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

NickyW · NickyW

Hi there - can anyone clarify a few things for me??? I know that entertaining customers is not an allowable expense - am I right in saying that business meals involving just staff are allowed? If you have a receipt for a meal which your client is trying to claim as a business expense do you just tend to code...

Catty · Catty

I have recently started topic "company credit card dr - asset or liability" and have realised it has branched into a new question. I'm currently doing my final assignment for my bookkeeping level 2 course. My first Questions are to work out the deprciation of three entries from a TB provid...

Marky65 · Marky65

Hi I do the books for a beauty therapist who works from home and she has made one of her bedrooms into her treatment room. This room could not be used as anything else now but the changes would not effect the house if the property was sold, it would just revert back to a bedroom. So, how and what costs would I...

sebthirlway · sebthirlway

Hi all Very glad to find this site, and I hope my question is not too basic. I'm teaching myself book-keeping so that I can keep books properly for my small business (musician and IT consultant). As the first of these lines of business is full of people who loathe keeping their books, and I know a lot of th...

winkle · winkle

Hi there I am doing account for May 09 - Ap 09 The accountant has given me the trial balance as at 30 April 2008 Do I enter these figures in the necessary accounts using the date 30 April or as 01 May 08 Also on the trial balance is a dr figure titled 'Company B expense recharge' then in brackets (this should b...

winkle · winkle

Hello again!! I saw a thread on here covering a similar problem that I am facing...but can't seem to locate it now As some of you may know my client has two businesses Company A has a credit card that company B pays the balance on The owner uses the credit card for both business and personal. Initially I was...

krazykev · krazykev

Hi all, I hope someone can assist me with this query. At the end of the month I reclaim expenses from my company. I submit my expense form along with relevant receipts. Some purchases are made on my company credit card. How are these best entered into Sage? Currently, I create a journal, creditting t...

Catty · Catty

Pretty PLEASE help!!! I feel so silly for feeling so lost! I'm about to finish my last assignement in my Open College course Level ii and I have been asked at the last question to prepare the P&L and B/S from a Trial Balance they have provided. Everything seems to be going fine and when I cross checked...

Dev86 · Dev86

Hello everyone I am currently doing OCR level 1 manual and level 2 computerised and plan on doing level 2 and 3 next , hopefully when im working as a bookkeeper next year( currently working in web and database admin) If I wanted to then do AAT, what is the best way to go? home study, day release from work or i...

Shaun UK · Shaun UK

Hi people. Need a little help and to check my understanding in this situation. Working with a manual analysed cash book. In August there was an insurance payment which went in the insurance column. But it was an overpayment, so in September the insurer sent the money back on cheque. If it was just retur...

monica25th · monica25th

Hi guys, I want to take the ICB level 3 self assessment tax return exam, but I didnt buy the text book which they have on their site, has anyone taken that exam and passed it without the book? is it hard to pass? I also had a look on ICB site, theres no past paper on that exam, so I just need some help and advice h...

tonys · tonys

Hi, I am working on sage and have received a bill to pay the VAT on a vehicle repair from an insurance company. As we are VAT registered they have told us we must pay it than claim it back. Any tips on how to do this on sage as you cannot do a bank payment direct into the VAT control account? Thanks, Tony.

morgwick · morgwick

Hi all, Can anyone tell me whether it is ok to send an "introductory letter" via email to local businesses, or is this classed as spam? I have found local businesses on the internet via their own websites or via the likes of yellow pages and thought it would be quicker to send my letter to them v...

Beverley · Beverley

Hi All has anybody done the payroll training course with Training link? I want to do a course for payroll not sure who to use any suggestions?? www.training-link.co.uk

geek84 · geek84

Hi Folks I am now studying the above course. This consists of 3 work books - Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced. Does anyone know if I need to sit an exam after completing each book, or will I be assessed when I have gone through all the 3 books? Aloso, would I need to sit the exam for this at an exam cen...

winkle · winkle

Good afternoon I thought if I write it down it might make sense and wouldn't mind some reassurance as to whether I am on the right track I am struggling a little on how how to show the following.... My client runs 2 businesses lets say A & B I have just started entering purchase invoices on to sage and wa...

