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Borboleta · Borboleta

Hi everyone, As you may have seen from my previous posts, I registered as self-employed at the beginning of this calendar year. As part of this, I registered for Class 2 NICs. All the information I can find online says that I'll receive a request for payment in April - can anyone tell me how I'll receive t...

Jay3 · Jay3

Hi, Can anyone help me with some advice on how to appraise financials of a manufacturing business. I know I need to look at trends so plan to look at at least 5 years worth of data in order to get a picture of how the business is doing and I also envisage the need to remove any exceptional activity that may ha...

Freddie · Freddie

Hi. Please can someone explain why the Wages can be sometimes shown in the Trading Account, (on the DR. side) as well as the Profit and Loss Account? It is shown, as a deduction, in the Trading Accounts (of some companies), along with the likes of Carriage Inwards, Opening Stock, Purchases etc; but I th...

Eilef · Eilef

Just finished my BA5 course work and waiting for it to be marked before my mock exam. i have a question regarding Appropriaton of accounts, i understand the process and it all makes sense if a partners Current Account is a DR bal he/she owes the business money. So therefore if it's a CR bal the business o...

lizg78 · lizg78

Hi all, I'm trying to complete a client's 2014/15 tax return online but where I select that they are self employed, it's not showing me the normal 'business name' box? It's also not asking me if the client earns over £50k when selecting 'yes' to the client receiving child benefit. Anyone know if there...

kjmcculloch83 · kjmcculloch83

Has anyone heard about this yet? Just wondering if anyone here is planning to go? Here is the website if anyone is looking for a bit more information www.bookkeepers-conference.co.uk I've been asked by Mike to speak at it. I'm a bit nervous so would love to be surrounded by friendly faces (even you...

Sammy76 · Sammy76

I have a client who is a sole trader. He's not VAT registered yet, and probably won't be for a few years. He has to travel alot so has made a not of all his business related mileage, month by month. How do I journal it - he's not drawn any money for it? For instance Month 1 his monthly mileage was 430 miles, ther...

Jay3 · Jay3

Hi, Can soemoen remind me how to calculate the EOQ again? Cheers, Jay

jamesb · jamesb

Can any one please help me? can you please give the a formula for an expense ratio? advise whats its for? I think its operating costs / assets x 100 = percentage Thanks

Jay3 · Jay3

Hi All, If a company balance sheet has negative equity and a shareholder deficit of -£48m is it by default overcapitalized? Sorry if its a silly question just can't remember the definition. Thanks Jay -- Edited by Jay3 on Tuesday 21st of April 2015 10:28:21 PM

mishaB · mishaB

Hi, I have been a bookkeeper for 17 plus years but have never done any formal qualifications. I have worked both in practice and in industry, I have experience across the board including payroll and CIS (mostly Sage but I can bookkeep on excel too), just never bit the bullet and did the training. All m...

Haymac · Haymac

Hi All, I had a request from a mortgage broker for a SA302 for one of my clients, normally you have to request this from HMRC and it can take a couple of weeks to arrive in the post. I have just spoken to HMRC and as from January this year, an agreement had been accepted for the downloaded version of a clients...

Vix606 · Vix606

Hi everyone I just wondered if someone may be able to advise me on how to fix this problem; I have taken over from a previous bookkeeper for a customer who uses Kashflow, I have just been looking at her YE reports and the balance sheet shows the P&L A/C with a balance of £19,203.97 but the P&L Repo...

Boris · Boris

Hi, I have an invoice and a credit note to a customer, how should I manage this payment? I could made a partial payment as Customer receipt about the invoice but what should I do regarding the credit note? It is a basic question but I do not know the right thing to do. Thank you very much. Boris

HellsBells · HellsBells

Hi AllA sole trader takes out drawings weekly. Occasionally, pays in his own money to cover large payments coming out. Would you put his own money to Capital Introduced or would you credit Drawings? I dont think(?) it makes much difference to the year-end capital figure but is one method right or wron...

AlinaAc · AlinaAc

Hi, I have a big issue and quite a headache deciding a way to go around the following situation: A partnership was dissolved on 05/04/2015, and one of the partners decided to go solo under the same company's name (which is fine with the rest) and on 06/04/2015 registered as sole-trader with HMRC. Howev...

