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

thewallstreetkid · thewallstreetkid

Hi Can anyone please give the most efficient way of inputting the information into sage and getting the job ready. Currently I follow as follows: Sales invoices Bank payin book Bank receipts Purchase invoice & Nominal invoices Bank cheque book Bank payments Petty cash payments other adjustm...

Macko · Macko

Hi After some advice pls. My wife and myself started a Limited company recently. We've produced a large number of expenses relevant to the business and we've initially used personal money for expediency, subsequently entering the expenses directly to purchases and cash book as if the busines...

Suffolker · Suffolker

I use my car about 90% for business purposes and currently record my miles ready to claim the 40p per mile. I seem to be paying out quite alot on repairs, insurance, tax, petrol etc at the moment though and am wondering if it would be worth registering the car as a business asset. The thing is, would the ca...

Zigs · Zigs

Hi Ive worked out the capital allowance for the motor vehicle as 80% is business use and 20% is personal use. what do i do with the personal usage amount?

Zigs · Zigs

Hi everyone Ive got a friend who is a driving instructor, she purchased a car this year for her work. She asked me about allowances and i havent mentioned anything yet, thought id get it checked out first on the forum. My understanding is that she can capital allowances on her car and deduct this from he...

Macko · Macko

Apologies if this is a daft question ! On occasion to keep our shop afloat my wife and myself have had to use private money to cover bills etc. Can I treat this as a loan to the company ? Presumably I have to set up a directors loan account? My other concern was on the spreadsheet I use 'other income' seem...

Lisa · Lisa

Hi, Can anyone advise me on the best place to look for new clients? I have been lucky to find a few clients through word of mouth but I need to find a few more if my new start in the world as a self employed bookkeeper is to succeed financially. I have tried gumtree.com but most of the vacancies are full t...

Hector · Hector

Hi everyone, I need some suggestions for my business issues. I am the manager of a company and need to maintain the account books as per the schedule. I have a few selected persons to manage them but I am not finding them doing justice to their work. They somewhat lack behind and that upsets the whole sche...

JudyBook · JudyBook

I am new to The Book-keepers Forum. I hope someone out there has the wisdom and patience to help me account for part exchanges. My client is an agent for a brand of boats. The usual practice is to invoice his customer for the sale of a new boat, straight forward enough. However, sometimes he sells new b...

brog13 · brog13

Hi! I wonder if any experts on Excel Spreadsheets could help me? I have created a simple self calculating spreadsheet for clients and their employees to claim expenses. When they claim mileage, the total mileage is multipied automatically by .40p to give the total claim. All is fine, until they get t...

AccountantsCircle · AccountantsCircle

Some of you will already know I manage the development team at The Accountants Circle, as well as much of the management accounts and budgeting outsourced services. What I'd like to know is - what tools or templates do you think would make your life easier as a bookkeeper? What gaps do you see in your cur...

Amanda · Amanda

Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone can help me, I have a new client who is in the construction industry, when he invoices someone in the same industry he deducts 20% off the labour (not materials). My question is where do I input the CIS amounts to I am on Quicksbooks Pro 2008. I assume that when I input...

yogi · yogi

If rather than charge for the pertol in my car I am just putting an entry through @ 40p a mile for petrol how do I account for this in the books. I was going to Debit (car expenses) & Credit the bank but this will cause me problems when reconcilling the bank account. As an example I would have put £...

cdyson10 · cdyson10

Hi I know that the interest on a short term loan needs to be logged as an expense on the P&L, but is that the same for a long term Loan or should this be logged on the Balance Sheet? Any help much appreciated!! Thanks

SimonG · SimonG

My client has a customer who has underpaid by 18p. My client is happy to write this off as it's not much, and I want to tidy up the account. I'm using Sage Line 50. Can anyone advise what would be the best way to write it off? Thanks. Simon

closecontrol · closecontrol

Hi All I seem to get different answers from Accountants regarding the posting of Owners drawings on Sage (Sole Traders), what does anyone think as regards posting them to 7001 (gross wages), or 3001 (Capital introduced). Thanking you for your help! Jane - Close Control

lil miss · lil miss

Hi all, New here, but really liking it! I've a query that I hope you can help with - I have a client that has taken on a HP agreement, she is paying X amount a month, over 3 years and at the end can choose to pay an additional payment to keep the vehicle or she can just give it back and walk away. Interest is charg...

