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additionsbookkeeping · additionsbookkeeping

I'm thinking of ways to market myself and I have seen quite a few people say they have got work off accountants. Is that a good way to get work? Is it a case of you scratchmy back and i'll scratch yours or do some accountants genuinely want to farm out payroll & bookkeeping?

Mhairi · Mhairi

Just starting out and trying to make up flyers. What is the best information to put on Flyers? What is the best way to target customers? I have advertised in the local paper for the last three weeks and not heard a thing. I am after that all important first customer. Please help.

Ami · Ami

At the moment i'm self employed but as a virtual assistant and hopefully by the end of 2010 I want to be able to offering bookkeeping. But i'm thinking about what kind of people need bookkeeping services and which people would just do it themselves. Would plumbers, electricians, window cleaners etc e...

StuartAnder · StuartAnder

''Professional Indemnity Insurance for which you need to prove a level of competence by exam or two years plus experience.'' Im confused i think, wat does that actually mean??

Kitty37 · Kitty37

I have a client who has purchased 5 gift vouchers for £40 each and has given them to their employees to celebrate the anniversary of the opening of their shop. I was wondering if there were any special rules relating to these?

Silly Digits · Silly Digits

Hi all One of my largest clients have been poached by their accountant. How do you get on with avoiding this. My client obtained a new accountant and I have given him all the information he required to do the year end accounts/cash flows etc including the sage backup. But I had a call from my client sayi...

Newby · Newby

Hi everyone, I am just starting out on setting myself as a book-keeper. I am a Chartered Accountant but its been a while since I did bookkeeping. But I hope its like riding a bike . :) I have managed to get a client who wants me to do some book keeping for them. I am looking to see if there is a basic terms of eng...

newtobooks · newtobooks

Hi have been struggling away for ages when I just found this site. My partner runs a small business and we are both shaky with accounting. I have been scribbling accounts down by hand for a few years, but have decided to use an online book keeping system - Arithmo so we can keep up and not leave everything t...

Maria Beaton · Maria Beaton

Hi I have a client who is a Ltd company. I have been looking after her bookkeeping for the past year and have used a simple excel system uptil now. She now wants/needs to use Sage to get more reports and information. Her year starts on the 1st of April 2010 and I have said that I will start the new year usi...

3rs3m · 3rs3m

I have passed ICB level I basic and Level II Comp. exams and i am still try to get ready for level 3 and payroll exams. In this time I decide to go with sole-trader way. I know all about MLR , Practice Licence and PII.....I am living on London area..Please help me with, 1- advertising / find client : I am think...

maruti · maruti

Hi, I wanted to start my book keeping business and was thinking of opting to franchise route! Don't know the pro's and con's. If anybody has gone through Franchise route can they tell their experiences? Also need suggestions & advises whether to set up own or approach Franchise? thanks in advan...

Ami · Ami

A good friend started hair dressing self employed on the 26th March 2010. Will she a tax return to do this year?

Anna E · Anna E

Hi guys, I have just read through pretty much most of the forum and got a little bit worried by some posts in the recruitment section. To be honest, I took the whole 'you will more work than you'll know what to do with' as the real deal and and just started my bookkeeping business, haven't even got a website...

Vs · Vs

Hello, I'm hoping someone can help. I am a self employed bookkeeper who has a new job with a company that are using sage, they generate their own sales invoices on the office computer and I take home all other work and input it on sage from my laptop (both sages are the same account set up by a back-up and r...

lor · lor

I have a potential client who is a charity, I have a few questions going around in my head, lol they have discussed that their previous accountant wouldn't put through their gift aid, because the charity paid a supplier in cash as per invoice, then the supplier siad that instead of the charity paying t...

