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

Dangermouse · Dangermouse

There are soooooo many threads here about marketing, I wondered if folks would be interested in this fella I came across on LinkedIn. He has a 12 month programme for if you need 1:1, but it's more the ebook I thought was useful. Lots of nice bullet points that are easy to follow and he specialises in profe...

Peasie · Peasie

I'm thinking of renting an office. At the moment I don't have enough clients to justify it or pay for it even. But if I was to obtain enough clients then an office it shall be. I have a place targetted and will be gutted if this place is occupied in the near future. It lay empty for a couple of years and was rece...

Stardoe · Stardoe

Hi everyone, I know this question has been asked before somewhere, but can't find it now! For one of my client's last financial year I accrued for accountant's fees of £550 and reversed it at the beginning of this year. She has now received the bill which is £562.50 net, which leaves £12.50 in accounta...

ClawzCTR · ClawzCTR

Just as the title says really... how on EARTH to you write to these guys and not sound like your begging for work? I've already emailed two of them and got nothing back! Here's what I wrote to them: Good Afternoon, allow me to just briefly introduce myself; I am Gary Martin proprietor of Back to Black Book...

Shamus · Shamus

http://cdn.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget2012_complete.pdf

Sylvia · Sylvia

I have had my second enquiry from Twitter and arranged a meeting for next week. My first client meeting. Wants to put all the accounts on Sage, starting from the April, for a partnership. I am at the moment practising just this for my ICB Level 3 computerised exam but worried that I don't know enough......

BJA · BJA

Hello everybody, trying to get my head around the topis below and the examples in my book are very confusing. Would anybody have some sort of material that could help? Provisions Legal and constructive obligation Contingent liability Contingent asset Thank you very much. BJ

BobHarper · BobHarper

When we launched Crunchers bookkeepers we approached accountants to set up strategic relationships. The idea was simple; Crunchers did the books, accountants did the accounts/tax and business advice. The truth was that most accountants were not that interested (for a number of reasons). So, we...

Lilac Bookkeeping · Lilac Bookkeeping

Hi All I have just received the Year End Accounts from my client from the accountant. Taxable Profit is £3111 but no corporation tax has been charged. They made a loss last year of £16427 is this why? Has the loss been carried forward?

Georgie · Georgie

Is it normal for a clients accountant to bill for a telephone call regarding the handover of the accounts etc? When I first took over I had a chat with my clients accountant - on my mobile I might add which only lasted about 20 minutes and they have billed the client and added an hour or so on top! So, now I am c...

LizB · LizB

I currently run my bookkeeping business with Sage 50 Accounts Client Manager (50 company). Its a couple of years old now, so I thought I'd look at the Sage site to price up an upgrade. I was surprised to read that you cannot buy Client Manager version unless you belong to a Certified Accoutancy body. Has...

Shamus · Shamus

Slightly different software question this time. We've done Payroll, bookkeeping and accounts software several times but what tax software would you recomend. I seem to have it down to a choice of four at the moment (although quite happy to change on recomendation) 1) Ftax 2) Taxcalc 3) PTP 4) QMS Per...

JohnBoy · JohnBoy

Hi everyone I've always found it difficult to provide fixed fee quotations to clients. I've been doing some searching and came across some software that will calculate fix fee prices for jobs. The website is http://www.squosh.co.uk/. It's not a company I've come across before which always make...

Jo Gordon · Jo Gordon

Hi All I've just got my practice licence through and have started to network in an attempt to gain some clients. I attended a Network North breakfast meeting last Thursday, and was planning on attending another but in a different location this week. I emailed the head guy as I was having problems booki...

Shamus · Shamus

In my daily trawling of what's happening int he industry from all the news streams that I'm subscribed to I found this interesting discussion and reply posts over on Accountancy age today that I'm sure would be of interest to the readers here. I won't plaigerise by cut and pasting onto this site but jus...

Shamus · Shamus

Hi, I thought that I knew the answer to this but just really want to clarify from others understanding. Since 2008 limited companies no longer have to have a company secretary. Limited companies must have at least one director that is a real person, not another limited company. If the company has no se...

Kitty37 · Kitty37

Hiya - I have a client who is a furniture retailer - they make the furniture and outsource the fitting. They want to start undertaking the fitting inhouse and want to set up a separate company to do this, logic being that the new company wont turnover more than £73k a year and won't have to be VAT registere...

AICB · AICB

... who phoned me with a professional query regarding a client of mutual interest this afternoon. Her name is Marie Boyle or very similar, likely to be in the Herefordshire / W Worcestershire / N Gloucestershire area. Unfortunately, the voicemeail was indistinct and it stopped redording before s...

woody88 · woody88

Has anyone on the forum tried telemarketing to acquire new clients? I received a phonecall from a company yesterday saying that my area is free and for £ 800 per month they would generate the same value of new fees. Say £ 9,600 per year = new clients to the value of £ 9,600. It seemed to me that this may work f...

