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Shamus · Shamus

Has anyone started looking into this yet? It seems that it applies to companies as well as individuals but there is very little detail on the ground about how monthly rather than annual reporting is going to work? I'm particularly worried that monthly reporting could surely only be based on the accou...

Shamus · Shamus

Before posting in this section of the site please refer to :http://www.book-keepers.org.uk/t10583966/forum-rules-and-privacy-policy-please-read-before-making-a-p/ for the site rulesAnd http://www.book-keepers.org.uk/t62264820/site-ethics/ for the site ethics. It is assumed...

Shamus · Shamus

Hi People, ok, currently the software that I have and use is Sage line 50 (V10 & V14), Excel and VT Transaction+ (I've actually got VT Accounts but haven't used it yet). I'm looking around at new software and I'm really tempted to join the Quickbooks Pro program for Accountants at £345 per year for a...

Silly Digits · Silly Digits

A client has had tools stolen from his van, many of these items have been replaced this tax year 2018-19. A lot of the tools that were stolen were claimed in previous years as 100% AIA. Sole trader/not VAT registered/income and expenditure account. An insurance claim has been put in for but not paid ou...

Leger · Leger

I'm giving a lot of thought to fees at the moment, and realise I am cheaper than I should be, but also conscious that I primarily deal with micro businesses, so need to be realistic. Out of interest, as a rough guide, what would you charge for the following, (seen elsewhere) For those that don't know, I'...

Ally2019 · Ally2019

Hi there. Thought I had posted this earlier but I did not - apologies if it posts twice. I am an ACCA member and have the relevant experience to gain my PC. I am only looking to set up as a bookkeeper for the time being but wanted peoples thoughts on getting the PC so I can avoid the Hmrc fees for the Money la...

Bluewave · Bluewave

Hi all, Ive been happily running my own bookkeeping business for 7 years (worked in practice for many years before that). I pick up my clients paperwork and process manually on to my own Sage...I have access to all of their bank accounts and manually enter the bank transactions on to Sage...Im proper o...

Artois · Artois

Just a quickie, if my client has given me permission to send a copy of his Tax Return to an Estate Agent so he can rent a property do I still need to password protect it?

Julie Hall · Julie Hall

Hi there, I have a client that has a retail business and have started to use Facebook Ireland Ltd as part of advertising etc, any ideas what tax code to use, I think it should be T24 on sage any advice appreciated. Thanks very much.

Cheshire · Cheshire

Its all downhill now to Christmas -- Edited by Cheshire on Friday 21st of June 2019 11:17:42 PM

ZoesBookkeeping · ZoesBookkeeping

Hi I am just checking the amount I seem to now have to pay to HMRC for the Anti Money Laundering renewal is now £170.00! It now shows Approval for responsible people £40 and Trading Premises £130.00. I have been registered at the same address for years. Now I seem to be needing supervised and my renewal i...

AliBee · AliBee

Does anyone use google adwords or facebook ads to advertise their business?

Martin S · Martin S

Hi everyone, I'm just in the process of my application for a practising certificate with the IAB and about to start their programme of compliance, obviously before taking on the first client I need to sort out PII, My question is how much cover should I have? the options on the quote screen are 50k, 10...

Bests · Bests

Just had an email from a client who is having a problem with their HSBC account. They're looking to switch and asked if I've heard of a bank called Tide. Can't say I have, looking them up it appears to be app based. Anyone on here have any clients using Tide?

Leger · Leger

A stand at Accountex caught my eye called the Entrenpreneurs Circle. As I plan to expand my business this year I had a chat with them. On reading a follow up email I'm rather shocked that this will be a staggering £3000 a month although they do seem to do the whole caboodle. Maybe if I was turning over 20...

