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

Shamus · Shamus

I was chatting with the manager of a small business the other day and it became apparent that the only thing that they were interested in was acquiring new clients. It's occured from reading threads on this site that many of us suffer from the same short sighted approach but don't even see that we have a p...

CHbks · CHbks

Hoping you can offer me some advice! I went from being an employed book-keeper to a self employed book-keeper simply to simplify my own tax situation, to save having lots of part time jobs and splitting my tax code, I realise ignorance is not an excuse but I did not know I needed to register, all my jobs/...

Missey · Missey

Hi I am waiting on my MLR application to come through from HMRC. Could anyone confirm whether or not I can now register as self-employed sole trader with HMRC or do I have to wait until the MLR application is accepted before registering? Thanks Bubs

rachel_mclean · rachel_mclean

Hi I have drafted up a letter which I want to send out to accountants looking to sub-contract work. I tried this a few years ago and got a bit of interest but not much work. The letter I sent wasn't very thought out or put together well so I have decided to send another one out again, trouble is I've read and re...

rachel_mclean · rachel_mclean

Hi does anybody know how to enter a purchase invoice on to VT that has both vatable and non vatable items on it. I have been entering the invoice twice with the vatable and non vatable as separate invoices which I think is going to be a nightmare when I reconcile the bank account. Does anybody know of a bett...

rachel_mclean · rachel_mclean

If anybody uses VT can you tell me how to make reports i.e list of payments made from petty cash a report on each account i.e 'sales' that shows vat (but does not include all income accounts vat) or do you know where I can find a list of VT reports and how to find/make them - the VT guide is not much help Than...

JulieS · JulieS

Hello to all Sage experts on here! I may have to set up a new Sage for a potential client, who wants to get Sage line 50. From my own experience, when in the past I called up Sage company, I had long conversation with Sage sales people trying to sell me Sage at a price which I thought was too high. If an...

kjmcculloch83 · kjmcculloch83

I was having a look through the websites on the bookkeepers forum directory, and came across on in particular. It wasn't that it was exceptionally well designed that caught my eye, but when I started reading the service menu, and the details I thought it was very well written. Then I started to think...

BudgetB · BudgetB

Hi all, If a parent is receiving a pension on behalf of their child (the mother died, and now both husband and child receive separate occupational pension payments from the mothers workplace) - does the childs pension count as part of the parents taxable income? Not a situation I've had before, and I...

D Modjo · D Modjo

Hi, I hope someone can help me. I have a client who is a freelancer (director) for a Ltd company. She tends to purchase a lot of food any time of the day and some times it can be as much as £60 in a day is this allowable and what is a reasonable amount? Many thanks Denise ______________________

Georgie · Georgie

Hi, How do you manage year end/final accounts if the client didn't do a stocktake on the last day ? Georgie

Missey · Missey

Hi Has anyone experience in running VT/Quickbooks (I'm looking into buying VT or Quickbooks) with Apple Mac Pro. I have a normal desktop PC running on windows but I bought an Apple Mac Pro laptop this year thinking I could use it for doing bookkeeping/accounts and I now have a sinking feeling that mos...

Shamus · Shamus

Hi, this is not an all singing all dancing engagement letter for all scenarios but for those offering tax / payroll services there has been a joint work by ATT, CIOT, ICAEW, ACCA, ICAS and IIT producing the document that can be accessed from this link http://www.att.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5468FE7C-...

rachel_mclean · rachel_mclean

I have the ICB diploma in payroll management but I did this a few years ago way before RTI. I haven't done any payroll for a while but as it's a service I offer I would like to do a course to learn all the new payroll stuff. ICB have a course for £99.00 plus exam fee £46.00 called 'Update course on RTI with sage 5...

Corry · Corry

Hi, Firstly - apologies if this is in the wrong area! Secondly good morning to you all

Right, down to my question - what are your thoughts on being a member of a professional body such as AAT/CIMA etc.? I am a Member in Practice of the AAT, however, I only work part time through self employed work (abo...

rachel_mclean · rachel_mclean

I never used to charge clients for print outs, files etc but I've noticed it's starting to cost a lot of money. With stationery I will now charge the cost to me but am unsure of what to charge for print outs. How much would you charge per print - colour and black and white? do you think that 10p per sheet is a bi...

amy_vt · amy_vt

Hello I am new to the forum and wonder if anybody could help me. I'm quite out of practice and I'm going round in circles with this. I need to enter the days takings. I have wet and food sales some of which has been paid by cash and some credit card. So firstly I need to enter the days sales into wet and dry categ...

