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

LizB · LizB

Hi. Think I am getting myself in an unnecessary twist over puting mileage costs into the accounts of a client. He is a self employed Management Consultant, who when raising his sales invoices charges at an hourly rate, plus any mileage to visit his client at 40p per mile. (He is under the VAT threshol...

Telnkate · Telnkate

I haven't done any book-keeping for about 3 years and am about to launch back into it. I was working for a pub/restaurant and worked on sage and will be doing so for a friend's pub/restaurant again soon. And will also be doing payroll soon too - eeek! I really need to brush up on my skills and knowledge of s...

KHagland · KHagland

Hello everyone, I have been to a few initial client meetings with just me and the client but I was wondering whether anyone could give me some advice about what to expect from a client, bookkeeper and accountant meeting. Also would you charge for this meeting? Thanks Kelly

lots to learn · lots to learn

Hi I wonder if anyone could offer me any help I have a new client who I am registering as a sole trader with a new business in the UK He is a consultant who will offer his services almost exclusively outside the UK He has done this business before from other countries so will expect turnover to be £100,000...

NICE Man · NICE Man

Hello, Im a subcontractor/sole trader plasterer in the construction industry. Ive been self-employed for 7 years. I work for a large building contractor who sends me to several properties a day to do the plastering. My average yearly take home is about £25000, with expenses totalling on average...

Anna12 · Anna12

Good Morning All, Can someone help? Im a bit confused with stock posting, I have to post once a month opening stock and closing stock. Can you advise which nominal ledger I should debit and credit? In my NL I have:1000 stock5200 opening stock5210 closing stock5000 material purchased Thank you Anna...

alfie · alfie

I am a bookkeeping for a cis client. His return was sent in by me with incorrect figures on. HMRC have got in touch and I have agreed that there figures from his contractors are correct. This made his gross about £5000 short. However the amount of tax @ 20% that was paid will be about right. The only differ...

SallyKnight · SallyKnight

Hi everyone, Im wondering if anyone can help me at all?? Since my last post I have now set up (mlr, pii, data protection, advert etc) I decided against the IAB membership I had applied for as I didnt want to be restricted to just the bookkeeping to tb. Anyway my advert went out last week and I have two potent...

stripe · stripe

Just a line or two to say - Hi, I'm new here. I'm looking to start up as a self employed bookkeeper in the near future and it is really rather scarey I've worked in accounts for rather to many years, passed AAT Technician in 2001, I know I have the experiance and qualifictions to do this . . . . . . but my self est...

manuela · manuela

hy,everything start with my anouncement to gumtree for finding a job.a lady contact me with a strange offer. attach and email to see you: Hello, My name is Mills Daniela.We live in the US.We plan on coming to the Dublin by the middle of July with my family due to the nature of my job(Art Gallery) and want...

spurs1952 · spurs1952

Background: One of those shops selling all manner of individual fashionable knick knacks like small table, jewellry, bath soap tablets etc etc. Items costs would range from many at next to nothing up to say £100/£200. There may be hundreds of ever changing items as well. Question: is there a need t...

ADAS · ADAS

Hope someone can give me a bit of help with this, as to be honest this is the area that confuses me the most. I struggle to understand what constitutes an event that I would have to report. Example 1: If a client ran a business but failed to give you till receipts, would this in itself create an event one nee...

dga · dga

If you start a bookkeeping service as a self employed, and you do not belong to any organisations like the AAT or ICB, when you must register with HMRC, for the Money Laundering, before you start your bookkeeping service, or after you start, any time during the first three months? I have seen somewher...

Shamus · Shamus

http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/docs/bribery-act-2010-guidance.pdf

dga · dga

Hi! What happens, if a client comes, and brings his records to his bookkeeper, but there are source documents missing, and he has lost some of his invoices, and some other source documents. Obviously, he can not have a double entry for his records, so what is the best approach? Especially for a sole tra...

Ray2000 · Ray2000

I am going to start training shortly, but I'm also thinking about how to get clients once I'm qualified. What did you do to get your first few clients?

