Professional Book-keepers in Practice - The Book-keepers Forum (UK)

woody88 · woody88

I have used Team Viewer a few times in the past few months to access clients data if I am unable to meet at their premise. What I am worried about is that I have been using the non-business version as it's free and wondered if there was another free verison (another software) for business as I don't need i...

Stardoe · Stardoe

Hi everyone....hope you are all well and busy! Quick question, as having a doubting myself moment here! One of my clients has ceased to be VAT registered (as from the end of July, year end is end of August). The accountant has just sent me a journal for accruing her fees for last year, but has given me th...

Georgie · Georgie

Hi, Can some one confirm what a Director of a company can claim for regarding the home/office allowance please? Just read something about this but I have a feeling its out of date and can't find any up to date info. Georgie

rachel_mclean · rachel_mclean

Hi, can anyone help me? How do I enter a subcontractors invoice into VT - I must have to put in the total amount of the invoice before CIS is taken off? And if I enter the full amount, how do I pay this invoice off if only the figure after CIS is paid off by the cheque/bacs payment and then a seperate payment i...

Georgie · Georgie

Hi, live got myself totally confused I think and not sure how to deal with this.... a company director is buying a car on finance. The car is in his name but the repayments are coming out of the business bank account. He has has told me that his previous accountant said all the running costs and the loan rep...

rachel_mclean · rachel_mclean

Hi, I am trying to get a standard letter together to send to new business that have just started up telling them about my services. There seems to be at least one very week in the local paper! Obliviously I will change each one slightly depending on what business they are in. I can write all the 'stuff' abo...

Georgie · Georgie

Hi, I have a client who runs a website design business. there are loads of "PayPal" transactions on the bank statement for the purchase and renewal of domain names. I have been told by the client that PayPal don't really issue invoices for these....What do I do? georgie

rachel_mclean · rachel_mclean

Hi I have a client who hates having a massive vat bill at the end of the quarter (doesn't everyone!!) and wants to change to monthly so they can pay monthly. I have gone on to HMRC website and found the form vat484 to make changes to vat registered business and seen that you can in fact change to monthly if 'N...

FoxAccountancyServices · FoxAccountancyServices

Hi all! I am a bit confused.... doesn't take much ;o) Can anyone help please ((Les, I am channelling my love for you, right nowwwwwww)) The notes for box 8 of the VAT return say that you should include distance sales to unregistered customers in another Member State where the value of your distance s...

FoxAccountancyServices · FoxAccountancyServices

Hi All! Having a musing, wondered how other folk deal with this... If a client invoices say £1000 to a foreign business but gets paid perhaps £990 because of an exchange rate difference - would you adjust the sales figure, or, show it as something like "foreign currency gains and losses" or...

ClawzCTR · ClawzCTR

Just a quick question if I may please everyone please? Client has bought a car on finance which is used probably about 85-90% for business, now dis-regarding writing down allowance etc etc... If I use the say for arguments sake 10K for the car and have that as the AIA for the year, then with the finance pa...

rachel_mclean · rachel_mclean

Hi I have taken over the payroll for a partnership with 2 employees part way through the year (week 27). Is there a way for me to find out how much of the employer allowance has been used up? I have been using 12pay and entered all the figures to date from the P11 sheets. Is there something else from the prev...

StuartAnder · StuartAnder

Back in the old study days I remember being taught something about the wrong and right way of advertising your services (some are frowned upon) does anyone no if a leaflet that days save 20% off ur current accountancy fees, woukd be acceptable. It's not discrediting anyone, so I thought it would be alr...

StuartAnder · StuartAnder

Hi, Would anyone recommend anyone for web hosting and emails etc.. currently I use vistaprint but find it restrictive, and emails not good on mobile devices. Thanks Stuart

TrevorD · TrevorD

Good Morning All A quick question - I just wondered if it is possible to make a reasonable part time income from purely offering a payroll service ? Any advice or guidance - Would be gratefully received. Kind regards Trevor

richard2013 · richard2013

Hi Has anybody ever received leads or gained wortwhile contacts from volunteering/working for charities? I've just registered on do-it.org.uk for the Preston/Lancashire area, so I've just thought to ask about your experience in this area. I'm not really a local, so I don't really know folks arou...

rachel_mclean · rachel_mclean

Hi, I am having trouble remebering how to enter wages journals into sage, if anyone could help I would be very grateful! I have entered all the net wages paid out from the bank via bank payments and I now need to enter the wages journals which I cannot remember how to do! I have looked in all my text books...

