Professional Book-keepers in Practice - The Book-keepers Forum (UK)

kc · kc

Hi I have picked up two book-keeping jobs lately but wondered if we should have some paperwork to say I am doing the job. At the minute there is nothing in writing thats all.... its hard to know what to do when i am used to being employed! Should there be some sort of notice period for example? Even if on...

JoBooth · JoBooth

Hi, Does anyone know anything about bookkeeping in Spain? I have a bookkeeping business here in the UK but am looking into moving to Spain and wondered if there was much call for bookkeeping over there and wondered how different the system was to the UK. I would be so grateful for any feedback. Jo

Spaulding · Spaulding

Hi If you are a bookkeeper working from home, what can you claim for? petrol, heating, lighting, tea, coffee ?? If anyone has a list or any info on this it would be a real help. Thanks

Kynan · Kynan

Can anyone please advise of any good sources of information, be they books, websites etc for a newly practising book-keeper. I am soon to start offering my services to sole traders and eventually to Ltd companies but am very aware that there is more to offering a good service than what is included in co...

Dom0311 · Dom0311

Hi I have just received my ML registration and now intend to start trading and advertising my business. Would it be best to start trading as a sole trader from 6th Apr 09 to coincide with the tax year? I need to give a start date when I register my business. Also can anyone recommend insurance companies f...

kc · kc

Can you put through the £95 MLR fee in your accounts does anyone know? Is it tax deductible? cheers Karen

foxxy · foxxy

Hi there, im new to this site so im not sure if anyone might be able to help. I have done ICB level 1 and passed now awaiting to do level 2 i was wondering as im not working in accounts can i still do peoples books upto TB and if so do i need a practising cert, eventually after level 2 i plan to set up bookkeeping se...

nadeem786 · nadeem786

Hi folks well, i am looking for study of AAT 2 with Sage Line 50, But i cant study full time , thats why I thought I should study being home learner like distance learner, friends what do you think where should I enrole ICSlearn.co.uk or Idealschool.co.uk or somebody knows where to be ?????? is this stud...

Terri · Terri

With effect from the 1 April 2009, I have in place my Money Laundering Registration and Professional Indemnity Insurance. As neither of these start until 1 April should I wait until then to start advertising or do you think that I should start advertising for clients now and tell them that I can star...

JoBooth · JoBooth

Hi, I was just interested to know what seemed to be the most successful way of getting new business? Unfortunately, a couple of my clients who are in the property business have slowed down and so I was looking into advertising for more business but don't want to waste money on advertising that didn't wo...

brog13 · brog13

Hi All I wonder if anyone can advise, please? I carry out the bookkeeping, unpaid, for a sports club. It takes some hours each week. The club would really like to include the cost of my bookkeeping in the accounts, with the equivelant donation for the same sum, to show how much the club would have to pay if...

Silly Digits · Silly Digits

Hi all I work from home as a book-keeper, can anyone give me some advise if you need to have any payroll qualifications to offer a payroll service. I have a practising certificate with the ICB. I have done manual and computerised payroll in the past. Also passed the practical book-keeping course wi...

Zigs · Zigs

Hi All Ive been on this forum before with the same topic, but unfortunately could not start at that time due to personal circumstances. I am looking into starting my publicity today for my new bookkeeping business, im not sure what sort of clients il get although i will only try to start off with small bu...

Julie · Julie

Hi, I`m after a bit of advice please..... my client has provided me with a very large box of `tricks`, have taken almost an hour unravelling crumbled bits of paper and have them in some kind of order ! I have a large mixture of purchase invoices and delivery notes from one supplier, I have married the pu...

Spaulding · Spaulding

Hi The more I read on the internet, the more confused I am becoming about this. As a self employed/freelance bookkeeper how far do we actually go with a sole trader or companies books? Do we just enter all his transactions, print off any reports required, pass all the information onto their accountant...

Terri · Terri

I understand that I need to register regarding Money Laundering before I can start working for clients. I have just called them up and asked them to post me out the forms. In your experience, how long did it take to become registered and able to commence work? Also, i just called up the Infomation Comm...