Shamus · Shamus

http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/accountancyage/news/2260362/hmrc-moves-goalposts-chequeCheque payments to HMRC...

lots to learn · lots to learn

Hi Just wondered if anyone could advise any cheap! tax return software. I only have a small number of clients who I do a years worth of bookkeeping and for some accounts at year end and then submit their tax returns. I have tried taxcalc but it seems a big expense and I know the HMRC has the free software but...

attilabenko · attilabenko

Hi everyone, any ideas on is there a point to do voluntary VAT registration for a start up bookkeeping practice? I do not think I will be over the treshold for years, I am not even sure if I am going to get any significant profit in the first year...I am just not sure about client expectations like VAT invoi...

williery10 · williery10

I have been bookkeeping for a couple of years now in an accoutancy practice and the clients all have the same trait. They hand in a bag,pile of invoices,receipts,bank statements and a lot of time has to be spent sifting through the pile and sorting it for approriate indexing and entering. I asked about...

DebbieM · DebbieM

I've started work for a client who only started doing Bank reconciliations in 2009, what is the best way to 'get rid' of all the old Bank reconciliations on Sage so that I can make the Sage Bank balance more realistic? Didn't want to just delete them, they're all valid transactions but just have nev...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Accountants (Preview) I'm thinking of ways to market myself and I have seen quite a few people say they have got work off accountants. Is that a good way to get work? Is it a case of you scratchmy back and i'll scratch yours or do some accountants genuinely want to farm out payroll & bookkeeping?	additionsbookkeeping	3	2150	Mon Apr 12 17:10 2010 by Julie
	Starting out (Preview) Just starting out and trying to make up flyers. What is the best information to put on Flyers? What is the best way to target customers? I have advertised in the local paper for the last three weeks and not heard a thing. I am after that all important first customer. Please help.	Mhairi	10	2095	Wed Apr 7 22:37 2010 by Shamus
	Thinking ahead (Preview) At the moment i'm self employed but as a virtual assistant and hopefully by the end of 2010 I want to be able to offering bookkeeping. But i'm thinking about what kind of people need bookkeeping services and which people would just do it themselves. Would plumbers, electricians, window cleaners etc e...	Ami	3	1838	Wed Apr 7 11:31 2010 by RobH
	PII !!!! (Preview) ''Professional Indemnity Insurance for which you need to prove a level of competence by exam or two years plus experience.'' Im confused i think, wat does that actually mean??	StuartAnder	3	2134	Wed Apr 7 11:18 2010 by Rhianrach
	Gift Vouchers (Preview) I have a client who has purchased 5 gift vouchers for £40 each and has given them to their employees to celebrate the anniversary of the opening of their shop. I was wondering if there were any special rules relating to these?	Kitty37	4	1729	Wed Apr 7 11:16 2010 by RobH
	Lost Client (Preview) Hi all One of my largest clients have been poached by their accountant. How do you get on with avoiding this. My client obtained a new accountant and I have given him all the information he required to do the year end accounts/cash flows etc including the sage backup. But I had a call from my client sayi...	Silly Digits	5	1941	Wed Apr 7 02:20 2010 by BobHarper
	Terms of Engagement (Preview) Hi everyone, I am just starting out on setting myself as a book-keeper. I am a Chartered Accountant but its been a while since I did bookkeeping. But I hope its like riding a bike . :) I have managed to get a client who wants me to do some book keeping for them. I am looking to see if there is a basic terms of eng...	Newby	5	3759	Tue Apr 6 12:07 2010 by lor
	Opening balances in Arithmo or other (Preview) Hi have been struggling away for ages when I just found this site. My partner runs a small business and we are both shaky with accounting. I have been scribbling accounts down by hand for a few years, but have decided to use an online book keeping system - Arithmo so we can keep up and not leave everything t...	newtobooks	22	2737	Tue Apr 6 11:48 2010 by Shamus