LizB · LizB

Hi all. I have a client whose turnover has gone over the VAT threshold, and so I have got them registered. They make a fare few business purchases from Amazon and through Paypal. Now that they are VAT registered, I am obviously keen to make sure they claim back all the VAT they are allowed from their purch...

Long-haul · Long-haul

Hi, I need some help. I work part time at a company where I myself work as a book-keeper but also used to work along side another book-keeper and we shared the workload. She left without notice two years ago and the boss didn't get anyone else to cover her so I ended up trying to do a full time job in part tim...

Nikola · Nikola

Hiya, I am struggling to for wording for ethical guidelines as i am not a member of the AAT, ICB ect. AAT General template and paragraph for ehtical guidelines is: We will observe the ethical guidelines of the Association of Accounting Technicians and accept instructions to act for you on the basis t...

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	Alternatives to Team Viewer (Preview) I have used Team Viewer a few times in the past few months to access clients data if I am unable to meet at their premise. What I am worried about is that I have been using the non-business version as it's free and wondered if there was another free verison (another software) for business as I don't need i...	woody88	8	3541	Tue Nov 18 13:10 2014 by 111 Bookkeeping and Payroll
	Accruals & VAT (Preview) Hi everyone....hope you are all well and busy! Quick question, as having a doubting myself moment here! One of my clients has ceased to be VAT registered (as from the end of July, year end is end of August). The accountant has just sent me a journal for accruing her fees for last year, but has given me th...	Stardoe	2	933	Fri Nov 14 21:29 2014 by Stardoe
	Home/office allowance (Preview) Hi, Can some one confirm what a Director of a company can claim for regarding the home/office allowance please? Just read something about this but I have a feeling its out of date and can't find any up to date info. Georgie	Georgie	7	1247	Thu Nov 13 09:03 2014 by Unwize Owl
	How to enter a subcontractors invoice (VT) (Preview) Hi, can anyone help me? How do I enter a subcontractors invoice into VT - I must have to put in the total amount of the invoice before CIS is taken off? And if I enter the full amount, how do I pay this invoice off if only the figure after CIS is paid off by the cheque/bacs payment and then a seperate payment i...	rachel_mclean	8	1788	Wed Nov 12 22:07 2014 by Cheshire
	Car used by director (Preview) Hi, live got myself totally confused I think and not sure how to deal with this.... a company director is buying a car on finance. The car is in his name but the repayments are coming out of the business bank account. He has has told me that his previous accountant said all the running costs and the loan rep...	Georgie	2	820	Mon Nov 10 19:16 2014 by Georgie
	Letter of introduction to new business start ups (Preview) Hi, I am trying to get a standard letter together to send to new business that have just started up telling them about my services. There seems to be at least one very week in the local paper! Obliviously I will change each one slightly depending on what business they are in. I can write all the 'stuff' abo...	rachel_mclean	23	3198	Sun Nov 9 20:12 2014 by kjmcculloch83
	PayPal transactions (Preview) Hi, I have a client who runs a website design business. there are loads of "PayPal" transactions on the bank statement for the purchase and renewal of domain names. I have been told by the client that PayPal don't really issue invoices for these....What do I do? georgie	Georgie	10	1168	Thu Nov 6 21:33 2014 by Unwize Owl
	Changing from quarterly to monthly vat returns......being a bit thick here (Preview) Hi I have a client who hates having a massive vat bill at the end of the quarter (doesn't everyone!!) and wants to change to monthly so they can pay monthly. I have gone on to HMRC website and found the form vat484 to make changes to vat registered business and seen that you can in fact change to monthly if 'N...	rachel_mclean	8	12802	Thu Nov 6 15:38 2014 by VinceH
	Intrastat/Box8/EU sales (Preview) Hi all! I am a bit confused.... doesn't take much ;o) Can anyone help please ((Les, I am channelling my love for you, right nowwwwwww)) The notes for box 8 of the VAT return say that you should include distance sales to unregistered customers in another Member State where the value of your distance s...	FoxAccountancyServices	0	925	Wed Nov 5 19:35 2014 by FoxAccountancyServices
