	Amanda	9	6837	Tue Aug 9 12:52 2011 by BudgetB
	year end report (Preview) hello, the following nominal codes are included in the year end report 4000 4002 5000 6201 7102 7103 7304 7502 7900 7901 9998 3200 nc 7000 rent is not included ; isn't that part of year end; also is it possible to change chart of accounts or the ones included in year end are included automatically. regar...	lubish	3	1211	Mon Aug 8 17:41 2011 by BudgetB
	MS Accounting - Invoice numbers (Preview) Hi, I'm using MS Accounting at work for our sundry debtors system, and on Fri I tried to raise some invoices and on trying to save got the message "invoice number already in use, given number xxxx instead." It happened for the next 4 numbers in the sequence, and the result is that I've got 4 num...	Fidget	0	795	Mon Aug 8 15:52 2011 by Fidget
	Purchase invoice question (Preview) We received a purchase invoice that we then paid. It transpired that the purchase invoice wasn't actually for us so the company sent us a cheque to repay the payment. I can't figure out how to treat the transaction. Do I leave the invoice on the purchase ledger as the supplier account is at a nil balance...	debzinkent	2	915	Mon Aug 8 12:55 2011 by debzinkent
	Hosting Foreign Students - Tax free income? (Preview) Hi, I have a client who is self employed, but his wife and him have income totalling £3900 for hosting foreign students. Am I right in that this income is tax free? If so, does it need to be mentioned anywhere on the Tax Return. I don't deal with tax, my client does his own TR, so wanted to advise him correct...	morgwick	1	2391	Mon Aug 8 12:24 2011 by Don Tax
	Accountants Figures Incomplete (Preview) Hi all. What can be done in the following scenario? A bookkeeper takes on a new client at the start of a new financial year, but discovers that the accountant's end of year figures do not take account of things like closing stock, company vehicle value, petty cash on hand at year end, creditors, etc....	Minty	5	1322	Sun Aug 7 19:39 2011 by HendyPhilhendy
	Changing accountants (Preview) Hi all first time user and I need some advice. I'm in the process of taking on a new client and their circumstances are slightly complicated. The orginal owner of the business passed away in May 2011 and his sister is now trying to sort out his estate as she wants to carry on with the business by setting up...	alegna	5	1180	Sun Aug 7 19:32 2011 by HendyPhilhendy
	Licensed premises, pub/bar (Preview) Hi I hope that everyone is having a good weekend. I have just been approached about a potential opportunity to do the bookkeeping for a licensed premises (pub/bar), and I was wondering whether there is anything that I should specifically be aware of. Thanks for your help Regards Mark	Marky65	3	1431	Sun Aug 7 19:13 2011 by Marky65
	Tax code notices (Preview) I have taken over the bookkeeping of a business that runs 2 payroll schemes. They have received coding notices for both scheme splitting the employees allowances but they have ignored these. Everyone is on a tax code of 747L on one scheme and BR on the other. Is this acceptable or should we be using the...	Liz	1	1293	Sat Aug 6 00:13 2011 by Don Tax
	Cheque Signing Limits (Preview) Hi all First post here, although I have lurked as I have found the answers to many questions through this forum. I am the book keeper for my husbands limited company; I can sign cheques up to £1000 but over that value my husband has to counter sign. Really cross with myself because I forgot to ask him to c...	Liz1967	2	1869	Fri Aug 5 21:27 2011 by Liz1967
	Existing Partnership now a limited company (Preview) Hi all, I need to prepare the accounts for a client who changed to a limited company part way through his financial year. I need to prepare partnership accounts to date of incorporation. Regarding the closing balances of the partnership, can these be brought in as opening balances on the limited comp...	morgwick	6	1839	Fri Aug 5 20:43 2011 by morgwick
	Sage 50 Accounts 2011 (Preview) Hi Guys, Im currently studying sage 50 accounts as part of my course, just finished day 1 yesterday and baffled by it a little. Anyway my question is i have to visit the training centre to do the course which is a 2 hour round trip which is fine but what i wondered is how much is it roughly to buy Sage 50 2011 a...	lyns	8	6760	Thu Aug 4 22:41 2011 by semsley
	not-for-profits, donations & tax (Preview) Hi, I work with number of not-for-profits (they are companies limited by guarantee and not registered charities). I have had conflicting advice about whether or not donations (made by individuals) are considered a taxable income or not. I can find nothing on the HMRC website to confirm or deny. An...	celliott73	10	7842	Thu Aug 4 12:25 2011 by YLB-HO
	Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) (Preview) I was contracted to do an internal audit on a multinational company, however their accounts on this side of the sea is a total mess. It has me questioning everything fundemental principle I know. So I need some support with respect to confirming my ideas or correction where needed. Now the company ha...	Consul	2	1153	Wed Aug 3 19:44 2011 by Consul
	Sage 50 Accounts 2012 (Preview) This is due for release this week, and I just sat the dealers new features course this morning. I tweeted details of the most useful new features to my @siliconbullet account, and am about to do a summary on the company facebook page too if anyone is interested. The features I thought would be most usef...	Weebly_one	1	3763	Wed Aug 3 19:02 2011 by Julies bookkeeping
	Haridressers accounts (Preview) hi guys, just stumbled across this website and thought i'd ask for some advice. my friend has recently opened a salon and has asked me to do her accounts as i'm AAT qualified (not registered though) am i ok to do her accounts or not? i'm not charging her for it (just doing it out of the goodness of my heart an...	joanne06	1	1227	Wed Aug 3 16:39 2011 by Don Tax
	New and need some help (Preview) Hi New Just come across this site fist can i say i am not a Bookkeeper so hope its ok to ask for some help. i started my business April 2010 and purchased a copy of Sage accounts and i have been following the book that i got with it . So i could do my own accounts and all has been ok. I got behind with my...	Darksy	3	1269	Wed Aug 3 12:31 2011 by Wella
	....Nearly there (Preview) Good evening all, I can't believe it's all happened so quickly, but in the space of around 2 weeks, I have gone from deciding this is what I want to do with my life, to reading literally any online guidance I could find.... to being on the verge of being IAB qualified. I have filled out all the application f...	yout85	5	1455	Tue Aug 2 18:50 2011 by KTC
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