Pammy · Pammy

Hi everybody, Can someone please tell me the correct way to enter streamline charges onto sage, is it a bank charge or a supplier? if it is a bank charge do I give it a seperate nominal code around the bank charge area? Thanks Pammy

alis · alis

Hi all, I have been asked to help out a young girl to produce accounts for her self assessment return. She had already registered with HMRC for online filing but lost her activation code and was given an extension. Does anyone know whether there is a blanket extension being given to all these people unt...

Terri · Terri

I am new to the whole self employed thing and I had a few questions about tax. I have an accountant who is going to sort out my tax at the end of the year. My questions are: will I pay tax on the amount that I take from clients or on the drawings that I take out? Roughly do you know how much of a percentage it i...

Terri · Terri

I am in the process of setting myself up as a self employed book keeper. I have had a meeting with an accountant who is going to do my year end books and sort out my tax. The accountant told me that in order to keep my own bookkeeping time down to a minimum, I should get a cathedral style book and split it into...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Starting new jobs (Preview) Hi I have picked up two book-keeping jobs lately but wondered if we should have some paperwork to say I am doing the job. At the minute there is nothing in writing thats all.... its hard to know what to do when i am used to being employed! Should there be some sort of notice period for example? Even if on...	kc	3	2257	Tue Mar 10 17:23 2009 by Nimac
	Bookkeeping in Spain (Preview) Hi, Does anyone know anything about bookkeeping in Spain? I have a bookkeeping business here in the UK but am looking into moving to Spain and wondered if there was much call for bookkeeping over there and wondered how different the system was to the UK. I would be so grateful for any feedback. Jo	JoBooth	0	2257	Tue Mar 10 14:41 2009 by JoBooth
	What can you claim for ? (Preview) Hi If you are a bookkeeper working from home, what can you claim for? petrol, heating, lighting, tea, coffee ?? If anyone has a list or any info on this it would be a real help. Thanks	Spaulding	4	2297	Thu Mar 5 15:43 2009 by Steve
	Sources of info ? (Preview) Can anyone please advise of any good sources of information, be they books, websites etc for a newly practising book-keeper. I am soon to start offering my services to sole traders and eventually to Ltd companies but am very aware that there is more to offering a good service than what is included in co...	Kynan	4	4862	Wed Mar 4 16:14 2009 by Kynan
	Start date for new sole trader (Preview) Hi I have just received my ML registration and now intend to start trading and advertising my business. Would it be best to start trading as a sole trader from 6th Apr 09 to coincide with the tax year? I need to give a start date when I register my business. Also can anyone recommend insurance companies f...	Dom0311	1	2908	Sun Mar 1 13:04 2009 by Julie
	MLR fee - tax deductable? (Preview) Can you put through the £95 MLR fee in your accounts does anyone know? Is it tax deductible? cheers Karen	kc	1	2025	Sat Feb 28 19:29 2009 by Julie
	Icb level 1 qualifications (Preview) Hi there, im new to this site so im not sure if anyone might be able to help. I have done ICB level 1 and passed now awaiting to do level 2 i was wondering as im not working in accounts can i still do peoples books upto TB and if so do i need a practising cert, eventually after level 2 i plan to set up bookkeeping se...	foxxy	9	2876	Tue Feb 24 15:39 2009 by Kynan
	AAt Level 2 with sage (Preview) Hi folks well, i am looking for study of AAT 2 with Sage Line 50, But i cant study full time , thats why I thought I should study being home learner like distance learner, friends what do you think where should I enrole ICSlearn.co.uk or Idealschool.co.uk or somebody knows where to be ?????? is this stud...	nadeem786	0	1821	Tue Feb 24 09:05 2009 by nadeem786
	When to start advertising (Preview) With effect from the 1 April 2009, I have in place my Money Laundering Registration and Professional Indemnity Insurance. As neither of these start until 1 April should I wait until then to start advertising or do you think that I should start advertising for clients now and tell them that I can star...	Terri	2	2090	Mon Feb 23 18:56 2009 by Terri