LizB · LizB

Hi all, I have been approached by a new client to help with his Ltd comp bookkeeping. His background is IT, but since forming his Ltd company a couple of years ago, he specialises in providing Project Management to mainly large financial institutions. My concern is that I think he may fall into the IR35...

Missey · Missey

Hi All I have been absorbing the posts on this forum for the past 4 years whilst studying my AAT qualification on a part time basis. Having just completed the AAT qualification, I'm feeling totally in limbo as I have no experience whatsoever as a book keeper. I know there have been many posts like this i...

rachel_mclean · rachel_mclean

I have taken on a new client for VAT returns. The client has an accountant. The business started last year and the first VAT quarter has been done. I have none of the paperwork yet for the first vat quarter. I have 3 vat quarters to do. The accountant wants me to use VT which I have bought. Can I do the the 2nd...

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	CRM (Preview) I was chatting with the manager of a small business the other day and it became apparent that the only thing that they were interested in was acquiring new clients. It's occured from reading threads on this site that many of us suffer from the same short sighted approach but don't even see that we have a p...	Shamus	6	2074	Sat Aug 24 00:57 2013 by Shamus
	Not Registered MLR (Preview) Hoping you can offer me some advice! I went from being an employed book-keeper to a self employed book-keeper simply to simplify my own tax situation, to save having lots of part time jobs and splitting my tax code, I realise ignorance is not an excuse but I did not know I needed to register, all my jobs/...	CHbks	2	1373	Wed Aug 14 01:02 2013 by CHbks
	registering as self employed before MLR is accepted? (Preview) Hi I am waiting on my MLR application to come through from HMRC. Could anyone confirm whether or not I can now register as self-employed sole trader with HMRC or do I have to wait until the MLR application is accepted before registering? Thanks Bubs	Missey	7	1081	Tue Aug 13 14:34 2013 by Missey
	Letter to accountants for work - can anyone have a look and tell me what they think please? (Preview) Hi I have drafted up a letter which I want to send out to accountants looking to sub-contract work. I tried this a few years ago and got a bit of interest but not much work. The letter I sent wasn't very thought out or put together well so I have decided to send another one out again, trouble is I've read and re...	rachel_mclean	7	1462	Sat Aug 10 06:00 2013 by rachel_mclean
	how to enter a purchase invoice on VT with both vatable and non vatable items? (Preview) Hi does anybody know how to enter a purchase invoice on to VT that has both vatable and non vatable items on it. I have been entering the invoice twice with the vatable and non vatable as separate invoices which I think is going to be a nightmare when I reconcile the bank account. Does anybody know of a bett...	rachel_mclean	1	1062	Sat Aug 10 04:24 2013 by kjmcculloch83
	Does anybody use VT? VT Reports (Preview) If anybody uses VT can you tell me how to make reports i.e list of payments made from petty cash a report on each account i.e 'sales' that shows vat (but does not include all income accounts vat) or do you know where I can find a list of VT reports and how to find/make them - the VT guide is not much help Than...	rachel_mclean	2	759	Sat Aug 10 03:34 2013 by rachel_mclean
	Best way to purchase SAGE line 50 (Preview) Hello to all Sage experts on here! I may have to set up a new Sage for a potential client, who wants to get Sage line 50. From my own experience, when in the past I called up Sage company, I had long conversation with Sage sales people trying to sell me Sage at a price which I thought was too high. If an...	JulieS	2	957	Sat Aug 10 02:43 2013 by VinceH
	Copying websites (Preview) I was having a look through the websites on the bookkeepers forum directory, and came across on in particular. It wasn't that it was exceptionally well designed that caught my eye, but when I started reading the service menu, and the details I thought it was very well written. Then I started to think...	kjmcculloch83	19	2372	Thu Aug 8 22:11 2013 by Figurate
	Dependants Pension (Preview) Hi all, If a parent is receiving a pension on behalf of their child (the mother died, and now both husband and child receive separate occupational pension payments from the mothers workplace) - does the childs pension count as part of the parents taxable income? Not a situation I've had before, and I...	BudgetB	0	494	Wed Aug 7 17:48 2013 by BudgetB