LewisandGraves · LewisandGraves

Can anyone help me??? We have set up Sage 50 half way through the financial year and our accountant has decided that he does not want to help us with the balances. I have a very weak book keeping background therefore I do not know where to start. Can anyone tell me what figures I need to find and how I can go ab...

winkle · winkle

Hello I am a little stuck woth opening balances on stock I am doing the bookkeeping for 08/09, I have the previous years P&L & B Sheet How do you enter Opening Stock? If you enter an opening balance sage puts the credit in the suspense account.....I am not sure about this one....do I not enter it a...

RobH · RobH

Hi everyone, just taken on a driving instructor who has bought new car and had dual controls fitted. Logic dictates that I should be able to class this as p & m and thus qualify for AIA rather than being reduced to 10% wda. Does anyone know for sure? cheers Rob -- Edited by RobH on Wednesday 20th of Octo...

arunas · arunas

Any bookkeepers in West Sussex area (Crawley,Horsham etc.) interested in networking?

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Business Meals (Preview) Hi there - can anyone clarify a few things for me??? I know that entertaining customers is not an allowable expense - am I right in saying that business meals involving just staff are allowed? If you have a receipt for a meal which your client is trying to claim as a business expense do you just tend to code...	NickyW	1	1296	Wed Nov 3 16:09 2010 by BackOfficeGroup
	BS not balancing (Preview) I have recently started topic "company credit card dr - asset or liability" and have realised it has branched into a new question. I'm currently doing my final assignment for my bookkeeping level 2 course. My first Questions are to work out the deprciation of three entries from a TB provid...	Catty	35	3776	Tue Nov 2 21:05 2010 by Catty
	Beauty Terapist - Working from home (Preview) Hi I do the books for a beauty therapist who works from home and she has made one of her bedrooms into her treatment room. This room could not be used as anything else now but the changes would not effect the house if the property was sold, it would just revert back to a bedroom. So, how and what costs would I...	Marky65	7	1607	Tue Nov 2 13:40 2010 by kjmcculloch
	Deferred/accrued income (Preview) Hi all Very glad to find this site, and I hope my question is not too basic. I'm teaching myself book-keeping so that I can keep books properly for my small business (musician and IT consultant). As the first of these lines of business is full of people who loathe keeping their books, and I know a lot of th...	sebthirlway	3	5288	Tue Nov 2 13:23 2010 by Scrat
	Opening Balance/Trial Balance (Preview) Hi there I am doing account for May 09 - Ap 09 The accountant has given me the trial balance as at 30 April 2008 Do I enter these figures in the necessary accounts using the date 30 April or as 01 May 08 Also on the trial balance is a dr figure titled 'Company B expense recharge' then in brackets (this should b...	winkle	2	4979	Mon Nov 1 22:30 2010 by winkle
	Compant Credit Cards (Preview) Hello again!! I saw a thread on here covering a similar problem that I am facing...but can't seem to locate it now As some of you may know my client has two businesses Company A has a credit card that company B pays the balance on The owner uses the credit card for both business and personal. Initially I was...	winkle	12	2082	Mon Nov 1 12:50 2010 by Wella
	Credit card expenses (Preview) Hi all, I hope someone can assist me with this query. At the end of the month I reclaim expenses from my company. I submit my expense form along with relevant receipts. Some purchases are made on my company credit card. How are these best entered into Sage? Currently, I create a journal, creditting t...	krazykev	4	2492	Sat Oct 30 14:25 2010 by krazykev
	Company Credit Card Dr. - Asset or Liability??? (Preview) Pretty PLEASE help!!! I feel so silly for feeling so lost! I'm about to finish my last assignement in my Open College course Level ii and I have been asked at the last question to prepare the P&L and B/S from a Trial Balance they have provided. Everything seems to be going fine and when I cross checked...	Catty	12	4858	Sat Oct 30 11:22 2010 by Stardoe
