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

Shamus · Shamus

I read articles from both sides of the pond. The US isn't actually so very different in principle (quite different in practice) and there was an interesting article recently (might have been yesterday) about the issue that their accountants have which is very much echoed on this side of the pond. Thi...

Rachel19 · Rachel19

Hi everyone, me with another question again :) I've been in touch with a firm of accountants with a view to taking on some subcontractor work from them (which is great), but they've asked for a CV and references. Is this normal in your experience? I don't mind giving them a background of my experience an...

Ally2019 · Ally2019

Hi all Hope you are well - Happy Halloween :) Need the advice of you kind people regarding websites for my bookkeeping practice (eventually will lead to accounting if I ever get a move on with the ACCA PC) My brother the iT whizz, is too busy to help sadly so I wanted any recommendations for website build...

tomek1 · tomek1

***DO U HAVE TO INCLUDE ACCOUNT ADJUSTMENTS OR GOOD WILL GESTURES ON SELF ASSESSMENT? Hello My bank paid me onto my account a few times money called account adjustment as a result of being nice to me after complaints, the other time other bank send me a cheque of good will to stay with them. Now can some...

Bluewave · Bluewave

Evening all! Ive had a nightmare couple of days with a nasty client who has found any opportunity to phone me and have a go at me. Ive had enough of his arrogant attitude so Im going to tell him that either my bookkeeper takes over his account (shes happy to) or I will disengage. It made me think - has anyone e...

lots to learn · lots to learn

To any 12 Pay users Is there a report which details all deductions and shows employee/ employers pension element? I need to send one over to the accountant and I'm sure there must be but I cant find it! Thanks in advance Valerie

lots to learn · lots to learn

Morning all I hope someone can help. I've only recently begun dealing with Ltd companies so as yet I am not fully confident with the filing procedures. I have a Charity who are incorporated (limited by guarantee) but below 25k income. My understanding is that I need to file full accounts not micro...

lots to learn · lots to learn

Evening all I have a bit of a delicate issue which I'm trying to decide how to tackle. I have a friend of a friend with a building company which has his own accountant but has passed a great deal of work my way. Charities, local businesses he's involved in and many contractors who work for him etc. Some of...

Corry · Corry

Hi Has anyone had any dealing with Payroo over the telephone? This year they have changed from being a free online payroll software package to charging a monthly subscription and usage fee. Firstly, let me first say, I have no issue with paying for a service that I use. However, that said, every sing...

BC Boy · BC Boy

Good morning, I'm looking for some help please. I have a client with a bank loan over 7 years. The account is set up with the automatic bank feed. I wish to separate out the sum due with 12m as a current liability and the remainder as a long term liability. Given that Xero will not allow journals form a bank a...

Stardoe · Stardoe

Hi All, Haven't posted on here for a long time now, but would like everyone's (anyone's) opinions/thoughts. I am winding down to retirement now, so only have four clients, one of whom I go to their office three times a week and the other three I work from home. My question is, has anyone else got so entre...

Rachel19 · Rachel19

Hi everyone, I'm wondering if anyone can help me? I'm an ACCA qualified employed practice accountant, wanting to apply for a practising certificate so I can start out on my own. The ACCA has approved my training record (after a lot of toing and froing!) but I'm hitting a snag in that I need a "suitably qu...

Nikole · Nikole

Afternoon All One of my customers "Ltd Company" would like me to take over preparing and submitting their year end accounts. Their accounts are fairly straight forward and do not need auditing. I have my AAT level 4 qualification and would love to get my teeth stuck into accounting beyond TB, Is this s...

lots to learn · lots to learn

Hi All Just looking for some advice on Furnished Holiday Lets. It seems to be all I deal with at the moment! Client is building up a few FHLs. The first has been let during the 18-19 year and meets all conditions etc so all good there. The second is a newly converted barn which has not been let during the...

Silly Digits · Silly Digits

A client has had tools stolen from his van, many of these items have been replaced this tax year 2018-19. A lot of the tools that were stolen were claimed in previous years as 100% AIA. Sole trader/not VAT registered/income and expenditure account. An insurance claim has been put in for but not paid ou...

Leger · Leger

I'm giving a lot of thought to fees at the moment, and realise I am cheaper than I should be, but also conscious that I primarily deal with micro businesses, so need to be realistic. Out of interest, as a rough guide, what would you charge for the following, (seen elsewhere) For those that don't know, I'...