	Looking For More Clients (Preview) Hi, I was just interested to know what seemed to be the most successful way of getting new business? Unfortunately, a couple of my clients who are in the property business have slowed down and so I was looking into advertising for more business but don't want to waste money on advertising that didn't wo...	JoBooth	3	2254	Mon Feb 23 18:32 2009 by JoBooth
	Bookkeeping Donation (Preview) Hi All I wonder if anyone can advise, please? I carry out the bookkeeping, unpaid, for a sports club. It takes some hours each week. The club would really like to include the cost of my bookkeeping in the accounts, with the equivelant donation for the same sum, to show how much the club would have to pay if...	brog13	2	2653	Thu Feb 19 13:02 2009 by brog13
	Payroll Service (Preview) Hi all I work from home as a book-keeper, can anyone give me some advise if you need to have any payroll qualifications to offer a payroll service. I have a practising certificate with the ICB. I have done manual and computerised payroll in the past. Also passed the practical book-keeping course wi...	Silly Digits	4	2348	Mon Feb 16 14:18 2009 by TraceyAnn
	Bookkeeping business (Preview) Hi All Ive been on this forum before with the same topic, but unfortunately could not start at that time due to personal circumstances. I am looking into starting my publicity today for my new bookkeeping business, im not sure what sort of clients il get although i will only try to start off with small bu...	Zigs	9	2503	Wed Feb 11 11:51 2009 by AccountantsCircle
	Purchase Inv + Delivery Note query ? (Preview) Hi, I`m after a bit of advice please..... my client has provided me with a very large box of `tricks`, have taken almost an hour unravelling crumbled bits of paper and have them in some kind of order ! I have a large mixture of purchase invoices and delivery notes from one supplier, I have married the pu...	Julie	8	2570	Tue Feb 10 17:22 2009 by Julie
	How far do we go? (Preview) Hi The more I read on the internet, the more confused I am becoming about this. As a self employed/freelance bookkeeper how far do we actually go with a sole trader or companies books? Do we just enter all his transactions, print off any reports required, pass all the information onto their accountant...	Spaulding	5	2118	Tue Feb 10 11:46 2009 by Spaulding
	Money Laundering & Data Protection Registering (Preview) I understand that I need to register regarding Money Laundering before I can start working for clients. I have just called them up and asked them to post me out the forms. In your experience, how long did it take to become registered and able to commence work? Also, i just called up the Infomation Comm...	Terri	6	2569	Mon Feb 9 09:19 2009 by TraceyAnn
	Streamline charges (Preview) Hi everybody, Can someone please tell me the correct way to enter streamline charges onto sage, is it a bank charge or a supplier? if it is a bank charge do I give it a seperate nominal code around the bank charge area? Thanks Pammy	Pammy	2	6413	Sun Feb 8 18:02 2009 by Pammy
	Self assessment online extension (Preview) Hi all, I have been asked to help out a young girl to produce accounts for her self assessment return. She had already registered with HMRC for online filing but lost her activation code and was given an extension. Does anyone know whether there is a blanket extension being given to all these people unt...	alis	1	1995	Thu Feb 5 20:02 2009 by Mary
	End of year tax (Preview) I am new to the whole self employed thing and I had a few questions about tax. I have an accountant who is going to sort out my tax at the end of the year. My questions are: will I pay tax on the amount that I take from clients or on the drawings that I take out? Roughly do you know how much of a percentage it i...	Terri	3	2336	Thu Feb 5 13:38 2009 by Gemma12
	Keeping your own books (Preview) I am in the process of setting myself up as a self employed book keeper. I have had a meeting with an accountant who is going to do my year end books and sort out my tax. The accountant told me that in order to keep my own bookkeeping time down to a minimum, I should get a cathedral style book and split it into...	Terri	4	2742	Wed Feb 4 20:35 2009 by alis
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