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

Lisa68 · Lisa68

Good Morning!! I have just received my self assessment exam back with a grade of 94% what a long 3 weeks!!! sat at it yesterday and after many cups of tea have now correcting the silly mistakes, its amazing what a cup ot tea does fingers crossed I'll achieve a 100% grade this time.

setmoa · setmoa

Hi I have just started doing the books for a small company and one area that they seem to need improvement is dealing with their cash. Whatever they set up it needs to be easy to do without any hassle (or else it wont get done) They have incoming cash from Sales which i they already mark down but then 3 of the s...

Bmonster · Bmonster

Hi there I'm looking for some help with depreciation.. There was a disposal in March which I put through but I have been asked to write back the cum depn in April. The addition was £5,075 in Nov 10 and the disposal was £3,850 in March the depn in March was £169 - how much should I write back and what would my en...

Annasweetbaby · Annasweetbaby

Hi everyone, I am new here and so great to find this place, everyone seems so friendly - I am a starter and here I have a VAT related question: for VAT registered business: the VAT Account - I thought only Sales & Purchase items need to post VAT into the VAT Account, what about bills paid for Telephone,...

geek84 · geek84

Hi Folks I have completed the computerised book keeping course up to level 2. Can someone please advice what type of employers I should apply for to get the relevant book keeping experience in, for example, sales/purchase ledger etc? Shall I concentrate on applying to local accountants or any lo...

Amanda · Amanda

Hi Everyone, My turn to ask a question about Sage (not normally asking about sage). I have V12 Instants and I am going through the yr end stuff, and I have notice that I have posted a Purchase inv with Vat of 17.5% on it but the inv doesn't actually have any VAT on it. The VAt Q was done along time ago and the b...

redhed · redhed

Hi All, I hope it's ok to post this question here. I think I'm a little over my head! I'm a part-qualified accountant who has worked in the finance dept of several large corporations for 10 years. This year I quit my job to start a bookkeeping business. I have my first client (hurray) who are a small chari...

donaldfleming · donaldfleming

I understand that on preparing a balance sheet some people treat uncleared cheques to creditors as a current liability.If this is the case, what entry would appear under the heading of current assets in order to balance the accounts?Would the bank balance include uncleared cheques? Or would a sepa...

debzinkent · debzinkent

Being new to accruals/prepayments I tend to get a tad confused, so please excuse the basic question. I use Sage and when I did the VAT period ending January 2011 I forgot to reconcile the VAT, so consequently when I did reconcile it, the VAT due was different to the submitted return insofar as we had o...

herry · herry

what is the major reason that accounting profit differes from financial profit??? << link removed by moderator >> -- Edited by Shamus on Thursday 28th of July 2011 11:52:01 PM

setmoa · setmoa

Hi I just wanted to double check myself: I have a Trial Balance with the following figures for VAT and PAYE: 2202 Vat Liability - Dr Balance £3,406.32 2210 NI & PAYE Control - Cr Balance £10,039.58 1. From what i understand the amount in the Vat Liability account 2202 should be a credit balance of wha...

Jeff1234 · Jeff1234

Hi all, I'm new to the forum. I've been book keeping for a small family run company that I work for, along with a lot of other tasks, for a few years now but have come up against a problem. The company was set up by my Mother in Law many years ago and from what I can gather, she was always quite careful about maki...

stripe · stripe

I'm kind of green at this game. I've worked in accounts for years, I currently am employed as a book-keeper at and accountants . . . . . but I never considered the MLR and PI insurance in my half thought out plans to go self employed as a book-keeper. I enjoy doing the book-keeping part, I do not enjoy doing...

Noola · Noola

I've been getting everything together to send to the accountant for year end. Is there anything I should be checking before sending? I have no idea where to start to ensure that there are no mistakes, or if there is I am aware of them incase the accountant rings up. Do you have some sort of routine before s...

Applepark · Applepark

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me. I am trying to set up a skeleton journal on sage, so I can use it each month. I have followed the help on sage, including checking the "copy skeleton journal box" in the preferences, however after I have named the file and input info into the description box...

Alison · Alison

Hi Does anyone know about sale of fixed assets and depreciation please? We had retail premises which we closed in November 2009 but had the premises until March 2010 and sold of quite a lot of fixed assets on ebay after we had closed. I have left things quite late as deadline with companies house is 31s...