Alys · Alys

Hello (again!), Before I ventured into the world of AAT and all things bookkeeping I trained as a teacher - I didn't last long in the classroom! (Explaining GCSE physics is okay, but trying to do so while stopping Sasha putting on her make up at the back of the class and Connor from throwing glue sticks a...

barryk · barryk

Hi was wondering if you could help me I am new to sage 50 , i have got the basics down but i have an issue with a customer who hold back money sometimes on our remittance slips hope this makes sense the issue is once they release a payment they issue us a remittance slip breaking down the what is being paid so u...

Alys · Alys

Good morning, I have a bit of a dilemma with a new client. She has been running a business for a few years and is in a mess with her tax, she knows she owes fines and wants to get them sorted out - which is why she has come to me. The issue is that she has lost her UTR, so she can't access anything online and I can't r...

JEM · JEM

Ok peeps, got a question! We sell new and second hand lawnmowers, I invoice the new lawnmowers out on sage as normal, no problem. They have started to take in trade-ins against the new lawnmowers so I'm not sure what way to enter these? Some scenarios that I have been faced with: 1. We sell new lawnmo...

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	Class 2 NI (Preview) Hi everyone, As you may have seen from my previous posts, I registered as self-employed at the beginning of this calendar year. As part of this, I registered for Class 2 NICs. All the information I can find online says that I'll receive a request for payment in April - can anyone tell me how I'll receive t...	Borboleta	12	5789	Tue Apr 28 13:51 2015 by Borboleta
	Advice Please - How to appraise financial accounts of a manufacturing business? (Preview) Hi, Can anyone help me with some advice on how to appraise financials of a manufacturing business. I know I need to look at trends so plan to look at at least 5 years worth of data in order to get a picture of how the business is doing and I also envisage the need to remove any exceptional activity that may ha...	Jay3	39	2055	Mon Apr 27 20:22 2015 by Jay3
	Wages and the T, P&L Account. (Preview) Hi. Please can someone explain why the Wages can be sometimes shown in the Trading Account, (on the DR. side) as well as the Profit and Loss Account? It is shown, as a deduction, in the Trading Accounts (of some companies), along with the likes of Carriage Inwards, Opening Stock, Purchases etc; but I th...	Freddie	0	1026	Mon Apr 27 14:46 2015 by Freddie
	Appropriation of accounts (Preview) Just finished my BA5 course work and waiting for it to be marked before my mock exam. i have a question regarding Appropriaton of accounts, i understand the process and it all makes sense if a partners Current Account is a DR bal he/she owes the business money. So therefore if it's a CR bal the business o...	Eilef	0	896	Sun Apr 26 00:56 2015 by Eilef
	Tax Return (Preview) Hi all, I'm trying to complete a client's 2014/15 tax return online but where I select that they are self employed, it's not showing me the normal 'business name' box? It's also not asking me if the client earns over £50k when selecting 'yes' to the client receiving child benefit. Anyone know if there...	lizg78	4	1167	Fri Apr 24 13:14 2015 by Cheshire
	Bookkeepers Conference 2015 (Preview) Has anyone heard about this yet? Just wondering if anyone here is planning to go? Here is the website if anyone is looking for a bit more information www.bookkeepers-conference.co.uk I've been asked by Mike to speak at it. I'm a bit nervous so would love to be surrounded by friendly faces (even you...	kjmcculloch83	7	1908	Thu Apr 23 20:55 2015 by Mike Foster
	Journal for mileage (Preview) I have a client who is a sole trader. He's not VAT registered yet, and probably won't be for a few years. He has to travel alot so has made a not of all his business related mileage, month by month. How do I journal it - he's not drawn any money for it? For instance Month 1 his monthly mileage was 430 miles, ther...	Sammy76	5	1176	Thu Apr 23 19:59 2015 by Sammy76
	Economic Order Quantity (Preview) Hi, Can soemoen remind me how to calculate the EOQ again? Cheers, Jay	Jay3	2	1008	Wed Apr 22 17:37 2015 by Jay3
	Expense Ratio??? (Preview) Can any one please help me? can you please give the a formula for an expense ratio? advise whats its for? I think its operating costs / assets x 100 = percentage Thanks	jamesb	12	8976	Wed Apr 22 17:18 2015 by Cheshire
