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

rafapak · rafapak

Hi guys Some time ago I read on the forum that there are those people who self study at home and they try to pass aat exams in exam centers as ' independent students' . I didn't do too much research but I have reasons to think that exam centers only allow you to sit exam in their center as long as you are their...

abacus12345 · abacus12345

Reports are that this will be dropped from the finance bill. So, until next time....

abacus12345 · abacus12345

Hey, I'm forever reading 'accountants can now add extra value' or the landscape is changing, 'you as an accountant should be offering added value services!' What on earth are added value services? Surely this is what folk do for clients already, help to keep them compliant - Are you offering valu...

rafapak · rafapak

Hi guys I have troubles to find the answer to this exercise I enclosed. I want to concentrate on part a). In picture with the answer I don't know where figures 4600 and 1800 come from. Can you help me to understand where those figures come from ? -- Edited by rafapak on Saturday 22nd of April 2017 12:44...

rafapak · rafapak

Hi guys When I pasted my post there was no spaces again so everything was impossible to read. Therefore I enclosed word document, pdf document in case people can view those files in one format only. Pictures are also enclosed -- Edited by rafapak on Saturday 15th of April 2017 01:11:45 AM

meadow · meadow

Morning One of my clients, who is also a friend, has a vehicle that has been abandoned by his ex-partner sitting on his drive of the property he rents. The landlord wants it moved. We have tried to contact his ex, but to no avail and we now think they have moved on and have no idea of where. My client/friend w...

abacus12345 · abacus12345

As per the title.

Emeraldlilly · Emeraldlilly

hi everyone my name is Gemma, I've been an accounts assistant for over 11 years and now that I have 2 small children I have decided to go alone and to do bookkeeping from home. I have a couple of questions really as I've already got a couple of people wanting me to do their books. They currently have an...

Lyndsey · Lyndsey

Hi I am not completely familiar with partnership agreements, however, I am just reading through my clients new one agreement. In the dissolution part it has a % ratio between the partners. As one partner has a bigger stake they have a much higher percentage, and the smaller partner gets a salary and m...

Jay3 · Jay3

Hi All, Can someone tell me what happens when someone spends more for a hotel than is allowed per the HMRC rates (which seems to happen all the time). I'm coming at it from the perspective of an Employee claiming expenses from an Employer. Q1) If the Employee claims more on expenses than is allowed per H...

Seb · Seb

Afternoon - I hope you're all having a nice Easter period. Just trying to clear two to three things up. A property let out (a house to a tenant) is classed as an investment as it's held to make rental profits - so no depreciation of the property, is this a fair interpretation? If on the same property, ei...

donniedarko · donniedarko

Hey I work for a medium sized business. I've taken over from someone who was in the position for a few years and had his own way of doing things. As I've come into the position, I've realised that there is no nominal ledger. Let's say £10 is spent and half is allocated to one budget line and the other half t...

Douglas Stroud · Douglas Stroud

Hi all Revision day for me and something I just read was about eye tests being a tax exempt benefit, it says "eye tests or corrective glasses where an employee is required to use a visual display unit in the employment" This I know is based on employees but would this be an allowable expense for someone...

Seb · Seb

Hi, Can I please ask why it is important to allocate a credit note to a sales invoice? Is this to keep a clearer audit trail or are there other reasons? Thank you very much.

sirwan · sirwan

Hello Members, Can someone help me on this issue? I'm using QB Point of Sale in a retain shop, where we do sales, record PO, and maintain inventory. However i also want to record summary of these transactions to quickbooks accounting software. Kindly please explain how to record opening/closing inv...

Flier109 · Flier109

Hi, I'm confusing myself and would appreciate some help. The charity I work for has recently change dthe way they operate. Their income is less than £250k and they want their accounts done on a Receipts and Payments basis rather than accruals, which is the way it has always been done up until now. So...

rafapak · rafapak

Hi guys I am supposed to print in Sage statement that will be sent to customer. When I press ' statements' button , window with huge number of layouts appears. Do you know which layout should I choose so that it is acceptable for aat level 2 computerised accounting exam ?

rafapak · rafapak

Hi guys I am doing exercises on Sage and in one exercise I am suppposed to print Audit Trial for May ( detailed-transactions only including bank reconciled ). Do you know guys how to do it in Sage ? I haven't found so far any report that links Audit Trial with transactions reconciled. Please, help me in...

rafapak · rafapak

Hi guys In one of my exercises I have item on bank statement that I am supposed to add to sage before I start reconciliation. Let's say it is called' Direct Debit - Coopers Union ' . What kind of expense they refer to here ? What nominal code should I use whenever I see ' union' expense ?

abacus12345 · abacus12345

Sorry to call you both out :p In your opinions, what are advanced Sage skills?