	Allowable Expense (Preview) Hi, I hope someone can help me. I have a client who is a freelancer (director) for a Ltd company. She tends to purchase a lot of food any time of the day and some times it can be as much as £60 in a day is this allowable and what is a reasonable amount? Many thanks Denise ______________________	D Modjo	5	1007	Wed Aug 7 20:38 2013 by FoxAccountancyServices
	Stocktake (Preview) Hi, How do you manage year end/final accounts if the client didn't do a stocktake on the last day ? Georgie	Georgie	2	962	Wed Aug 7 19:45 2013 by Georgie
	VT/Quickbooks compatability with Mac Pro (Preview) Hi Has anyone experience in running VT/Quickbooks (I'm looking into buying VT or Quickbooks) with Apple Mac Pro. I have a normal desktop PC running on windows but I bought an Apple Mac Pro laptop this year thinking I could use it for doing bookkeeping/accounts and I now have a sinking feeling that mos...	Missey	9	848	Tue Aug 6 14:29 2013 by Missey
	Tax engagement letters (Preview) Hi, this is not an all singing all dancing engagement letter for all scenarios but for those offering tax / payroll services there has been a joint work by ATT, CIOT, ICAEW, ACCA, ICAS and IIT producing the document that can be accessed from this link http://www.att.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5468FE7C-...	Shamus	1	1427	Sun Aug 4 01:02 2013 by RuthA
	cheaper course on RTI than with ICB? (Preview) I have the ICB diploma in payroll management but I did this a few years ago way before RTI. I haven't done any payroll for a while but as it's a service I offer I would like to do a course to learn all the new payroll stuff. ICB have a course for £99.00 plus exam fee £46.00 called 'Update course on RTI with sage 5...	rachel_mclean	1	642	Fri Aug 2 00:38 2013 by DaveCampbell
	Professional memberships?!? (Preview) Hi, Firstly - apologies if this is in the wrong area! Secondly good morning to you all Right, down to my question - what are your thoughts on being a member of a professional body such as AAT/CIMA etc.? I am a Member in Practice of the AAT, however, I only work part time through self employed work (abo...	Corry	7	995	Thu Aug 1 19:34 2013 by Shamus
	what do you charge clients for stationery....print outs etc? (Preview) I never used to charge clients for print outs, files etc but I've noticed it's starting to cost a lot of money. With stationery I will now charge the cost to me but am unsure of what to charge for print outs. How much would you charge per print - colour and black and white? do you think that 10p per sheet is a bi...	rachel_mclean	5	1387	Thu Aug 1 18:06 2013 by Noola
	Separating wet and dry sales into cash and credit card payments ??????????????????????? (Preview) Hello I am new to the forum and wonder if anybody could help me. I'm quite out of practice and I'm going round in circles with this. I need to enter the days takings. I have wet and food sales some of which has been paid by cash and some credit card. So firstly I need to enter the days sales into wet and dry categ...	amy_vt	1	1174	Wed Jul 31 04:54 2013 by ChrisBolton
	IR35 Advice... (Preview) Hi all, I have been approached by a new client to help with his Ltd comp bookkeeping. His background is IT, but since forming his Ltd company a couple of years ago, he specialises in providing Project Management to mainly large financial institutions. My concern is that I think he may fall into the IR35...	LizB	5	1557	Tue Jul 30 15:04 2013 by LizB
	Yeeks! Just starting out as a bookeeper (Preview) Hi All I have been absorbing the posts on this forum for the past 4 years whilst studying my AAT qualification on a part time basis. Having just completed the AAT qualification, I'm feeling totally in limbo as I have no experience whatsoever as a book keeper. I know there have been many posts like this i...	Missey	39	2305	Tue Jul 30 12:16 2013 by Missey
	VT Users......VAT in VT Question.....PLEASE HELP (Preview) I have taken on a new client for VAT returns. The client has an accountant. The business started last year and the first VAT quarter has been done. I have none of the paperwork yet for the first vat quarter. I have 3 vat quarters to do. The accountant wants me to use VT which I have bought. Can I do the the 2nd...	rachel_mclean	1	744	Tue Jul 30 06:55 2013 by Shamus
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