ZoesBookkeeping · ZoesBookkeeping

HI I have a message from HMRC re Anti-money laundering that the Decision is Pending. I paid £130 in April. Do i have to pay £40 and then my renewal will be sorted? Thank you.

softie · softie

Me, my OH and a few friends are doing a charity run next month and I'd like to get some T-Shirts printed with my business logo on the front and back. Any recommendations? Thanks x

AliBee · AliBee

I'd like to build a website for my bookkeeping business, can anyone recommend any easy to use website building software/services? I'm not a web-designer and don't have any coding experience so something simple for a beginner would be good.

Nikole · Nikole

Who else is having problems submitting an online P11D? I've spent the best part of 2 hours trying various web browsers to try and complete a P11D. Online form will not move to next page or allow me enter any dates. Cannot log into HMRC account as previous Bookkeeper has added their phone number as an extr...

ZoesBookkeeping · ZoesBookkeeping

Hi Everyone I am panicking as I'm trying to register for MTD as an agent so i can file VAT the MTD way. I am registered with the Government Gateway for Non VAT Registered Agents. Apparently I need to create an Agent Services Account. So I've logged into my non VAT registered agent account but I have to be re...

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	STICKY: End of Annual Tax Returns (Preview) Has anyone started looking into this yet? It seems that it applies to companies as well as individuals but there is very little detail on the ground about how monthly rather than annual reporting is going to work? I'm particularly worried that monthly reporting could surely only be based on the accou...	Shamus	25	6556	Sun Oct 8 16:41 2017 by Cheshire
	STICKY: Before Posting (closed) (Preview) Before posting in this section of the site please refer to :http://www.book-keepers.org.uk/t10583966/forum-rules-and-privacy-policy-please-read-before-making-a-p/ for the site rulesAnd http://www.book-keepers.org.uk/t62264820/site-ethics/ for the site ethics. It is assumed...	Shamus	0	1847	Sat Jun 11 15:10 2016 by Shamus
	STICKY: Convince me that I don't need Sage ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi People, ok, currently the software that I have and use is Sage line 50 (V10 & V14), Excel and VT Transaction+ (I've actually got VT Accounts but haven't used it yet). I'm looking around at new software and I'm really tempted to join the Quickbooks Pro program for Accountants at £345 per year for a...	Shamus	66	28488	Sat Jul 13 18:02 2013 by Shamus
	Stolen Assets (Preview) A client has had tools stolen from his van, many of these items have been replaced this tax year 2018-19. A lot of the tools that were stolen were claimed in previous years as 100% AIA. Sole trader/not VAT registered/income and expenditure account. An insurance claim has been put in for but not paid ou...	Silly Digits	14	688	Tue Jul 16 07:56 2019 by Artois
	What would you charge? (Preview) I'm giving a lot of thought to fees at the moment, and realise I am cheaper than I should be, but also conscious that I primarily deal with micro businesses, so need to be realistic. Out of interest, as a rough guide, what would you charge for the following, (seen elsewhere) For those that don't know, I'...	Leger	6	400	Mon Jul 15 07:59 2019 by Artois
	MLO fee - do I have to pay as an ACCA member? (Preview) Hi there. Thought I had posted this earlier but I did not - apologies if it posts twice. I am an ACCA member and have the relevant experience to gain my PC. I am only looking to set up as a bookkeeper for the time being but wanted peoples thoughts on getting the PC so I can avoid the Hmrc fees for the Money la...	Ally2019	17	891	Sun Jul 7 08:28 2019 by YLB-HO
	Am I behind the times??? (Preview) Hi all, Ive been happily running my own bookkeeping business for 7 years (worked in practice for many years before that). I pick up my clients paperwork and process manually on to my own Sage...I have access to all of their bank accounts and manually enter the bank transactions on to Sage...Im proper o...	Bluewave	13	712	Mon Jul 1 20:14 2019 by Bluewave
