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Silly Digits · Silly Digits

Hi all My client is a sole trader not VAT registered. He is self employed and mainly does work for one company, He charges the company his labour charge and recharges any expenses that he has had buy on the companies behalf. The expenses he pays out for are then reimbursed by the company on a weekly basi...

StuartAnder · StuartAnder

Hi, Id like some words of wisdom please!!!! I am quoting a potential client doing: VAT Purchase Invoices Year End Bank Rec On a quarterly basis, with a tturnover up to 200k, what would you guys quote this out at, as im not sure. Many Thanks Stu

RobH · RobH

...is there one?

Shamus · Shamus

Just came across this and wondered if anyone was interested or new anyone that this might be useful to pass on to : Henley College Coventry have Apprenticeship Vacancies across the City for immediate start! Earn a minimum of £95 per week while you learn These vacancies are for age 16-18 year olds For mo...

Shamus · Shamus

Hello people, bit of info that I just found out from someone particularly useful at HMRC. If you change a limited company name and send in the change of details page from the back of the yellow PAYE book if not received until January the following tax years booklet will still have the old company name as t...

peter1162 · peter1162

Hi After some good experiences with selling on e-Bay am seriously thinking about setting up a business selling using drop shipping. I am going to have to set up my own company to trade with the levels of sales that are possible. Has anyone got any experience of bookkeeping with a company that deals on e...

tonys · tonys

Not had as much time since I landed my job as Finance Assistant in a local Charity. Thanks again for interview tips! Can access internet at lunch now, so will be checking in more and maybe seeking advice! My role is pretty well all the Finance for the company and sage work. I am learning how to allocate...

lor · lor

Hi All, Just a quick question re above, it is for my self employed client who owns a van which is a 2008 plate, and wondered how many years to spread the depreciation over and would straight line be the most appropriate?? Thank you in advance for all your help!!!

RobH · RobH

Does anyone know if someone has two companies but just one car and they do over 10000 miles per year does the 10k at 40p threshold apply to each business or to the car? Rob

Navangi · Navangi

Hi Do we put retain profit on Trail balance. I m trying to make TB from last year accounts and bit confused about retain profit and share capital allocation Can anyone explain how do i treat them. Thanks Navangi

RobH · RobH

....for a few days in Barcelona! Expect to see at least two more gurus on here when I return Bill and Lorraine! I'll be back in time for your quiz Shaun on Friday! Rob

Keithm · Keithm

Is any one a memeber of Sage bookkeepers club? As a member myself I feel I have little contact with Sage but a friend of mine who is a member of the Accountants club get Calls, Emails and letters from Sage every week. keith

chellawson · chellawson

Hi Everyone, Well I have finally sent my registration off to HMRC was planning on doing it in June when my exams are finished but decided to do it now. I started a job recently and although im lucky to have a job im not really enjoying it and decided to get the ball rolling on my bookkeeping. Im going to be...

Shamus · Shamus

Thought that as a last one you might appreciate something not involving margins and markups. This one's also a bit easier than the others. A firm has a sales ledger control balance of £75,000. Before the accounts are finalised a bad debt provision of £1,000 is written off. The provision for bad debts i...

Shamus · Shamus

Hi folks, bit busy today but a promise is a promise so how about getting your teeth into this one which is another play on markups and margins but with a twist. A business sells goods earning a constant 25% markup. Sales in the period amount to £500,000 Opening Stock was £100,000 Closing Stock was £20,00...

Shamus · Shamus

A company achieves a gross profit margin of 20% on sales. Opening stock is £5,000 Creditors at the start of the period were £4,000 Sales in the period amounted to £50,000 Year end creditors were £6,000 Business paid creditors £37,500 in the period. At the period end all stock had been stolen. What was t...

Tony676 · Tony676

Like many people I have a small eBay business that grew out of selling old junk in the attic (some call such junk collectable memorabilia). As such a lot of items I initially sold had been lying around for ages and the receipts lost long ago. What's the general rule for costing such items if I want to use th...

Lisa68 · Lisa68

Hello, can anyone help me with an assignment question please: Its a question regarding the valuation of stock, I have a selling price of £24,000 and I need to work out the cost as follows: Cost Price + 20% = selling price so I have the selling price and the mark up on cost as a fraction but how do I calculat...

vassy · vassy

Hi guys, I am struggling and really need your help/advise on this. I have to post an invoice which was raised on 1/04/09 for £108 ( Commission fees) that covers the period 15/03/09 -14/04/09. The Financial year starts 1/04/09. How do I post this on sage? Please help me i know its simple for most of yo...

lor · lor

Quick question re: above, it is my first time doing year end on this software, I have done it previously on sage, with sage it allows you to enter the trans for the nxt financial year, is it the same for microsoft accounting??? It's just so that I know until I actually carry out my year end I will know that it...

