General Book-keeping & Accounting - The Book-keepers Forum (UK)

StuartAnder · StuartAnder

Please could someone confirm i am correct? I posted some opening balances for the bank accounts and the credit entry was posted automatically to suspense. So i have cleared the suspense like this: Dr Suspense Cr Drawings Accounts are for a soletrader using 2 accounts-both include personal expen...

insyte · insyte

I have a question and I'd like some suggestions for what you'd do in this situation. I am pretty new to freelance bookkeeping and I have a client who's not exactly making it easy. He keeps basically no records, definetely doesnt want to learn quickbooks or anything like that and wants me to keep up with h...

Rich007 · Rich007

Help needed please. Firstly I have choice out of sage or free agent,which one to use? Secondly, how do I put my sales in for the day, for example I will be using epos system, which invoices my account customer and records all the days sales. It can tell me all outstanding invoices and print statements...

NA_AA · NA_AA

I have been approached by a perspective client to carry out a stock take of an off licence. I have not done this before and therefore do not know whether there are specific requirements regarding this matter. - Are there specific requirements which need to be followed in order to complete a stock take?...

Mrsdav1 · Mrsdav1

Hi I have been asked to bring the companies book keeping inhouse and am setting up in sage. We have clients that make payments for future events in installments, many months before the date of the event. I want to hold these in a control account, but am not sure of the best way to do it within Sage. As p...

Palawan · Palawan

hi all, I am interested in starting level 3 AAT shortly and I am seeking recommendations for study material that may fill gaps in my knowledge. I have not done level 2 AAT but I have done AATs bookeeping ABC course, ICBs level III payroll course and I have work experience of computerised book keeping. O...

rapitrust · rapitrust

Hello everyone, I hope someone may be able to advise me. I have a new LTD company, and as I am not trading yet, and don't expect to have much turnover I am not using an accountant at the moment. I am good with computers, and I am using sage instant. I would like to transfer, as a gift, my computer, desk and chai...

Moobag · Moobag

I have a client trying to claim VAT back on AA membership, I don't think there is VAT and can't see it on renewal letter I have. Does anyone know?

Gemini1979 · Gemini1979

Hi everyone. Limited company director putting through an expense claim for building a shed in his back garden. Genuine need for shed as recently moved to smaller office and no room in new office for storage. Thought process was to build a shed would be cheaper in the long run than renting a storage fac...

Sheridan_W · Sheridan_W

Does anybody know if there are some good resources to help me design a bespoke invoice design for a client within the sage report designer function, I have looked at it briefly but looks so complicated?

jd_james · jd_james

Hey Guys , This is my first post so hi all, I'm a sole trader selling mainly on eBay using PayPal and my own website. I am looking to entire better bookkeeping, currently I download a csv of all PayPal sales but was recently reading an accounting book which discussed about cash books and recording tr...

GlosDD · GlosDD

I've got a bit of a mental block about how to record a transaction on sage. My director bought an item on the company credit card, then returned it for a refund on the debit card. I'm currently doing the bank rec, so need to show a payment in to reconcile it? Maybe it's the time of day, but I can't get my head ro...

ClawzCTR · ClawzCTR

I've searched to see if there is an answer for this on the site and HMRC and can only find the usual. My question though is if someone runs two separate businesses from the same property (home) can they claim 'Home office use' on both businesses or just the one? Ta in advance :D

Rhianrach · Rhianrach

I'm looking for any ideas on the best way of recording paypal transactions. Specifically reports to allow me to reconcile the paypal account month to month. Anyone on here use it ?

macro · macro

Hi all I was searching for some help for charity accounts ...but most of them are more than a year old. I have just taken the accounts of a local charity that offers some courses... it's a new Company Charity, no VAT reg, no fixed assets, just the running costs(rent, trainers cost, just basic). -first qu...