AnyaC · AnyaC

Hi all, If you are working with incomplete records is there an allowance for lost receipts, if so how much or what percentage is this, please. Many Thanks for your help in advance! Anya

Shelly · Shelly

Dear All, I would appreciate if someone could help me. I am not an accountant but I worked a little bit with the accountant for six years. We used Sage for our accounts. Now my partner opened a company 3 years ago (he is a sole trader). For the last 5 months hes been VAT registered. Until last month we used...

Smallio · Smallio

I am working through Accounting Skills by Margaret Nicholson and just completed an assignment which included having to record the accounts to be credited and debited in a scenario where the proprietor takes goods out of the business for his/her personal use. I recorded my answer as Debit DRAWINGS a...

Shelly · Shelly

Hi, My partner has a building company and he will need an accountant to start and put all the books as they should be into Sage. That is only a few day job I believe. However if there is anyone who has some time please contact me on this forum. Shelly

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Self Assessment Exam (Preview) Good Morning!! I have just received my self assessment exam back with a grade of 94% what a long 3 weeks!!! sat at it yesterday and after many cups of tea have now correcting the silly mistakes, its amazing what a cup ot tea does fingers crossed I'll achieve a 100% grade this time.	Lisa68	9	5511	Mon May 9 21:13 2011 by Stardoe
	Company Cash Reconciliation (Preview) Hi I have just started doing the books for a small company and one area that they seem to need improvement is dealing with their cash. Whatever they set up it needs to be easy to do without any hassle (or else it wont get done) They have incoming cash from Sales which i they already mark down but then 3 of the s...	setmoa	2	4469	Mon May 9 15:00 2011 by setmoa
	Depreciation (Preview) Hi there I'm looking for some help with depreciation.. There was a disposal in March which I put through but I have been asked to write back the cum depn in April. The addition was £5,075 in Nov 10 and the disposal was £3,850 in March the depn in March was £169 - how much should I write back and what would my en...	Bmonster	5	2819	Mon May 9 13:33 2011 by Anderson Accountancy
	VAT question - someone help please (Preview) Hi everyone, I am new here and so great to find this place, everyone seems so friendly - I am a starter and here I have a VAT related question: for VAT registered business: the VAT Account - I thought only Sales & Purchase items need to post VAT into the VAT Account, what about bills paid for Telephone,...	Annasweetbaby	4	5426	Sun May 8 12:52 2011 by Stardoe
	Where to apply to gain book keeping experience? (Preview) Hi Folks I have completed the computerised book keeping course up to level 2. Can someone please advice what type of employers I should apply for to get the relevant book keeping experience in, for example, sales/purchase ledger etc? Shall I concentrate on applying to local accountants or any lo...	geek84	9	5192	Sat May 7 17:15 2011 by Annasweetbaby
	Help needed with SAGE! (Preview) Hi Everyone, My turn to ask a question about Sage (not normally asking about sage). I have V12 Instants and I am going through the yr end stuff, and I have notice that I have posted a Purchase inv with Vat of 17.5% on it but the inv doesn't actually have any VAT on it. The VAt Q was done along time ago and the b...	Amanda	7	4922	Fri May 6 21:57 2011 by Stardoe
	Help! Sorting out previous finance managers mess... (Preview) Hi All, I hope it's ok to post this question here. I think I'm a little over my head! I'm a part-qualified accountant who has worked in the finance dept of several large corporations for 10 years. This year I quit my job to start a bookkeeping business. I have my first client (hurray) who are a small chari...	redhed	7	5840	Fri May 6 16:50 2011 by semsley
	Treatment in Balance Sheet of Uncleared Cheques to Creditors (Preview) I understand that on preparing a balance sheet some people treat uncleared cheques to creditors as a current liability.If this is the case, what entry would appear under the heading of current assets in order to balance the accounts?Would the bank balance include uncleared cheques? Or would a sepa...	donaldfleming	6	6751	Fri May 6 12:24 2011 by donaldfleming