Ally2019 · Ally2019

Hi there. Thought I had posted this earlier but I did not - apologies if it posts twice. I am an ACCA member and have the relevant experience to gain my PC. I am only looking to set up as a bookkeeper for the time being but wanted peoples thoughts on getting the PC so I can avoid the Hmrc fees for the Money la...

Bluewave · Bluewave

Hi all, Ive been happily running my own bookkeeping business for 7 years (worked in practice for many years before that). I pick up my clients paperwork and process manually on to my own Sage...I have access to all of their bank accounts and manually enter the bank transactions on to Sage...Im proper o...

Artois · Artois

Just a quickie, if my client has given me permission to send a copy of his Tax Return to an Estate Agent so he can rent a property do I still need to password protect it?

Julie Hall · Julie Hall

Hi there, I have a client that has a retail business and have started to use Facebook Ireland Ltd as part of advertising etc, any ideas what tax code to use, I think it should be T24 on sage any advice appreciated. Thanks very much.

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	Tyre kickers, price shoppers and Tax frauds (Preview) I read articles from both sides of the pond. The US isn't actually so very different in principle (quite different in practice) and there was an interesting article recently (might have been yesterday) about the issue that their accountants have which is very much echoed on this side of the pond. Thi...	Shamus	13	3181	Tue Nov 12 11:37 2019 by Cheshire
	Subcontracting (Preview) Hi everyone, me with another question again :) I've been in touch with a firm of accountants with a view to taking on some subcontractor work from them (which is great), but they've asked for a CV and references. Is this normal in your experience? I don't mind giving them a background of my experience an...	Rachel19	7	2333	Sun Nov 10 14:50 2019 by Nikole
	Website advice (Preview) Hi all Hope you are well - Happy Halloween :) Need the advice of you kind people regarding websites for my bookkeeping practice (eventually will lead to accounting if I ever get a move on with the ACCA PC) My brother the iT whizz, is too busy to help sadly so I wanted any recommendations for website build...	Ally2019	13	2600	Sun Nov 3 20:36 2019 by VinceH
	*DO U HAVE TO INCLUDE ACCOUNT ADJUSTMENTS OR GOOD WILL GESTURES ON SELF ASSESSMENT? (Preview) *DO U HAVE TO INCLUDE ACCOUNT ADJUSTMENTS OR GOOD WILL GESTURES ON SELF ASSESSMENT? Hello My bank paid me onto my account a few times money called account adjustment as a result of being nice to me after complaints, the other time other bank send me a cheque of good will to stay with them. Now can some...	tomek1	5	2024	Tue Oct 29 20:43 2019 by Leger
	Need to vent! (Preview) Evening all! Ive had a nightmare couple of days with a nasty client who has found any opportunity to phone me and have a go at me. Ive had enough of his arrogant attitude so Im going to tell him that either my bookkeeper takes over his account (shes happy to) or I will disengage. It made me think - has anyone e...	Bluewave	7	2242	Sat Oct 26 13:07 2019 by Casu
	12 Pay Report (Preview) To any 12 Pay users Is there a report which details all deductions and shows employee/ employers pension element? I need to send one over to the accountant and I'm sure there must be but I cant find it! Thanks in advance Valerie	lots to learn	7	1956	Wed Oct 23 20:13 2019 by Leger
	Company Charity Filing (Preview) Morning all I hope someone can help. I've only recently begun dealing with Ltd companies so as yet I am not fully confident with the filing procedures. I have a Charity who are incorporated (limited by guarantee) but below 25k income. My understanding is that I need to file full accounts not micro...	lots to learn	8	2248	Wed Oct 2 14:06 2019 by Cheshire
	Self Employed working for one client only (Preview) Evening all I have a bit of a delicate issue which I'm trying to decide how to tackle. I have a friend of a friend with a building company which has his own accountant but has passed a great deal of work my way. Charities, local businesses he's involved in and many contractors who work for him etc. Some of...	lots to learn	12	3373	Thu Sep 5 10:10 2019 by Leger