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	Reimbursed expenses (Preview) Hi all My client is a sole trader not VAT registered. He is self employed and mainly does work for one company, He charges the company his labour charge and recharges any expenses that he has had buy on the companies behalf. The expenses he pays out for are then reimbursed by the company on a weekly basi...	Silly Digits	6	4563	Mon Apr 26 09:17 2010 by RobH
	Charging a new client (Preview) Hi, Id like some words of wisdom please!!!! I am quoting a potential client doing: VAT Purchase Invoices Year End Bank Rec On a quarterly basis, with a tturnover up to 200k, what would you guys quote this out at, as im not sure. Many Thanks Stu	StuartAnder	8	2304	Fri Apr 23 21:20 2010 by Amanda
	Friday Quiz.... (Preview) ...is there one?	RobH	20	2161	Fri Apr 23 19:11 2010 by adi2402
	Accounts Apprenticship (16-18 year olds only) (Preview) Just came across this and wondered if anyone was interested or new anyone that this might be useful to pass on to : Henley College Coventry have Apprenticeship Vacancies across the City for immediate start! Earn a minimum of £95 per week while you learn These vacancies are for age 16-18 year olds For mo...	Shamus	9	2670	Fri Apr 23 17:38 2010 by Wella
	change of company name (Preview) Hello people, bit of info that I just found out from someone particularly useful at HMRC. If you change a limited company name and send in the change of details page from the back of the yellow PAYE book if not received until January the following tax years booklet will still have the old company name as t...	Shamus	1	1938	Thu Apr 22 22:01 2010 by Lisa Jo
	e-Bay (Preview) Hi After some good experiences with selling on e-Bay am seriously thinking about setting up a business selling using drop shipping. I am going to have to set up my own company to trade with the levels of sales that are possible. Has anyone got any experience of bookkeeping with a company that deals on e...	peter1162	5	1784	Thu Apr 22 16:12 2010 by PJC Bookkeeping
	New job update (Preview) Not had as much time since I landed my job as Finance Assistant in a local Charity. Thanks again for interview tips! Can access internet at lunch now, so will be checking in more and maybe seeking advice! My role is pretty well all the Finance for the company and sage work. I am learning how to allocate...	tonys	3	2207	Wed Apr 21 18:33 2010 by tonys
	depreciation on a self employed person's van (Preview) Hi All, Just a quick question re above, it is for my self employed client who owns a van which is a 2008 plate, and wondered how many years to spread the depreciation over and would straight line be the most appropriate?? Thank you in advance for all your help!!!	lor	3	3187	Wed Apr 21 17:49 2010 by lor
	Mileage question (Preview) Does anyone know if someone has two companies but just one car and they do over 10000 miles per year does the 10k at 40p threshold apply to each business or to the car? Rob	RobH	4	1978	Wed Apr 21 15:58 2010 by RobH
	Retain Profit (Preview) Hi Do we put retain profit on Trail balance. I m trying to make TB from last year accounts and bit confused about retain profit and share capital allocation Can anyone explain how do i treat them. Thanks Navangi	Navangi	4	1885	Tue Apr 20 11:43 2010 by Navangi
	I'm off..... (Preview) ....for a few days in Barcelona! Expect to see at least two more gurus on here when I return Bill and Lorraine! I'll be back in time for your quiz Shaun on Friday! Rob	RobH	25	3139	Tue Apr 20 00:14 2010 by RobH
	Sage bookkeepers club? (Preview) Is any one a memeber of Sage bookkeepers club? As a member myself I feel I have little contact with Sage but a friend of mine who is a member of the Accountants club get Calls, Emails and letters from Sage every week. keith	Keithm	26	6546	Sat Apr 17 23:37 2010 by RobH
	Getting organised (Preview) Hi Everyone, Well I have finally sent my registration off to HMRC was planning on doing it in June when my exams are finished but decided to do it now. I started a job recently and although im lucky to have a job im not really enjoying it and decided to get the ball rolling on my bookkeeping. Im going to be...	chellawson	6	1979	Sat Apr 17 14:20 2010 by chellawson
	Friday Afternoon Quiz (Last one for this week) (Preview) Thought that as a last one you might appreciate something not involving margins and markups. This one's also a bit easier than the others. A firm has a sales ledger control balance of £75,000. Before the accounts are finalised a bad debt provision of £1,000 is written off. The provision for bad debts i...	Shamus	9	2569	Fri Apr 16 15:52 2010 by Shamus
	The Friday afternoon quiz (2010/04/16) (Preview) Hi folks, bit busy today but a promise is a promise so how about getting your teeth into this one which is another play on markups and margins but with a twist. A business sells goods earning a constant 25% markup. Sales in the period amount to £500,000 Opening Stock was £100,000 Closing Stock was £20,00...	Shamus	16	2094	Fri Apr 16 14:04 2010 by Peasie
	Friday afternoon quiz (Mark II) (Preview) A company achieves a gross profit margin of 20% on sales. Opening stock is £5,000 Creditors at the start of the period were £4,000 Sales in the period amounted to £50,000 Year end creditors were £6,000 Business paid creditors £37,500 in the period. At the period end all stock had been stolen. What was t...	Shamus	2	1987	Fri Apr 16 13:44 2010 by Shamus
	Evaluating Non-Purchased Stock (Preview) Like many people I have a small eBay business that grew out of selling old junk in the attic (some call such junk collectable memorabilia). As such a lot of items I initially sold had been lying around for ages and the receipts lost long ago. What's the general rule for costing such items if I want to use th...	Tony676	2	1630	Thu Apr 15 22:41 2010 by Tony676
	Help please (Preview) Hello, can anyone help me with an assignment question please: Its a question regarding the valuation of stock, I have a selling price of £24,000 and I need to work out the cost as follows: Cost Price + 20% = selling price so I have the selling price and the mark up on cost as a fraction but how do I calculat...	Lisa68	11	2134	Thu Apr 15 18:31 2010 by Lisa68
	How to post/record an unvoice on SAGE- pls Help ? (Preview) Hi guys, I am struggling and really need your help/advise on this. I have to post an invoice which was raised on 1/04/09 for £108 ( Commission fees) that covers the period 15/03/09 -14/04/09. The Financial year starts 1/04/09. How do I post this on sage? Please help me i know its simple for most of yo...	vassy	6	9966	Thu Apr 15 13:15 2010 by RobH
	year end on microsoft office accounting (Preview) Quick question re: above, it is my first time doing year end on this software, I have done it previously on sage, with sage it allows you to enter the trans for the nxt financial year, is it the same for microsoft accounting??? It's just so that I know until I actually carry out my year end I will know that it...	lor	0	1474	Thu Apr 15 12:07 2010 by lor
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