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Large Volume o f Cash Transactions - Help Needed!
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Hi, I am new to bookkeeping and wondered if somebody could help me or confirm that my approach is correct............ My client's income is mainly cash based transactions and I need confirmation on how these cash transactions should be recorded in SAGE. I am in the process of inputting all of the tra...
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Advice Needed..........!!
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Hi, I am just setting up my bookkeeping practice and have my first client. Whilst I am an ACCA qualified accountant, I am struggling with some of the more basic issues that I am being faced with. Please could someone give me some advice on where a bookkeeper's role begins......... I am trying to input my...
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What's been found to be the best form of advertising?... after personal recc?
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As far as client aquisition goes... What have you found in your experience?... Mail shots direct to businesses?, Business cards in butty shops/ trade depots etc... or good old ''Yellow Pages''???
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123_Lesley
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My Sales letter what do you think.
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Hello everyone i have been trying to write up a sales letter to get some cilents as i decided i would like to go it alone. Please have a look and tell me your honest opinions. Dear Sir/Madam,I would like to take this opportunity to introduce my business to you. JSW Bookkeeping provides general bookkee...
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Winspear2007
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Reluctant Potential Clients
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Hello fellow members, Please can the fellow members answer the following question: "Why do you think potential client's are reluctant to hire a professional bookkeeper?" All answers are welcome. Kind regards David
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David Rosario
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Client's Mistakes
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Hello fellow members, Please can the fellow members answer the following question: "What is the one common mistake or mistakes client's make in their bookkeeping before hiring you (the professional bookkeeper)?" All answers are welcome. Kind regards David
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David Rosario
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what is your complaints procedure?
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Hopefully this does not happen to anyone, but because I am new starter and think I'd better to prepare myself for the worst of the worst could happen. Any comments are welcome:) Anna
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Changed job within a company, act as self employed not sure if I need MLR
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I have worked for a drama school for 6 years within administration, which means a Saturday morning and afternoon and a couple fo hours in the week to deal with email queries. In December, they wanted to bring the accounts inhouse and I have taken on the bookkeeppers role and givem up the admin comple...
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VickiJ
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Hiring self employed bookkeepers vs employed
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Happy New Year to all,
(I posted this in recruitment jobs section perhaps the wrong place)
Just wondering if anyone has had experience hiring other self employed bookkeepers to work for your bookkeeping practice.
I run a growing practice and require bookkeepers to work onsite at various cli...
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Starting a childcare voucher scheme
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We're looking at setting up a childcare voucher scheme for one of my clients, a small limited company. Does anyone do this, can you give me any practical suggestions eg how to produce the actual vouchers and pay the childcare providers etc? When I try to search for information all I get are lots of comp...
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RuthA
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Kind of your job
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May I get to know what kind of services your customers demand? Full accounting (including tax calculation, tax report preparation and submission). Or only bookkeeping services (data entrance in books)? I suppose more required are accounting services (including bookkeping). But do customers d...
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rigaconnect
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Panic over Self Assessment
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I have a client who started using my services as a sole trader in retail. I've done all his bookkeeping this year, registered him for VAT etc. even submitted his self assessment only to get a phone call today to say his wife got a letter from HMRC to remind her about her partnership tax return. It seems, f...
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Terms and Conditons needed
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Hi I have just started my bookkeeping business and have a new client. Does any one have plain english Terms and Conditions I could adopt, I'm struggling with mine Thanks for any help
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Maz
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Charities
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I have a client who has donated nearly 3,000 to a number of charities in 2010/11. Is there a beneficial way of entering these amounts on to her tax return.
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Plans for the new year
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What are everyones plans for the new year? Are you going all out on marketing, embracing new technologies or are you going to diversify? My biggest plans are to get into tweeting, but as I've tried this a number of times and got bored I don't hold out much hope. I am also looking to diversify slightly wit...
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Are you making a profit?
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From another thread, if you run your own business are you in profit? How long did it take you to turn a profit? For me I made quite a bit of a loss in my first year, and this year looking at break even or slight profit. Kris
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Capital gains tax and losses carried forward
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Happy New Year to all on the Bookkeepers Forum!! As has been the case for the past two years my New Year is starting with an every growing to-do list!!!! I was wondering if anyone could clear something up for me? I have a client with rental income losses of £10K. The property has been sold and the client...
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Posting a P11dx form to HMRC
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Hello, Does anyone know where to post a paper P11dx form to HMRC? I can't seem to find an address.... Maybe its just me still in Christmas mode!! Any help would be most apprceciated. Thanks - and Happy New Year. Ann-marie
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Debts of clients for bookkeeping services
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Do you have many clients that delay payments for bookkeeping services? How do you work with such clients? Or prefer not to work after some delays?
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rigaconnect
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Charging clients mileage
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Hi all....Happy New Year to you all (and hopefully a prosperous one). This is probably going to be a very blindingly obvious question. If I charge a client for mileage (i.e. actually add it to my invoice) I can't still claim the same mileage on my tax return can I? I'm actually only charging them .20p p...
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