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	self study- exam centers- problems with exams (Preview) Hi guys Some time ago I read on the forum that there are those people who self study at home and they try to pass aat exams in exam centers as ' independent students' . I didn't do too much research but I have reasons to think that exam centers only allow you to sit exam in their center as long as you are their...	rafapak	4	1045	Wed Apr 26 12:00 2017 by rafapak
	MTD (Preview) Reports are that this will be dropped from the finance bill. So, until next time....	abacus12345	4	1084	Wed Apr 26 00:58 2017 by abacus12345
	BUZZWORD ALERT 'ADDED VALUE' (Preview) Hey, I'm forever reading 'accountants can now add extra value' or the landscape is changing, 'you as an accountant should be offering added value services!' What on earth are added value services? Surely this is what folk do for clients already, help to keep them compliant - Are you offering valu...	abacus12345	8	1512	Sun Apr 23 23:21 2017 by abacus12345
	accruals and prepayments (Preview) Hi guys I have troubles to find the answer to this exercise I enclosed. I want to concentrate on part a). In picture with the answer I don't know where figures 4600 and 1800 come from. Can you help me to understand where those figures come from ? -- Edited by rafapak on Saturday 22nd of April 2017 12:44...	rafapak	2	1302	Sat Apr 22 11:56 2017 by rafapak
	screen divided, backup, payment terms (Preview) Hi guys When I pasted my post there was no spaces again so everything was impossible to read. Therefore I enclosed word document, pdf document in case people can view those files in one format only. Pictures are also enclosed -- Edited by rafapak on Saturday 15th of April 2017 01:11:45 AM	rafapak	15	1968	Sat Apr 22 11:01 2017 by Cheshire
	transfer of vehicle ownership (Preview) Morning One of my clients, who is also a friend, has a vehicle that has been abandoned by his ex-partner sitting on his drive of the property he rents. The landlord wants it moved. We have tried to contact his ex, but to no avail and we now think they have moved on and have no idea of where. My client/friend w...	meadow	1	1042	Sat Apr 22 10:46 2017 by Cheshire
	HMRC response letter to the ATT (Preview) As per the title.	abacus12345	1	964	Fri Apr 21 23:50 2017 by Leger
	Accounts assistant going to bookkeeping (Preview) hi everyone my name is Gemma, I've been an accounts assistant for over 11 years and now that I have 2 small children I have decided to go alone and to do bookkeeping from home. I have a couple of questions really as I've already got a couple of people wanting me to do their books. They currently have an...	Emeraldlilly	16	1599	Fri Apr 21 21:10 2017 by Emeraldlilly
	Partnership agreements (Preview) Hi I am not completely familiar with partnership agreements, however, I am just reading through my clients new one agreement. In the dissolution part it has a % ratio between the partners. As one partner has a bigger stake they have a much higher percentage, and the smaller partner gets a salary and m...	Lyndsey	8	1299	Wed Apr 19 19:56 2017 by Cheshire
	HMRC Rates for Travel and Subsistence (Preview) Hi All, Can someone tell me what happens when someone spends more for a hotel than is allowed per the HMRC rates (which seems to happen all the time). I'm coming at it from the perspective of an Employee claiming expenses from an Employer. Q1) If the Employee claims more on expenses than is allowed per H...	Jay3	8	1229	Wed Apr 19 11:22 2017 by abacus12345
	Property - Roof, window and depreciation (Preview) Afternoon - I hope you're all having a nice Easter period. Just trying to clear two to three things up. A property let out (a house to a tenant) is classed as an investment as it's held to make rental profits - so no depreciation of the property, is this a fair interpretation? If on the same property, ei...	Seb	9	1360	Tue Apr 18 23:17 2017 by abacus12345
	Started a new role - accounts are a bit of mess, not sure how to proceed (Preview) Hey I work for a medium sized business. I've taken over from someone who was in the position for a few years and had his own way of doing things. As I've come into the position, I've realised that there is no nominal ledger. Let's say £10 is spent and half is allocated to one budget line and the other half t...	donniedarko	1	760	Tue Apr 18 11:16 2017 by Cheshire
	Eye Tests (Preview) Hi all Revision day for me and something I just read was about eye tests being a tax exempt benefit, it says "eye tests or corrective glasses where an employee is required to use a visual display unit in the employment" This I know is based on employees but would this be an allowable expense for someone...	Douglas Stroud	2	865	Mon Apr 17 16:28 2017 by Douglas Stroud
	Allocating credit notes with invoices (Preview) Hi, Can I please ask why it is important to allocate a credit note to a sales invoice? Is this to keep a clearer audit trail or are there other reasons? Thank you very much.	Seb	4	1217	Sun Apr 16 15:31 2017 by Seb
	Recording Point of Sale (QB) transactions to Quick books Accounting software (Preview) Hello Members, Can someone help me on this issue? I'm using QB Point of Sale in a retain shop, where we do sales, record PO, and maintain inventory. However i also want to record summary of these transactions to quickbooks accounting software. Kindly please explain how to record opening/closing inv...	sirwan	1	751	Sat Apr 15 17:32 2017 by Cheshire
	Converting from Accrued accounts to Receipts and Payments Basis (Preview) Hi, I'm confusing myself and would appreciate some help. The charity I work for has recently change dthe way they operate. Their income is less than £250k and they want their accounts done on a Receipts and Payments basis rather than accruals, which is the way it has always been done up until now. So...	Flier109	7	1854	Thu Apr 13 22:45 2017 by abacus12345
	printing statement to customer- which layout ? (Preview) Hi guys I am supposed to print in Sage statement that will be sent to customer. When I press ' statements' button , window with huge number of layouts appears. Do you know which layout should I choose so that it is acceptable for aat level 2 computerised accounting exam ?	rafapak	2	915	Mon Apr 10 17:57 2017 by rafapak
	printing Audit Trial-transactions only including bank reconciled (Preview) Hi guys I am doing exercises on Sage and in one exercise I am suppposed to print Audit Trial for May ( detailed-transactions only including bank reconciled ). Do you know guys how to do it in Sage ? I haven't found so far any report that links Audit Trial with transactions reconciled. Please, help me in...	rafapak	8	1220	Sat Apr 8 18:59 2017 by rafapak
	Direct Debit-Union (Preview) Hi guys In one of my exercises I have item on bank statement that I am supposed to add to sage before I start reconciliation. Let's say it is called' Direct Debit - Coopers Union ' . What kind of expense they refer to here ? What nominal code should I use whenever I see ' union' expense ?	rafapak	2	948	Sat Apr 8 13:19 2017 by rafapak
	Joanne / Vince (Preview) Sorry to call you both out :p In your opinions, what are advanced Sage skills?	abacus12345	6	1237	Fri Apr 7 21:58 2017 by abacus12345
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