	Password Protect? (Preview) Just a quickie, if my client has given me permission to send a copy of his Tax Return to an Estate Agent so he can rent a property do I still need to password protect it?	Artois	2	186	Mon Jul 1 16:48 2019 by Artois
	Sage Tax Code Facebook Ireland (Preview) Hi there, I have a client that has a retail business and have started to use Facebook Ireland Ltd as part of advertising etc, any ideas what tax code to use, I think it should be T24 on sage any advice appreciated. Thanks very much.	Julie Hall	6	6140	Fri Jun 28 14:30 2019 by Shamus
	Thought for today (Preview) Its all downhill now to Christmas -- Edited by Cheshire on Friday 21st of June 2019 11:17:42 PM	Cheshire	7	475	Tue Jun 25 09:40 2019 by Cheshire
	Anti Money Laundering Fee (Preview) Hi I am just checking the amount I seem to now have to pay to HMRC for the Anti Money Laundering renewal is now £170.00! It now shows Approval for responsible people £40 and Trading Premises £130.00. I have been registered at the same address for years. Now I seem to be needing supervised and my renewal i...	ZoesBookkeeping	13	1009	Tue Jun 4 22:25 2019 by Kinbuck
	Google Adwords and Facebook Advertising (Preview) Does anyone use google adwords or facebook ads to advertise their business?	AliBee	3	472	Mon May 27 10:40 2019 by Cheshire
	How Much Cover, Professional Indemnity Insurance? (Preview) Hi everyone, I'm just in the process of my application for a practising certificate with the IAB and about to start their programme of compliance, obviously before taking on the first client I need to sort out PII, My question is how much cover should I have? the options on the quote screen are 50k, 10...	Martin S	7	559	Mon May 27 01:14 2019 by Martin S
	Tide Bank (Preview) Just had an email from a client who is having a problem with their HSBC account. They're looking to switch and asked if I've heard of a bank called Tide. Can't say I have, looking them up it appears to be app based. Anyone on here have any clients using Tide?	Bests	8	692	Sun May 26 23:27 2019 by Leger
	Marketing (Preview) A stand at Accountex caught my eye called the Entrenpreneurs Circle. As I plan to expand my business this year I had a chat with them. On reading a follow up email I'm rather shocked that this will be a staggering £3000 a month although they do seem to do the whole caboodle. Maybe if I was turning over 20...	Leger	5	371	Sun May 26 21:28 2019 by Artois
	Decision Pending - Anti money laundering (Preview) HI I have a message from HMRC re Anti-money laundering that the Decision is Pending. I paid £130 in April. Do i have to pay £40 and then my renewal will be sorted? Thank you.	ZoesBookkeeping	1	259	Fri May 24 08:28 2019 by Casu
	Branded T-Shirts (Preview) Me, my OH and a few friends are doing a charity run next month and I'd like to get some T-Shirts printed with my business logo on the front and back. Any recommendations? Thanks x	softie	4	401	Thu May 23 07:28 2019 by Artois
	Website software (Preview) I'd like to build a website for my bookkeeping business, can anyone recommend any easy to use website building software/services? I'm not a web-designer and don't have any coding experience so something simple for a beginner would be good.	AliBee	5	556	Sun May 12 12:12 2019 by AliBee
	Online P11D is utter rubbish (Preview) Who else is having problems submitting an online P11D? I've spent the best part of 2 hours trying various web browsers to try and complete a P11D. Online form will not move to next page or allow me enter any dates. Cannot log into HMRC account as previous Bookkeeper has added their phone number as an extr...	Nikole	6	449	Fri May 10 17:38 2019 by Nikole
	Agent Services Account and money laundering supervisory body (Preview) Hi Everyone I am panicking as I'm trying to register for MTD as an agent so i can file VAT the MTD way. I am registered with the Government Gateway for Non VAT Registered Agents. Apparently I need to create an Agent Services Account. So I've logged into my non VAT registered agent account but I have to be re...	ZoesBookkeeping	33	679	Mon Apr 15 10:06 2019 by Cheshire
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