Hi there, yes I always do for my clients. Date, what work I did within that day and the lengh of time it took, I do not split every item for example I would list inputting customer invoices, posting customer invoices to bank, and then give total. Hope this helps.
Ive always invoiced showing the date and hours worked as my agreement is hourly rate - however I usually put minimum description ie bookkeeping or bank reconcile not full details
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Donna Curling - Complete Book-Keeping Ltd (CBKLtd) - 07939 101900
As with the above replies I don't detail what I have been doing but I tell the client that the work took x hours at x rate.
If you detail what you do for clients they will start to try and micro manage your work wanting you to drop tasks which they don't see as important.
Actually, thinking back someone on here had a client who wanted them to stop doing bank recs as the client couldn't see the benefit in them.
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Shaun
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Actually, thinking back someone on here had a client who wanted them to stop doing bank recs as the client couldn't see the benefit in them.
What!? It's got to be one of the most important aspects surely....hope whoever it was talked their client out of it!
I also charge by the hour so do a timesheet for my clients although I don't go into detail either. I do most of my work on clients' premises anyway, so they usually know how long I work
agreed. Unfortunately though clients often don't see things the same way as us. (Such as the eternal shock when people realise that they have to pay me AND a tax bill, not me OR a tax bill which is what they seem to expect!).
I can't remember the thread but it was one of those where the bookkeeper was on the point of dumping a client and was relaying the horror stories of what they had been through. I'm pretty sure that it ended up with her dumping the client.
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You need to be as unspecific as possible on your invoices to avoid running into problems if you are ever inspected by HMRC on the look out for whether or not you meet their self-employment criteria.
I put a brief description like 'bookkeeping' or 'credit control' then the agreed price. Even if I did hourly there's no way I'd be sending clients timesheets. For the role we do trust is extremely important, if the client doesn't trust you without breaking your day into 15 minute blocks perhaps you've reached the end of the road with them.
I've never given any of my clients a timesheet as I tell them either when I start that day and tell them when I finish, But luckily most of my clients that I charge are at a set fee, so I just give them my Invoice, with a description, the amout, total amount and that's it.
yes I always prepare different time-sheet details to perform in whole month. I think if you prepare weekly time-sheet details then you will never suffer from time schedule which your client has given to you.