Moonraker · Moonraker

Hi All, I'm looking for some help with the following - I have a client (Ltd Company) sells franchises in his company. He regularly meets with his franchisees in cafes/restaurants for business meetings. Is it acceptable to claim the whole value of these expenses both for tax & VAT purposes? He...

shorox · shorox

I am doing my fathers book keeping, and have a couple of questions. I have no book keeping experience and relying on common sense and a lot of reading!!! 1. He works from home mostly in the evening doing all the paperwork, quotes, printing etc. How does he claim from the company a percentage of...

Ridesy · Ridesy

Hi, Question not come across before. We have a couple of older PC's (one desktop and one latop) that are over three years old and are no longer actually used by staff. These have been depreciated in accounts to zero as we do a straight line 1/3rd per year as most computers are defunkt well before three yea...

loui · loui

Hey, im new to the forum and glad i came across it as i am terrible at grasping the whole idea of bookkeeping! My question is: i sell a product on another site who take a cut of what i sell. They invoice me for the fees and give me a staemnt balance of which shows what i have taken minus the fees with the total i g...

skylinster119 · skylinster119

hi there, I'm a student who is doing a research on bookkeepers. I was just wondering how do bookkeepers backup their data files? Do you backup the files yourself, or get some I.T. professionals to do the job once in a while. If you do the backups yourself, what is the most common way of doing it? store it on...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	blonde Moment (Preview) Please could someone confirm i am correct? I posted some opening balances for the bank accounts and the credit entry was posted automatically to suspense. So i have cleared the suspense like this: Dr Suspense Cr Drawings Accounts are for a soletrader using 2 accounts-both include personal expen...	StuartAnder	2	1546	Tue Jul 17 04:28 2012 by Stardoe
	New and need help (Preview) I have a question and I'd like some suggestions for what you'd do in this situation. I am pretty new to freelance bookkeeping and I have a client who's not exactly making it easy. He keeps basically no records, definetely doesnt want to learn quickbooks or anything like that and wants me to keep up with h...	insyte	9	2065	Tue Jul 17 02:00 2012 by insyte
	Help please (Preview) Help needed please. Firstly I have choice out of sage or free agent,which one to use? Secondly, how do I put my sales in for the day, for example I will be using epos system, which invoices my account customer and records all the days sales. It can tell me all outstanding invoices and print statements...	Rich007	3	1719	Sun Jul 15 04:21 2012 by Shamus
	Stock take (Preview) I have been approached by a perspective client to carry out a stock take of an off licence. I have not done this before and therefore do not know whether there are specific requirements regarding this matter. - Are there specific requirements which need to be followed in order to complete a stock take?...	NA_AA	2	1775	Sun Jul 15 03:28 2012 by NA_AA
	Client payments for future events (Preview) Hi I have been asked to bring the companies book keeping inhouse and am setting up in sage. We have clients that make payments for future events in installments, many months before the date of the event. I want to hold these in a control account, but am not sure of the best way to do it within Sage. As p...	Mrsdav1	2	1396	Sun Jul 15 01:08 2012 by Rhianrach
	Revision for Level 2 AAT (Preview) hi all, I am interested in starting level 3 AAT shortly and I am seeking recommendations for study material that may fill gaps in my knowledge. I have not done level 2 AAT but I have done AATs bookeeping ABC course, ICBs level III payroll course and I have work experience of computerised book keeping. O...	Palawan	0	1691	Fri Jul 13 18:10 2012 by Palawan
	How do I give an asset to my LTD company? (Preview) Hello everyone, I hope someone may be able to advise me. I have a new LTD company, and as I am not trading yet, and don't expect to have much turnover I am not using an accountant at the moment. I am good with computers, and I am using sage instant. I would like to transfer, as a gift, my computer, desk and chai...	rapitrust	4	2097	Sat Jul 14 00:10 2012 by rapitrust
	VAT on AA Membership (Preview) I have a client trying to claim VAT back on AA membership, I don't think there is VAT and can't see it on renewal letter I have. Does anyone know?	Moobag	1	18525	Thu Jul 12 18:18 2012 by Wella