	Overcapitalisation (Preview) Hi All, If a company balance sheet has negative equity and a shareholder deficit of -£48m is it by default overcapitalized? Sorry if its a silly question just can't remember the definition. Thanks Jay -- Edited by Jay3 on Tuesday 21st of April 2015 10:28:21 PM	Jay3	1	921	Wed Apr 22 12:36 2015 by David Ballantyne
	No qualifications, lots of experience - MLR (Preview) Hi, I have been a bookkeeper for 17 plus years but have never done any formal qualifications. I have worked both in practice and in industry, I have experience across the board including payroll and CIS (mostly Sage but I can bookkeep on excel too), just never bit the bullet and did the training. All m...	mishaB	12	1449	Tue Apr 21 14:02 2015 by mishaB
	SA302 (Preview) Hi All, I had a request from a mortgage broker for a SA302 for one of my clients, normally you have to request this from HMRC and it can take a couple of weeks to arrive in the post. I have just spoken to HMRC and as from January this year, an agreement had been accepted for the downloaded version of a clients...	Haymac	2	1406	Tue Apr 21 11:58 2015 by lizg78
	Year End Error (Preview) Hi everyone I just wondered if someone may be able to advise me on how to fix this problem; I have taken over from a previous bookkeeper for a customer who uses Kashflow, I have just been looking at her YE reports and the balance sheet shows the P&L A/C with a balance of £19,203.97 but the P&L Repo...	Vix606	3	1066	Tue Apr 21 10:09 2015 by Cheshire
	How to pay a Credit note (Preview) Hi, I have an invoice and a credit note to a customer, how should I manage this payment? I could made a partial payment as Customer receipt about the invoice but what should I do regarding the credit note? It is a basic question but I do not know the right thing to do. Thank you very much. Boris	Boris	3	935	Mon Apr 20 12:20 2015 by VinceH
	Capital Introduced v Drawings (Preview) Hi AllA sole trader takes out drawings weekly. Occasionally, pays in his own money to cover large payments coming out. Would you put his own money to Capital Introduced or would you credit Drawings? I dont think(?) it makes much difference to the year-end capital figure but is one method right or wron...	HellsBells	3	1267	Sun Apr 19 23:48 2015 by Eilef
	Partnership and sole-trader issue (Preview) Hi, I have a big issue and quite a headache deciding a way to go around the following situation: A partnership was dissolved on 05/04/2015, and one of the partners decided to go solo under the same company's name (which is fine with the rest) and on 06/04/2015 registered as sole-trader with HMRC. Howev...	AlinaAc	2	844	Sun Apr 19 23:21 2015 by AlinaAc
	Self Assessments for Teachers (Preview) Hello (again!), Before I ventured into the world of AAT and all things bookkeeping I trained as a teacher - I didn't last long in the classroom! (Explaining GCSE physics is okay, but trying to do so while stopping Sasha putting on her make up at the back of the class and Connor from throwing glue sticks a...	Alys	3	1089	Fri Apr 17 00:26 2015 by Cheshire
	sage 50 payemnt receipts (Preview) Hi was wondering if you could help me I am new to sage 50 , i have got the basics down but i have an issue with a customer who hold back money sometimes on our remittance slips hope this makes sense the issue is once they release a payment they issue us a remittance slip breaking down the what is being paid so u...	barryk	7	1222	Thu Apr 16 23:50 2015 by Cheshire
	Lost UTR and changed address dilemma (Preview) Good morning, I have a bit of a dilemma with a new client. She has been running a business for a few years and is in a mess with her tax, she knows she owes fines and wants to get them sorted out - which is why she has come to me. The issue is that she has lost her UTR, so she can't access anything online and I can't r...	Alys	5	1795	Wed Apr 15 23:44 2015 by Alys
	Trade in Machinery (Preview) Ok peeps, got a question! We sell new and second hand lawnmowers, I invoice the new lawnmowers out on sage as normal, no problem. They have started to take in trade-ins against the new lawnmowers so I'm not sure what way to enter these? Some scenarios that I have been faced with: 1. We sell new lawnmo...	JEM	6	1141	Wed Apr 15 14:33 2015 by Cheshire
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