	Year End Journal question (Preview) Being new to accruals/prepayments I tend to get a tad confused, so please excuse the basic question. I use Sage and when I did the VAT period ending January 2011 I forgot to reconcile the VAT, so consequently when I did reconcile it, the VAT due was different to the submitted return insofar as we had o...	debzinkent	8	6205	Fri May 6 01:09 2011 by semsley
	what is the difference between accounting profit and financial profit??? (Preview) what is the major reason that accounting profit differes from financial profit??? << link removed by moderator >> -- Edited by Shamus on Thursday 28th of July 2011 11:52:01 PM	herry	2	5876	Thu May 5 20:58 2011 by Stardoe
	VAT and PAYE Nominal Codes (Preview) Hi I just wanted to double check myself: I have a Trial Balance with the following figures for VAT and PAYE: 2202 Vat Liability - Dr Balance £3,406.32 2210 NI & PAYE Control - Cr Balance £10,039.58 1. From what i understand the amount in the Vat Liability account 2202 should be a credit balance of wha...	setmoa	1	5242	Thu May 5 16:57 2011 by ADAS
	Possible misuse of company debit card by director (Preview) Hi all, I'm new to the forum. I've been book keeping for a small family run company that I work for, along with a lot of other tasks, for a few years now but have come up against a problem. The company was set up by my Mother in Law many years ago and from what I can gather, she was always quite careful about maki...	Jeff1234	5	6019	Thu May 5 14:37 2011 by HendyPhilhendy
	Ah! MLR and PI insurance etc, etc! (Preview) I'm kind of green at this game. I've worked in accounts for years, I currently am employed as a book-keeper at and accountants . . . . . but I never considered the MLR and PI insurance in my half thought out plans to go self employed as a book-keeper. I enjoy doing the book-keeping part, I do not enjoy doing...	stripe	15	6222	Wed May 4 10:30 2011 by Wella
	Getting year end ready for accountant (Preview) I've been getting everything together to send to the accountant for year end. Is there anything I should be checking before sending? I have no idea where to start to ensure that there are no mistakes, or if there is I am aware of them incase the accountant rings up. Do you have some sort of routine before s...	Noola	8	10274	Tue May 3 10:54 2011 by MarkL
	Skeleton Journals on Sage 50 (Preview) Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me. I am trying to set up a skeleton journal on sage, so I can use it each month. I have followed the help on sage, including checking the "copy skeleton journal box" in the preferences, however after I have named the file and input info into the description box...	Applepark	4	5398	Tue May 3 09:12 2011 by Applepark
	Anyone know about dealing with sale of fixed assets and depreciation please? (Preview) Hi Does anyone know about sale of fixed assets and depreciation please? We had retail premises which we closed in November 2009 but had the premises until March 2010 and sold of quite a lot of fixed assets on ebay after we had closed. I have left things quite late as deadline with companies house is 31s...	Alison	2	6086	Tue May 3 08:38 2011 by Alison
	Is there an allowance for lost invoices/receipts,Pls? (Preview) Hi all, If you are working with incomplete records is there an allowance for lost receipts, if so how much or what percentage is this, please. Many Thanks for your help in advance! Anya	AnyaC	5	5562	Sun May 1 21:11 2011 by AnyaC
	Help...:) (Preview) Dear All, I would appreciate if someone could help me. I am not an accountant but I worked a little bit with the accountant for six years. We used Sage for our accounts. Now my partner opened a company 3 years ago (he is a sole trader). For the last 5 months hes been VAT registered. Until last month we used...	Shelly	18	5678	Sat Apr 30 22:05 2011 by Stardoe
	PROPRIETOR TAKES GOODS (Preview) I am working through Accounting Skills by Margaret Nicholson and just completed an assignment which included having to record the accounts to be credited and debited in a scenario where the proprietor takes goods out of the business for his/her personal use. I recorded my answer as Debit DRAWINGS a...	Smallio	10	6565	Thu Apr 28 16:06 2011 by littlebookkeeper
	Accountant needed in Loughton (Essex) needed...:)) (Preview) Hi, My partner has a building company and he will need an accountant to start and put all the books as they should be into Sage. That is only a few day job I believe. However if there is anyone who has some time please contact me on this forum. Shelly	Shelly	1	5477	Thu Apr 28 09:39 2011 by ICBUK
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