	Shed for storage (Preview) Hi everyone. Limited company director putting through an expense claim for building a shed in his back garden. Genuine need for shed as recently moved to smaller office and no room in new office for storage. Thought process was to build a shed would be cheaper in the long run than renting a storage fac...	Gemini1979	9	1787	Thu Jul 12 23:49 2012 by Don Tax
	Sage Invoice Template (Preview) Does anybody know if there are some good resources to help me design a bespoke invoice design for a client within the sage report designer function, I have looked at it briefly but looks so complicated?	Sheridan_W	1	1664	Thu Jul 12 04:23 2012 by GJRobbins
	Ecommerce Bookkeeping Questions (Preview) Hey Guys , This is my first post so hi all, I'm a sole trader selling mainly on eBay using PayPal and my own website. I am looking to entire better bookkeeping, currently I download a csv of all PayPal sales but was recently reading an accounting book which discussed about cash books and recording tr...	jd_james	1	1435	Wed Jul 11 03:10 2012 by Stuartbham
	Refunds to Debit Cards (Preview) I've got a bit of a mental block about how to record a transaction on sage. My director bought an item on the company credit card, then returned it for a refund on the debit card. I'm currently doing the bank rec, so need to show a payment in to reconcile it? Maybe it's the time of day, but I can't get my head ro...	GlosDD	1	1107	Tue Jul 10 01:48 2012 by kjmcculloch83
	Home as Office use (Preview) I've searched to see if there is an answer for this on the site and HMRC and can only find the usual. My question though is if someone runs two separate businesses from the same property (home) can they claim 'Home office use' on both businesses or just the one? Ta in advance :D	ClawzCTR	6	1570	Mon Jul 9 01:29 2012 by ClawzCTR
	Paypal (Preview) I'm looking for any ideas on the best way of recording paypal transactions. Specifically reports to allow me to reconcile the paypal account month to month. Anyone on here use it ?	Rhianrach	7	2230	Sun Jul 8 12:47 2012 by YLB-HO
	New charity..... new to this area of bookkeeping (Preview) Hi all I was searching for some help for charity accounts ...but most of them are more than a year old. I have just taken the accounts of a local charity that offers some courses... it's a new Company Charity, no VAT reg, no fixed assets, just the running costs(rent, trainers cost, just basic). -first qu...	macro	6	1406	Sat Jul 7 03:57 2012 by YLB-HO
	Franchisee Meeting Expenses (Preview) Hi All, I'm looking for some help with the following - I have a client (Ltd Company) sells franchises in his company. He regularly meets with his franchisees in cafes/restaurants for business meetings. Is it acceptable to claim the whole value of these expenses both for tax & VAT purposes? He...	Moonraker	2	4132	Fri Jul 6 22:11 2012 by Moonraker
	A couple of questions...! (Preview) I am doing my fathers book keeping, and have a couple of questions. I have no book keeping experience and relying on common sense and a lot of reading!!! 1. He works from home mostly in the evening doing all the paperwork, quotes, printing etc. How does he claim from the company a percentage of...	shorox	1	1168	Fri Jul 6 21:47 2012 by Shamus
	Directory buying Older Company Fixed Asset (Preview) Hi, Question not come across before. We have a couple of older PC's (one desktop and one latop) that are over three years old and are no longer actually used by staff. These have been depreciated in accounts to zero as we do a straight line 1/3rd per year as most computers are defunkt well before three yea...	Ridesy	1	1023	Fri Jul 6 19:18 2012 by Shamus
	Simple question! (Preview) Hey, im new to the forum and glad i came across it as i am terrible at grasping the whole idea of bookkeeping! My question is: i sell a product on another site who take a cut of what i sell. They invoice me for the fees and give me a staemnt balance of which shows what i have taken minus the fees with the total i g...	loui	17	1805	Fri Jul 6 16:25 2012 by loui
	backup solutions (Preview) hi there, I'm a student who is doing a research on bookkeepers. I was just wondering how do bookkeepers backup their data files? Do you backup the files yourself, or get some I.T. professionals to do the job once in a while. If you do the backups yourself, what is the most common way of doing it? store it on...	skylinster119	33	10825	Fri Jul 6 02:44 2012 by Jay
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