	Converting client from Excel to Sage (Preview) Hi I have a client who is a Ltd company. I have been looking after her bookkeeping for the past year and have used a simple excel system uptil now. She now wants/needs to use Sage to get more reports and information. Her year starts on the 1st of April 2010 and I have said that I will start the new year usi...	Maria Beaton	3	1522	Tue Apr 6 10:09 2010 by RobH
	Please help...!!... (Preview) I have passed ICB level I basic and Level II Comp. exams and i am still try to get ready for level 3 and payroll exams. In this time I decide to go with sole-trader way. I know all about MLR , Practice Licence and PII.....I am living on London area..Please help me with, 1- advertising / find client : I am think...	3rs3m	17	2127	Tue Apr 6 09:37 2010 by AngelaWBS
	Book Keeping Franchise (Preview) Hi, I wanted to start my book keeping business and was thinking of opting to franchise route! Don't know the pro's and con's. If anybody has gone through Franchise route can they tell their experiences? Also need suggestions & advises whether to set up own or approach Franchise? thanks in advan...	maruti	12	4105	Mon Apr 5 21:40 2010 by maruti
	Just a quick one :) (Preview) A good friend started hair dressing self employed on the 26th March 2010. Will she a tax return to do this year?	Ami	2	1203	Mon Apr 5 16:40 2010 by lor
	How realistic is it to make a decent living as a self-employed bookkeeper? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi guys, I have just read through pretty much most of the forum and got a little bit worried by some posts in the recruitment section. To be honest, I took the whole 'you will more work than you'll know what to do with' as the real deal and and just started my bookkeeping business, haven't even got a website...	Anna E	54	8051	Sun Apr 4 15:46 2010 by lor
	Sage help (Preview) Hello, I'm hoping someone can help. I am a self employed bookkeeper who has a new job with a company that are using sage, they generate their own sales invoices on the office computer and I take home all other work and input it on sage from my laptop (both sages are the same account set up by a back-up and r...	Vs	10	4640	Fri Apr 2 17:52 2010 by Lisa Jo
	Charity Accounts (Preview) I have a potential client who is a charity, I have a few questions going around in my head, lol they have discussed that their previous accountant wouldn't put through their gift aid, because the charity paid a supplier in cash as per invoice, then the supplier siad that instead of the charity paying t...	lor	37	2976	Thu Apr 1 23:46 2010 by lor
	Warning from the revenue. (Preview) http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/accountancyage/news/2260362/hmrc-moves-goalposts-chequeCheque payments to HMRC...	Shamus	4	2390	Wed Mar 31 12:47 2010 by RobH
	Tax Return Software (Preview) Hi Just wondered if anyone could advise any cheap! tax return software. I only have a small number of clients who I do a years worth of bookkeeping and for some accounts at year end and then submit their tax returns. I have tried taxcalc but it seems a big expense and I know the HMRC has the free software but...	lots to learn	5	1568	Wed Mar 31 12:42 2010 by lor
	Voluntary VAT registration (Preview) Hi everyone, any ideas on is there a point to do voluntary VAT registration for a start up bookkeeping practice? I do not think I will be over the treshold for years, I am not even sure if I am going to get any significant profit in the first year...I am just not sure about client expectations like VAT invoi...	attilabenko	9	1972	Mon Mar 29 14:05 2010 by Maxholt
	Educating the client to save time-is this wise/practical (Preview) I have been bookkeeping for a couple of years now in an accoutancy practice and the clients all have the same trait. They hand in a bag,pile of invoices,receipts,bank statements and a lot of time has to be spent sifting through the pile and sorting it for approriate indexing and entering. I asked about...	williery10	7	1707	Mon Mar 29 10:43 2010 by Maxholt
	Getting rid of 'old' Bank transactions on Sage ...... (Preview) I've started work for a client who only started doing Bank reconciliations in 2009, what is the best way to 'get rid' of all the old Bank reconciliations on Sage so that I can make the Sage Bank balance more realistic? Didn't want to just delete them, they're all valid transactions but just have nev...	DebbieM	6	3622	Fri Mar 26 22:27 2010 by attilabenko
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