	AAT Level 3 Study (Preview) Hello everyone I am currently doing OCR level 1 manual and level 2 computerised and plan on doing level 2 and 3 next , hopefully when im working as a bookkeeper next year( currently working in web and database admin) If I wanted to then do AAT, what is the best way to go? home study, day release from work or i...	Dev86	2	2399	Thu Oct 28 18:01 2010 by winkle
	Manual Cash Book posting query \| Posting a refund of overpaid expense (Preview) Hi people. Need a little help and to check my understanding in this situation. Working with a manual analysed cash book. In August there was an insurance payment which went in the insurance column. But it was an overpayment, so in September the insurer sent the money back on cheque. If it was just retur...	Shaun UK	3	8560	Thu Oct 28 17:53 2010 by Merlion ABS
	ICB level 3 self assessment tax return (Preview) Hi guys, I want to take the ICB level 3 self assessment tax return exam, but I didnt buy the text book which they have on their site, has anyone taken that exam and passed it without the book? is it hard to pass? I also had a look on ICB site, theres no past paper on that exam, so I just need some help and advice h...	monica25th	0	1212	Wed Oct 27 17:41 2010 by monica25th
	Insurance VAT payment (Preview) Hi, I am working on sage and have received a bill to pay the VAT on a vehicle repair from an insurance company. As we are VAT registered they have told us we must pay it than claim it back. Any tips on how to do this on sage as you cannot do a bank payment direct into the VAT control account? Thanks, Tony.	tonys	3	1948	Tue Oct 26 18:08 2010 by Stardoe
	Laws re Email Marketing email marketing (Preview) Hi all, Can anyone tell me whether it is ok to send an "introductory letter" via email to local businesses, or is this classed as spam? I have found local businesses on the internet via their own websites or via the likes of yellow pages and thought it would be quicker to send my letter to them v...	morgwick	4	6035	Tue Oct 26 09:00 2010 by Merlion ABS
	Payroll Training (Preview) Hi All has anybody done the payroll training course with Training link? I want to do a course for payroll not sure who to use any suggestions?? www.training-link.co.uk	Beverley	6	2417	Mon Oct 25 18:50 2010 by rachel_mclean
	Assessment for ICB Level 2 Computerised Course (Preview) Hi Folks I am now studying the above course. This consists of 3 work books - Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced. Does anyone know if I need to sit an exam after completing each book, or will I be assessed when I have gone through all the 3 books? Aloso, would I need to sit the exam for this at an exam cen...	geek84	4	6776	Mon Oct 25 18:10 2010 by Stardoe
	Bank Accounts (Preview) Good afternoon I thought if I write it down it might make sense and wouldn't mind some reassurance as to whether I am on the right track I am struggling a little on how how to show the following.... My client runs 2 businesses lets say A & B I have just started entering purchase invoices on to sage and wa...	winkle	6	1706	Sat Oct 23 18:39 2010 by winkle
	Opening Balances - Without the Accountants help???? (Preview) Can anyone help me??? We have set up Sage 50 half way through the financial year and our accountant has decided that he does not want to help us with the balances. I have a very weak book keeping background therefore I do not know where to start. Can anyone tell me what figures I need to find and how I can go ab...	LewisandGraves	14	9146	Fri Oct 22 18:50 2010 by ProBowlUK
	Another Q about Opening Balances (Preview) Hello I am a little stuck woth opening balances on stock I am doing the bookkeeping for 08/09, I have the previous years P&L & B Sheet How do you enter Opening Stock? If you enter an opening balance sage puts the credit in the suspense account.....I am not sure about this one....do I not enter it a...	winkle	5	6297	Thu Oct 21 16:14 2010 by winkle
	Driving instructors car (Preview) Hi everyone, just taken on a driving instructor who has bought new car and had dual controls fitted. Logic dictates that I should be able to class this as p & m and thus qualify for AIA rather than being reduced to 10% wda. Does anyone know for sure? cheers Rob -- Edited by RobH on Wednesday 20th of Octo...	RobH	5	1955	Wed Oct 20 15:18 2010 by BudgetB
	Bookkeepers Networking Crawley area (Preview) Any bookkeepers in West Sussex area (Crawley,Horsham etc.) interested in networking?	arunas	3	1203	Wed Oct 20 13:40 2010 by BackOfficeGroup
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