I am interested in doing Tax Return's and intend to do the Self-Assesment Tax Return module with the ICB level 3, they recommend however that you obtain the above guide direct from HMRC before completing this module, however all I can find on their website is various electronic guides you can access over the internet, I would prefer a paper manual, does anyone know if you can obtain one still from HMRC.
Not quite sure this is the right one, but I will give ICB a call tomorrow and let you know which one they mean, it could be their site is a little out of date and these manual's are now online and no longer available in paper form.
unfortunately not - this is what the HMRC website says :
SABK4 - Self Assessment - A general guide to keeping records
We are currently updating and merging the information contained within SA/BK4, Self Assessment a general guide to keeping records and SA/BK8, Self Assessment your guide. This means these publications are no longer available to download or view. We hope to have the new and improved guidance available very shortly. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
The ICB now sell a manual in their shop....it's very expensive at £60.00 or if you are a member £40.00, I'm saving for it myself here is the link http://www.bookkeepers.org.uk/Shop/Product/Self_Assessment_Tax_Returns_Manual_09-10
I don't think this manual on its own will be enough to pass their exam. I have their exam just now and I bought this manual beforehand. It has helped me with things I wouldn't have understood just reading the HMRC guides but similarly the HMRC guides have bits in them better explained than the ICB manual.
So if you can get a hold of "Self Assessment Tax Returns Guide - 6 April 2009 to 5 April 2010" (the Big Book) it will be of great help to you. You would need to register as an agent with HMRC first.
Slightly related - is there an electronic reader that can view these pdf files? I've seen various readers but they don't seem to display things they way they are on a computer. Maybe takes too much power - I'm not a geek I don't know this sort of things.
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I can see the pages fine on my phone (windows mobile) but it is only a 4.3" screen...I have no experience with e-readers. I am sure the new amazon kindle would do it perfectly.
When I looked at the screen on one of these before it wasn't what I wanted but looking more closely at other screens (pdf) it might just do the trick. Just as long as I remember I'm not supposed to write on the pages. Thanks.
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