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Stuartbham


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Hello

I'm a newbie based in Brum.

Been offering bookkeeping services for a few years now and found this forum hiding away on Google! Pleased I did - it seems a really useful and friendly forum. Hope I can make a contribution going forward.

Stuart

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Jenny1974


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Hi Stuart

I'm new here as well but welcome anyway! smile

I'm based down south in Cornwall. I'm new to bookkeeping as I only started the AAT foundation course recently. Just signed up today although I've been lurking here for a few months nowbiggrin

Look forward to talking going forward.



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Hi Stuart & Jenny

Welcome to the forum!

I've found everyone friendly and willing to help out as and when you need it.



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Hi and welcome Stuart and Jenny

Glad to see the West Country contingent is growing stronger.

Bill

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Stuartbham


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Thanks for the welcome guys!

Jenny/Bill - Lucky devils living in Cornwall, we go there once a year on holiday. Such a nice part of the country.

Speak soon

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Hello everyone

Just thought I'd say hi as well. I'm new here although I've been a bookkeeper for a while now.

Already spoken to Stuart, hope to speak to everyone else very soon.

Only been here a member a few hours and finding the forum a bit too addictive!

Better get off to bed to get some kip.

Jen

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Hello to Jen, Stuart & Jenny

Everyone is great on this forum, especially when you need a query answering - plenty sound advice and replied to very quickly!

Kind regards

Lynda

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Wella


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And a warm welcome to you too Jen.

You are right, the forum can be addictive. In fact I should be working now!!!

Bill

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Hi Stuart,

welcome to the forum. Good to see a few more Brummies on here.
I'm based a bit down the M6 in Sunny(!) Cannock.
I actually found the site as a link from the bookcert site. (Didn't buy it but was tempted).


Hi Jen,

Welcome to the forum.
I can completely relate the addictive statement. For the first six months of this year I had the site permanently open on one screen and I'm sure that I spent more time on it than I did actually working!


Hi Jenny,
Welcome to the merry little throng. As mentioned previously we're a really supportive little bunch on here.


Hi Bill,
Normal service should be resumed soon.
The work in Edinburgh's being off-shored so soon be back to having a screen permanently logged into this site!
Hows life treating you matey. Been a while since we last spoke. Are you looking good for January returns this year?

Talk again later, all the best,

Shaun.

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Hi Shaun

I am well thanks, how 'bout you?

Glad to hear normal service will be resumed soon. Maybe not so good for you but the rest of us wont complain smile.gif

Just working on an awkward one as I speak. Working back from last years final accounts, trying to fill in the blanks. Loads of missing and miss posted transactions on Sage, previous year end not carried out... blahblah.gif. Starting to regret this one but hey ho, its all good experience and many lessons learned (Like never trust an aquaintance has done a good job, and always work out a fee and double it!!!)

Speak again, soon hopefully

Bill

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Hi Stuart and Jenny :)

Bill, if you see this, what's the most common mis-posting you find?

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Hi Quentin

This particular scenario, is more to do with the previous bookkeeper, who was recommended to the client by his (now ex) accountant. The client is a very poor record keeper, so the accountant suggested he get a bookkeeper and recommended one of his other clients, on the basis that her records were well kept.

Turns out she had no experience other than her own bookkeeping, didn't know how to use Sage properly, had no MLR supervision and mixed and matched VAT (claimed VAT on purchases on the standard basis, and paid VAT on sales invoices on a cash basis). Makes you think, was the accountant aiding and abetting by making the recommendation?

There are a lot of miscellaneous miss postings but the main ones were, posting regular drawings to wages, personal NI payments to the PAYE account, unidentified income entered as Sales with a T9 tax code and, nearly every fuel receipt had personal purchases on as well (cigarettes, newspapers etc), which had not been adjusted and posted to Fuel & Oil.

At the end of the day I was going to use the balances as presented but because the previous end of year hadn't been done, no bank reconcilliations and the VAT accounts had 18 months worth of transactions sitting on them. I had to look a bit closer and realised that was not going to be possible.

The only reason I got the client was because the old bookkeeper was a slight acquaintance and was leaving the country. She couldn't wait to get shot of it. Now I know why.

-- Edited by Wella on Sunday 5th of December 2010 09:50:41 AM

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Hi all, and welcome,

Stuart, whereabouts in Birmingham are you? I'm in Coventry and we do not seem to have enough Midlanders around! Bill has his West Country Possee and Kris with the Caledonians! Good to hear that Shaun will be making regular re-appearences, he's a closet Staffs guy really though!

Speak soon,

Rob

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Stuartbham


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Hi Rob

Thanks for the welcome.

I'm based in Erdington, the wrong side of Brum (too close to a certain villa park!)

Look forward to speaking soon.

Stuart

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You are a Blue then? I'm a Spurs supporter in exile and your lot had a late equaliser against us! I'll still talk to you though!

Rob

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Stuartbham


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I'm afraid I am, it runs in the family. After last weeks result against Villa I need all the friends I can get!


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