Hani · Hani

Hi, I have been asked by a client to do his payroll. I am not sure how to set it up, i do have experience in payroll in the retail sector and have recently started book-keeping service.

Suffolker · Suffolker

I am self employed and although I use my car about 80% for business it isn't registered as an asset. I know that I can claim 40p per mile from HMRC and that is supposed to cover everything but when recording my car tax/insurance/repairs to I post them to the corresponding nominal ledger codes or do they al...

morgwick · morgwick

Hi, I was just wondering do you need to have a qualification in order to become a payroll agent. I have been doing payroll for 8 years as an employee within an accountants, but I'm interested in offering a payroll service as part time self employed. I don't however have any qualifications, just experie...

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	Sage bookkeeping helpful tips (Preview) Hi Can anyone please give the most efficient way of inputting the information into sage and getting the job ready. Currently I follow as follows: Sales invoices Bank payin book Bank receipts Purchase invoice & Nominal invoices Bank cheque book Bank payments Petty cash payments other adjustm...	thewallstreetkid	2	2359	Mon Dec 8 17:17 2008 by thewallstreetkid
	Expenses (Preview) Hi After some advice pls. My wife and myself started a Limited company recently. We've produced a large number of expenses relevant to the business and we've initially used personal money for expediency, subsequently entering the expenses directly to purchases and cash book as if the busines...	Macko	7	3272	Fri Dec 5 10:47 2008 by Macko
	Registering Car As Business Asset (Preview) I use my car about 90% for business purposes and currently record my miles ready to claim the 40p per mile. I seem to be paying out quite alot on repairs, insurance, tax, petrol etc at the moment though and am wondering if it would be worth registering the car as a business asset. The thing is, would the ca...	Suffolker	7	6637	Mon Dec 1 17:03 2008 by Suffolker
	capital allowances/personal allowance (Preview) Hi Ive worked out the capital allowance for the motor vehicle as 80% is business use and 20% is personal use. what do i do with the personal usage amount?	Zigs	2	2450	Fri Nov 28 12:23 2008 by Zigs
	Driving instructors SA (Preview) Hi everyone Ive got a friend who is a driving instructor, she purchased a car this year for her work. She asked me about allowances and i havent mentioned anything yet, thought id get it checked out first on the forum. My understanding is that she can capital allowances on her car and deduct this from he...	Zigs	4	3467	Wed Nov 26 16:49 2008 by Dustin57
	Private money invested in limited company (Preview) Apologies if this is a daft question ! On occasion to keep our shop afloat my wife and myself have had to use private money to cover bills etc. Can I treat this as a loan to the company ? Presumably I have to set up a directors loan account? My other concern was on the spreadsheet I use 'other income' seem...	Macko	4	2406	Tue Nov 25 20:58 2008 by Macko
	Looking for new clients!!! (Preview) Hi, Can anyone advise me on the best place to look for new clients? I have been lucky to find a few clients through word of mouth but I need to find a few more if my new start in the world as a self employed bookkeeper is to succeed financially. I have tried gumtree.com but most of the vacancies are full t...	Lisa	1	8725	Fri Nov 21 13:05 2008 by Accountsguy
	What are the better options for bookkeeping? (Preview) Hi everyone, I need some suggestions for my business issues. I am the manager of a company and need to maintain the account books as per the schedule. I have a few selected persons to manage them but I am not finding them doing justice to their work. They somewhat lack behind and that upsets the whole sche...	Hector	12	7991	Wed Nov 19 20:28 2008 by Mrs_Fireeyestiger
	accounting for part exchanges (Preview) I am new to The Book-keepers Forum. I hope someone out there has the wisdom and patience to help me account for part exchanges. My client is an agent for a brand of boats. The usual practice is to invoice his customer for the sale of a new boat, straight forward enough. However, sometimes he sells new b...	JudyBook	1	6793	Tue Nov 18 18:59 2008 by Julie