ADAS · ADAS

You're unlikely to be shocked... New clients books, runs Sage 2010 Previous "unqualified" bookkeeper - opens a PLedger account with HMRC for VAT returns !!!! Doesn't use the transfer wizard.. 1. Raises "invoice" to DR 2202 Cr PL 2. Being vat return Then Dr Pl Cr Bank Being va...

Stardoe · Stardoe

http://www.book-keepers.org.uk/t41673623/deferred-income/

K3 Accounting · K3 Accounting

Discuss!! Following a couple of topics in relation to this i thought I would start a discussion as to what people have experienced. As I am slowly building my practice from scratch I am finding that too often I need to educate potential clients / networking groups about the difference between the two t...

lots to learn · lots to learn

Hi Looking for some help Does the vehicle vat scale charge appear as an expense in the accounts? I have inputted the vat element as a vat adjustment for the purpose of the vat return but was unsure if it appeared in the accounts.

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Mileage Costs (Preview) Hi. Think I am getting myself in an unnecessary twist over puting mileage costs into the accounts of a client. He is a self employed Management Consultant, who when raising his sales invoices charges at an hourly rate, plus any mileage to visit his client at 40p per mile. (He is under the VAT threshol...	LizB	1	1238	Thu Jul 14 14:03 2011 by Shamus
	New to this site - Hello! (Preview) I haven't done any book-keeping for about 3 years and am about to launch back into it. I was working for a pub/restaurant and worked on sage and will be doing so for a friend's pub/restaurant again soon. And will also be doing payroll soon too - eeek! I really need to brush up on my skills and knowledge of s...	Telnkate	5	3814	Wed Jul 13 13:47 2011 by gbm
	Client meetings - charging and advice (Preview) Hello everyone, I have been to a few initial client meetings with just me and the client but I was wondering whether anyone could give me some advice about what to expect from a client, bookkeeper and accountant meeting. Also would you charge for this meeting? Thanks Kelly	KHagland	4	1211	Wed Jul 13 13:45 2011 by gbm
	Vat on services outside UK (Preview) Hi I wonder if anyone could offer me any help I have a new client who I am registering as a sole trader with a new business in the UK He is a consultant who will offer his services almost exclusively outside the UK He has done this business before from other countries so will expect turnover to be £100,000...	lots to learn	5	1812	Wed Jul 13 10:03 2011 by lots to learn
	Advice sought for past years book keeping. (Preview) Hello, Im a subcontractor/sole trader plasterer in the construction industry. Ive been self-employed for 7 years. I work for a large building contractor who sends me to several properties a day to do the plastering. My average yearly take home is about £25000, with expenses totalling on average...	NICE Man	11	3633	Tue Jul 12 19:48 2011 by Shamus
	Stock take posting (Preview) Good Morning All, Can someone help? Im a bit confused with stock posting, I have to post once a month opening stock and closing stock. Can you advise which nominal ledger I should debit and credit? In my NL I have:1000 stock5200 opening stock5210 closing stock5000 material purchased Thank you Anna...	Anna12	5	2510	Mon Jul 11 20:55 2011 by Anna12
	cis penalties (Preview) I am a bookkeeping for a cis client. His return was sent in by me with incorrect figures on. HMRC have got in touch and I have agreed that there figures from his contractors are correct. This made his gross about £5000 short. However the amount of tax @ 20% that was paid will be about right. The only differ...	alfie	2	1317	Sun Jul 10 11:21 2011 by Don Tax
	terms of engagement/contract (Preview) Hi everyone, Im wondering if anyone can help me at all?? Since my last post I have now set up (mlr, pii, data protection, advert etc) I decided against the IAB membership I had applied for as I didnt want to be restricted to just the bookkeeping to tb. Anyway my advert went out last week and I have two potent...	SallyKnight	15	2004	Sat Jul 9 15:45 2011 by Wella
