Hehe - mine's a little tidier (and a little less in quantity) than that; a clear plastic A4 envelope of stuff, along with a bunch of email attachments.
The flip side of that, though, is that I have to use Xero.
The more I use it, the less I like it. I'm starting to think its name is a reflection of how good it is on a scale of 'xero' to ten.
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I've never had one that bad, yet! Thought you would have your feet up watching the womens world cup final Doug. India heading for a win if they don't mess it up
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I've never had one that bad, yet! Thought you would have your feet up watching the womens world cup final Doug. India heading for a win if they don't mess it up
Hi John
Forgot all about it until I read your post, turned it on then and glad I did amazing finish!
Cheers
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Lol Doug - but you love it dont you. Just imagining your lounge now carpetted with them all. Im loving the box - clearly a favourite given the tape on it and the fact that the lod is half eaten.
I know one Accountant who just will not deal with clients who have such receipts - Ive said pass them my way. Great deal of satisfaction in sorting them (well there is sometimes!!)
Sunday work for me - very little. Just spent 3 hours with my boy!! Lovely!!
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Lol Doug - but you love it dont you. Just imagining your lounge now carpetted with them all. Im loving the box - clearly a favourite given the tape on it and the fact that the lod is half eaten.
I know one Accountant who just will not deal with clients who have such receipts - Ive said pass them my way. Great deal of satisfaction in sorting them (well there is sometimes!!)
Sunday work for me - very little. Just spent 3 hours with my boy!! Lovely!!
Who said they were a clients this is my filing system!!!
No seriously I do enjoy going through the receipts but even these were a bit too screwed up for my liking but I did find 6p in the box which I am not sure whether to declare or not, not sure how I stand with MLR on this issue?
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I had my worst one so far, recently. The receipts were in a zipper wallet all screwed up, almost into balls. Took me a day just to unscrew and sort them. Think I got the message through when I explained that many of them were so screwed up I could no longer read them!
Hopefully next year's will be in a better state. ð
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While I don't actually mind sorting through messes of receipts like that I do find it pretty disrespectful, especially one in particular of mine who gives me essentially what they use as a bin (it includes old chocolate bar wrappers, pen lids, cigarettes etc) with their paperwork all screwed up in it.
Unfortunately I don't have the luxury of dumping people like that because I'm not self employed!! Nothing seems to change even when they find out our fees are based on TIME taken sorting out the mess, before being able to even start the bookkeeping...
"While I don't actually mind sorting through messes of receipts like that"
Ditto - but...
"I do find it pretty disrespectful, especially one in particular of mine who gives me essentially what they use as a bin (it includes old chocolate bar wrappers, pen lids, cigarettes etc) with their paperwork all screwed up in it."
Disrespectful, in that case, is a massive understatement. That's just taking the piddle.
I would have been inclined to hand it back - probably making a point by putting it inside a bigger box with hazard/health warnings plastered over it - and explain to them that I was not willing to touch it in that state, and that they have to give it to me with the bonus detritus and general 'disgustingness' eliminated.
But then, people who know me (including my clients) mostly know that I can be very blunt and to the point - and often sweary with it - and I don't care who the recipient is. (But I also tend to temper it with my sense of humour, which is why the bigger box would be used).
"Unfortunately I don't have the luxury of dumping people like that because I'm not self employed!!"
In which case, you have a boss, and you should raise the issue with them if it happens again. What you described is completely unacceptable, whether self employed or employed.
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Mine tend to come in foolscap boxes rather than shoe boxes but its the same principle.
I'll have money on it that at least 10% of the receipts in that box are for a different tax year to the one that you are working on!
When wallpapering the front room floor based on months and day sequence within month I've missed a few myself before (on first pass) where the year is completely out.
Of course, all sort of other receipts get thrown in there by accident (yer right!). Biggest laugh that I've had to date was a receipt for 50 shades of grey DVD and a pair of handcuffs.... Now, how do you argue that one to HMRC as being wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the business!!!!!
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Of course, all sort of other receipts get thrown in there by accident (yer right!). Biggest laugh that I've had to date was a receipt for 50 shades of grey DVD and a pair of handcuffs.... Now, how do you argue that one to HMRC as being wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the business!!!!!
Oh go on admit it - it was your receipt that dropped out of your pocket wasnt it?!
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"Unfortunately I don't have the luxury of dumping people like that because I'm not self employed!!"
In which case, you have a boss, and you should raise the issue with them if it happens again. What you described is completely unacceptable, whether self employed or employed.
Utterly and totally agree. I don't mind receipts in shoeboxes or whatever, but if it's got stuff in like Faye describes then it would be straight before the boss. If it was one of my clients, it would be returned post haste, with an explanation why.
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It has been brought up several times, believe me - I think it's just become more of a joke now of "what will they bring in next" to be honest!
Shamus wrote:
Biggest laugh that I've had to date was a receipt for 50 shades of grey DVD and a pair of handcuffs.... Now, how do you argue that one to HMRC as being wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the business!!!!!
I see things like this so often!! Makes me chuckles every time :D
It has been brought up several times, believe me - I think it's just become more of a joke now of "what will they bring in next" to be honest!
Shamus wrote:
Biggest laugh that I've had to date was a receipt for 50 shades of grey DVD and a pair of handcuffs.... Now, how do you argue that one to HMRC as being wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the business!!!!!
I see things like this so often!! Makes me chuckles every time :D
Oh do tell Faye, what else have you seen? I was given a receipt for 50 condoms once.
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