I think it would be a useful resource if the blog was extended to focus on a different bookkeeping issue each time e.g. one could focus on accruals and prepayments, another forex.
I think students new to bookkeeping would benefit if the articles started at the very beginning. When I first started learning bookkeeping I learnt the methodology but not the underpinning logic and it wasn't until I picked up the latter that I felt as though I really understood bookkeeping.
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Thanks for your suggestion much appreciated - keep them coming!
We will be rolling out user guides for as many Book-keeping topics that we can come up with as the year progresses! These guides will be stored in www.book-keepers.net (Technical Resources Area).
We are currently building the Technical Resources Area of the website and as you will all appreciate it is a mammoth task, therfore we will be releasing each area periodically.
Once we have finalised each section we will let you know via the BKN Weekly Bulletin, Twitter [ @book_keepers ] and on the Forum.
If anybody has any further suggestions please let us know!
could I add another suggestion then please as your looking at a technical resources area.
a library of sample forms.
We had a case yesterday of Amanda looking for the MLR Risk Assessment form. As it is this is available in the AAT guidance for anyone to grab a copy of but I was thinking that it might be helpful if we had somewhere on the site where existing forms, letters, pro-forma's etc. are accessible by everyone here.
Just a thought. What would the site views be on this?
Also, will the technical resources area be accessible by everyone on the site or will this be a BKN members only area?
kind regards,
Shaun.
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Whilst planning the relaunch of the Book-keepers Network we decided that the Technical Resources area would be free to all in regards to user guides and available forms.
We will adding a template area for forms, excel sheets etc. in the next few weeks, we will of course keep you all posted.
Shamus - that's a good example with Amanda's MLR form query, thanks.
I was thinking of making a similar suggestion with letters of engagement etc - but these have already been suggested on this forum in the past and they did say before they were going to implement them at some stage.
Am I then only person that's thinking "what's in it for them?"
I could fully understand if they made an area like that for BKN members only - I wouldn't want them to, but then again I may be considering joining anyway.
Any time I see a forum posting either advertising or requesting a copy of the Bookcert pack I wonder why the forum owners don't remove such posts.
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Just do the maths. PII through Zurich Life for non BKN members £132.50 (which to me doesn't sound that unreasonable if you don't have access to the Trafagar PII via a practice certificate).
Then the quote for the same cover for BKN members £78. BKN membership £24. Well, that's £30.50 staying in my pocket thankyou very much.
A library of forms would just be icing on the cake.
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