	Excel Formula (Preview) Hi! I wonder if any experts on Excel Spreadsheets could help me? I have created a simple self calculating spreadsheet for clients and their employees to claim expenses. When they claim mileage, the total mileage is multipied automatically by .40p to give the total claim. All is fine, until they get t...	brog13	4	3299	Tue Nov 18 18:46 2008 by brog13
	What templates would help you? (Preview) Some of you will already know I manage the development team at The Accountants Circle, as well as much of the management accounts and budgeting outsourced services. What I'd like to know is - what tools or templates do you think would make your life easier as a bookkeeper? What gaps do you see in your cur...	AccountantsCircle	3	3284	Tue Nov 18 07:48 2008 by AccountantsCircle
	CIS TAX Query (Preview) Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone can help me, I have a new client who is in the construction industry, when he invoices someone in the same industry he deducts 20% off the labour (not materials). My question is where do I input the CIS amounts to I am on Quicksbooks Pro 2008. I assume that when I input...	Amanda	8	14175	Thu Nov 13 09:02 2008 by CBS
	Posting of petrol expenses (Preview) If rather than charge for the pertol in my car I am just putting an entry through @ 40p a mile for petrol how do I account for this in the books. I was going to Debit (car expenses) & Credit the bank but this will cause me problems when reconcilling the bank account. As an example I would have put £...	yogi	5	13417	Wed Nov 5 16:12 2008 by rowets
	Loan Interest? P & L or balance sheet (Preview) Hi I know that the interest on a short term loan needs to be logged as an expense on the P&L, but is that the same for a long term Loan or should this be logged on the Balance Sheet? Any help much appreciated!! Thanks	cdyson10	3	4107	Tue Oct 28 18:19 2008 by Dustin57
	Underpayment on account (Preview) My client has a customer who has underpaid by 18p. My client is happy to write this off as it's not much, and I want to tidy up the account. I'm using Sage Line 50. Can anyone advise what would be the best way to write it off? Thanks. Simon	SimonG	2	2467	Mon Oct 27 16:28 2008 by SimonG
	Drawings or Capital (Preview) Hi All I seem to get different answers from Accountants regarding the posting of Owners drawings on Sage (Sole Traders), what does anyone think as regards posting them to 7001 (gross wages), or 3001 (Capital introduced). Thanking you for your help! Jane - Close Control	closecontrol	1	3723	Sat Oct 25 17:10 2008 by rowets
	Advice on hire purchase entries.... (Preview) Hi all, New here, but really liking it! I've a query that I hope you can help with - I have a client that has taken on a HP agreement, she is paying X amount a month, over 3 years and at the end can choose to pay an additional payment to keep the vehicle or she can just give it back and walk away. Interest is charg...	lil miss	5	17117	Wed Oct 22 11:41 2008 by lil miss
	Starting payroll (Preview) Hi, I have been asked by a client to do his payroll. I am not sure how to set it up, i do have experience in payroll in the retail sector and have recently started book-keeping service.	Hani	3	3503	Tue Oct 21 09:23 2008 by Hani
	Car Expenses (Preview) I am self employed and although I use my car about 80% for business it isn't registered as an asset. I know that I can claim 40p per mile from HMRC and that is supposed to cover everything but when recording my car tax/insurance/repairs to I post them to the corresponding nominal ledger codes or do they al...	Suffolker	7	6221	Sat Oct 18 12:58 2008 by Gemma12
	Becoming a Payroll Agent (Preview) Hi, I was just wondering do you need to have a qualification in order to become a payroll agent. I have been doing payroll for 8 years as an employee within an accountants, but I'm interested in offering a payroll service as part time self employed. I don't however have any qualifications, just experie...	morgwick	1	3197	Fri Oct 17 14:29 2008 by Fay
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