	Foreign currency gains and losses (Preview) Hi All! Having a musing, wondered how other folk deal with this... If a client invoices say £1000 to a foreign business but gets paid perhaps £990 because of an exchange rate difference - would you adjust the sales figure, or, show it as something like "foreign currency gains and losses" or...	FoxAccountancyServices	9	1121	Tue Nov 4 12:46 2014 by FoxAccountancyServices
	Capital Allowances (Preview) Just a quick question if I may please everyone please? Client has bought a car on finance which is used probably about 85-90% for business, now dis-regarding writing down allowance etc etc... If I use the say for arguments sake 10K for the car and have that as the AIA for the year, then with the finance pa...	ClawzCTR	8	953	Mon Nov 3 11:00 2014 by Shamus
	Taking over payroll - how do I know how much of the employment allowance has been used up? (Preview) Hi I have taken over the payroll for a partnership with 2 employees part way through the year (week 27). Is there a way for me to find out how much of the employer allowance has been used up? I have been using 12pay and entered all the figures to date from the P11 sheets. Is there something else from the prev...	rachel_mclean	5	1336	Sun Nov 2 12:48 2014 by Amanda
	advertising - saving on fees (Preview) Back in the old study days I remember being taught something about the wrong and right way of advertising your services (some are frowned upon) does anyone no if a leaflet that days save 20% off ur current accountancy fees, woukd be acceptable. It's not discrediting anyone, so I thought it would be alr...	StuartAnder	4	1054	Sat Nov 1 23:24 2014 by kjmcculloch83
	Website + Emails (Preview) Hi, Would anyone recommend anyone for web hosting and emails etc.. currently I use vistaprint but find it restrictive, and emails not good on mobile devices. Thanks Stuart	StuartAnder	6	1002	Fri Oct 31 09:37 2014 by StuartAnder
	Payroll Service (Preview) Good Morning All A quick question - I just wondered if it is possible to make a reasonable part time income from purely offering a payroll service ? Any advice or guidance - Would be gratefully received. Kind regards Trevor	TrevorD	15	1251	Thu Oct 30 23:17 2014 by 111 Bookkeeping and Payroll
	Volunteering (Preview) Hi Has anybody ever received leads or gained wortwhile contacts from volunteering/working for charities? I've just registered on do-it.org.uk for the Preston/Lancashire area, so I've just thought to ask about your experience in this area. I'm not really a local, so I don't really know folks arou...	richard2013	5	812	Thu Oct 30 07:50 2014 by Don Tax
	How to post wages journal in sage (Preview) Hi, I am having trouble remebering how to enter wages journals into sage, if anyone could help I would be very grateful! I have entered all the net wages paid out from the bank via bank payments and I now need to enter the wages journals which I cannot remember how to do! I have looked in all my text books...	rachel_mclean	5	927	Thu Oct 30 05:04 2014 by rachel_mclean
	VAT and Amazon/Paypal invoices... (Preview) Hi all. I have a client whose turnover has gone over the VAT threshold, and so I have got them registered. They make a fare few business purchases from Amazon and through Paypal. Now that they are VAT registered, I am obviously keen to make sure they claim back all the VAT they are allowed from their purch...	LizB	4	3686	Tue Oct 28 13:59 2014 by LizB
	Help needed re reconciling (Preview) Hi, I need some help. I work part time at a company where I myself work as a book-keeper but also used to work along side another book-keeper and we shared the workload. She left without notice two years ago and the boss didn't get anyone else to cover her so I ended up trying to do a full time job in part tim...	Long-haul	6	1063	Mon Oct 27 21:52 2014 by Long-haul
	Ethical guidelines and LOE Help (Preview) Hiya, I am struggling to for wording for ethical guidelines as i am not a member of the AAT, ICB ect. AAT General template and paragraph for ehtical guidelines is: We will observe the ethical guidelines of the Association of Accounting Technicians and accept instructions to act for you on the basis t...	Nikola	2	681	Sat Oct 25 20:27 2014 by Nikola
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