	Payroo Payroll - anyone else experienced extremely poor customer service or is it just me! (Preview) Hi Has anyone had any dealing with Payroo over the telephone? This year they have changed from being a free online payroll software package to charging a monthly subscription and usage fee. Firstly, let me first say, I have no issue with paying for a service that I use. However, that said, every sing...	Corry	1	1833	Sun Aug 18 12:34 2019 by Cheshire
	Journals in Xero (Preview) Good morning, I'm looking for some help please. I have a client with a bank loan over 7 years. The account is set up with the automatic bank feed. I wish to separate out the sum due with 12m as a current liability and the remainder as a long term liability. Given that Xero will not allow journals form a bank a...	BC Boy	14	2473	Tue Aug 13 15:59 2019 by Rachel19
	Thoughts welcome! (Preview) Hi All, Haven't posted on here for a long time now, but would like everyone's (anyone's) opinions/thoughts. I am winding down to retirement now, so only have four clients, one of whom I go to their office three times a week and the other three I work from home. My question is, has anyone else got so entre...	Stardoe	4	1862	Tue Aug 6 19:49 2019 by Stardoe
	Continuity of Practice help! (Preview) Hi everyone, I'm wondering if anyone can help me? I'm an ACCA qualified employed practice accountant, wanting to apply for a practising certificate so I can start out on my own. The ACCA has approved my training record (after a lot of toing and froing!) but I'm hitting a snag in that I need a "suitably qu...	Rachel19	6	2143	Fri Aug 2 11:41 2019 by Rachel19
	Thoughts on Year end Accounts (Preview) Afternoon All One of my customers "Ltd Company" would like me to take over preparing and submitting their year end accounts. Their accounts are fairly straight forward and do not need auditing. I have my AAT level 4 qualification and would love to get my teeth stuck into accounting beyond TB, Is this s...	Nikole	16	2221	Wed Jul 31 23:16 2019 by Cheshire
	Furnished Holiday Lets (Preview) Hi All Just looking for some advice on Furnished Holiday Lets. It seems to be all I deal with at the moment! Client is building up a few FHLs. The first has been let during the 18-19 year and meets all conditions etc so all good there. The second is a newly converted barn which has not been let during the...	lots to learn	6	2036	Mon Jul 22 10:13 2019 by lots to learn
	Stolen Assets (Preview) A client has had tools stolen from his van, many of these items have been replaced this tax year 2018-19. A lot of the tools that were stolen were claimed in previous years as 100% AIA. Sole trader/not VAT registered/income and expenditure account. An insurance claim has been put in for but not paid ou...	Silly Digits	15	2952	Wed Jul 17 17:26 2019 by Silly Digits
	What would you charge? (Preview) I'm giving a lot of thought to fees at the moment, and realise I am cheaper than I should be, but also conscious that I primarily deal with micro businesses, so need to be realistic. Out of interest, as a rough guide, what would you charge for the following, (seen elsewhere) For those that don't know, I'...	Leger	6	2449	Mon Jul 15 07:59 2019 by Artois
	MLO fee - do I have to pay as an ACCA member? (Preview) Hi there. Thought I had posted this earlier but I did not - apologies if it posts twice. I am an ACCA member and have the relevant experience to gain my PC. I am only looking to set up as a bookkeeper for the time being but wanted peoples thoughts on getting the PC so I can avoid the Hmrc fees for the Money la...	Ally2019	17	2573	Sun Jul 7 08:28 2019 by YLB-HO
	Am I behind the times??? (Preview) Hi all, Ive been happily running my own bookkeeping business for 7 years (worked in practice for many years before that). I pick up my clients paperwork and process manually on to my own Sage...I have access to all of their bank accounts and manually enter the bank transactions on to Sage...Im proper o...	Bluewave	13	2443	Mon Jul 1 20:14 2019 by Bluewave
	Password Protect? (Preview) Just a quickie, if my client has given me permission to send a copy of his Tax Return to an Estate Agent so he can rent a property do I still need to password protect it?	Artois	2	1835	Mon Jul 1 16:48 2019 by Artois
	Sage Tax Code Facebook Ireland (Preview) Hi there, I have a client that has a retail business and have started to use Facebook Ireland Ltd as part of advertising etc, any ideas what tax code to use, I think it should be T24 on sage any advice appreciated. Thanks very much.	Julie Hall	6	8244	Fri Jun 28 14:30 2019 by Shamus
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