	Hi (Preview) Just a line or two to say - Hi, I'm new here. I'm looking to start up as a self employed bookkeeper in the near future and it is really rather scarey I've worked in accounts for rather to many years, passed AAT Technician in 2001, I know I have the experiance and qualifictions to do this . . . . . . but my self est...	stripe	13	3771	Thu Jul 7 18:22 2011 by MariaReed
	I need your opinion (Preview) hy,everything start with my anouncement to gumtree for finding a job.a lady contact me with a strange offer. attach and email to see you: Hello, My name is Mills Daniela.We live in the US.We plan on coming to the Dublin by the middle of July with my family due to the nature of my job(Art Gallery) and want...	manuela	3	1048	Thu Jul 7 17:25 2011 by Ciawoman
	Stock Records for a Small Shop with many items (Preview) Background: One of those shops selling all manner of individual fashionable knick knacks like small table, jewellry, bath soap tablets etc etc. Items costs would range from many at next to nothing up to say £100/£200. There may be hundreds of ever changing items as well. Question: is there a need t...	spurs1952	6	2142	Wed Jul 6 13:59 2011 by spurs1952
	Money Laundering (Preview) Hope someone can give me a bit of help with this, as to be honest this is the area that confuses me the most. I struggle to understand what constitutes an event that I would have to report. Example 1: If a client ran a business but failed to give you till receipts, would this in itself create an event one nee...	ADAS	14	10312	Tue Jul 5 17:20 2011 by Don Tax
	Registering with HMRC ? (Preview) If you start a bookkeeping service as a self employed, and you do not belong to any organisations like the AAT or ICB, when you must register with HMRC, for the Money Laundering, before you start your bookkeeping service, or after you start, any time during the first three months? I have seen somewher...	dga	14	2973	Tue Jul 5 16:55 2011 by BudgetB
	A bit of light reading.... Bribery Act 2010. Effective date 01/07/2011 (Preview) http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/docs/bribery-act-2010-guidance.pdf	Shamus	3	1262	Fri Jul 1 18:29 2011 by YLB-HO
	MISSING SOURCE DOCUMENTS? (Preview) Hi! What happens, if a client comes, and brings his records to his bookkeeper, but there are source documents missing, and he has lost some of his invoices, and some other source documents. Obviously, he can not have a double entry for his records, so what is the best approach? Especially for a sole tra...	dga	1	1179	Fri Jul 1 12:51 2011 by MarkS
	How did you get your first few clients?? (Preview) I am going to start training shortly, but I'm also thinking about how to get clients once I'm qualified. What did you do to get your first few clients?	Ray2000	10	1654	Fri Jul 1 09:03 2011 by gbm
	Just when you think..... (Preview) You're unlikely to be shocked... New clients books, runs Sage 2010 Previous "unqualified" bookkeeper - opens a PLedger account with HMRC for VAT returns !!!! Doesn't use the transfer wizard.. 1. Raises "invoice" to DR 2202 Cr PL 2. Being vat return Then Dr Pl Cr Bank Being va...	ADAS	12	1267	Thu Jun 30 22:39 2011 by Stardoe
	Deferred income.....again! (Preview) http://www.book-keepers.org.uk/t41673623/deferred-income/	Stardoe	2	950	Thu Jun 30 22:11 2011 by Stardoe
	Clients perception of Bookkeepers / Accountants (Preview) Discuss!! Following a couple of topics in relation to this i thought I would start a discussion as to what people have experienced. As I am slowly building my practice from scratch I am finding that too often I need to educate potential clients / networking groups about the difference between the two t...	K3 Accounting	17	4972	Thu Jun 30 16:14 2011 by YLB-HO
	Vehicle Vat scale charge in Accounts (Preview) Hi Looking for some help Does the vehicle vat scale charge appear as an expense in the accounts? I have inputted the vat element as a vat adjustment for the purpose of the vat return but was unsure if it appeared in the accounts.	lots to learn	1	1298	Wed Jun 29 22:16 2011 by Stardoe
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