ghis · ghis

Hi Over the past 4 years i have been doing my husbands book as single entry through collins book. At the end of each year i gave the books to our accountant to do end of year tax returns. My husband is now a Ltd company, and i want to now put my bookkeeping qualification into practice. Where do i start? My hus...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Marketing - yet again ;) aka having a life rather than a job (Preview) There are soooooo many threads here about marketing, I wondered if folks would be interested in this fella I came across on LinkedIn. He has a 12 month programme for if you need 1:1, but it's more the ebook I thought was useful. Lots of nice bullet points that are easy to follow and he specialises in profe...	Dangermouse	6	1023	Wed Mar 28 03:59 2012 by BobHarper
	Renting an office - office layout (Preview) I'm thinking of renting an office. At the moment I don't have enough clients to justify it or pay for it even. But if I was to obtain enough clients then an office it shall be. I have a place targetted and will be gutted if this place is occupied in the near future. It lay empty for a couple of years and was rece...	Peasie	8	1066	Wed Mar 28 03:33 2012 by Peasie
	Accountancy fees accrual (Preview) Hi everyone, I know this question has been asked before somewhere, but can't find it now! For one of my client's last financial year I accrued for accountant's fees of £550 and reversed it at the beginning of this year. She has now received the bill which is £562.50 net, which leaves £12.50 in accounta...	Stardoe	2	1455	Wed Mar 28 02:16 2012 by Stardoe
	Approaching Accountancy Firms (Preview) Just as the title says really... how on EARTH to you write to these guys and not sound like your begging for work? I've already emailed two of them and got nothing back! Here's what I wrote to them: Good Afternoon, allow me to just briefly introduce myself; I am Gary Martin proprietor of Back to Black Book...	ClawzCTR	27	2259	Wed Mar 28 00:47 2012 by Count1314
	Budget 2012 (Preview) http://cdn.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget2012_complete.pdf	Shamus	6	1586	Tue Mar 27 17:58 2012 by attilabenko
	First Client Meeting! (Preview) I have had my second enquiry from Twitter and arranged a meeting for next week. My first client meeting. Wants to put all the accounts on Sage, starting from the April, for a partnership. I am at the moment practising just this for my ICB Level 3 computerised exam but worried that I don't know enough......	Sylvia	12	1855	Mon Mar 26 04:54 2012 by Amanda
	Provisions and contingencies IAS 37 (Preview) Hello everybody, trying to get my head around the topis below and the examples in my book are very confusing. Would anybody have some sort of material that could help? Provisions Legal and constructive obligation Contingent liability Contingent asset Thank you very much. BJ	BJA	2	1574	Sat Mar 24 17:09 2012 by BJA
	Bookkeepers Alliance Programme (Preview) When we launched Crunchers bookkeepers we approached accountants to set up strategic relationships. The idea was simple; Crunchers did the books, accountants did the accounts/tax and business advice. The truth was that most accountants were not that interested (for a number of reasons). So, we...	BobHarper	10	4916	Sat Mar 24 14:09 2012 by BobHarper
	Corporation Tax (Preview) Hi All I have just received the Year End Accounts from my client from the accountant. Taxable Profit is £3111 but no corporation tax has been charged. They made a loss last year of £16427 is this why? Has the loss been carried forward?	Lilac Bookkeeping	2	986	Thu Mar 22 05:55 2012 by HendyPhilhendy
	Is this normal? (Preview) Is it normal for a clients accountant to bill for a telephone call regarding the handover of the accounts etc? When I first took over I had a chat with my clients accountant - on my mobile I might add which only lasted about 20 minutes and they have billed the client and added an hour or so on top! So, now I am c...	Georgie	5	1291	Thu Mar 22 03:20 2012 by Georgie
	Buying Sage Client Manager (Preview) I currently run my bookkeeping business with Sage 50 Accounts Client Manager (50 company). Its a couple of years old now, so I thought I'd look at the Sage site to price up an upgrade. I was surprised to read that you cannot buy Client Manager version unless you belong to a Certified Accoutancy body. Has...	LizB	2	2647	Thu Mar 22 03:10 2012 by Peasie
	Which Tax software? (Preview) Slightly different software question this time. We've done Payroll, bookkeeping and accounts software several times but what tax software would you recomend. I seem to have it down to a choice of four at the moment (although quite happy to change on recomendation) 1) Ftax 2) Taxcalc 3) PTP 4) QMS Per...	Shamus	9	3905	Mon Mar 19 20:23 2012 by JohnBoy
	Squosh Fee Pricing Software (Preview) Hi everyone I've always found it difficult to provide fixed fee quotations to clients. I've been doing some searching and came across some software that will calculate fix fee prices for jobs. The website is http://www.squosh.co.uk/. It's not a company I've come across before which always make...	JohnBoy	5	1327	Sun Mar 18 04:21 2012 by BobHarper
	Networking Meetings - problems getting in... (Preview) Hi All I've just got my practice licence through and have started to network in an attempt to gain some clients. I attended a Network North breakfast meeting last Thursday, and was planning on attending another but in a different location this week. I emailed the head guy as I was having problems booki...	Jo Gordon	6	1141	Thu Mar 15 19:24 2012 by Zoe
	Old fashioned accountants are damaging to sole traders (Preview) In my daily trawling of what's happening int he industry from all the news streams that I'm subscribed to I found this interesting discussion and reply posts over on Accountancy age today that I'm sure would be of interest to the readers here. I won't plaigerise by cut and pasting onto this site but jus...	Shamus	4	1242	Wed Mar 14 21:53 2012 by gbm
	How many directors? (Preview) Hi, I thought that I knew the answer to this but just really want to clarify from others understanding. Since 2008 limited companies no longer have to have a company secretary. Limited companies must have at least one director that is a real person, not another limited company. If the company has no se...	Shamus	3	1296	Wed Mar 14 00:54 2012 by YLB-HO
	Rules on New Company Formation (Preview) Hiya - I have a client who is a furniture retailer - they make the furniture and outsource the fitting. They want to start undertaking the fitting inhouse and want to set up a separate company to do this, logic being that the new company wont turnover more than £73k a year and won't have to be VAT registere...	Kitty37	6	1189	Tue Mar 13 04:08 2012 by Kitty37
	I am looking for a certain bookkeeper ... (Preview) ... who phoned me with a professional query regarding a client of mutual interest this afternoon. Her name is Marie Boyle or very similar, likely to be in the Herefordshire / W Worcestershire / N Gloucestershire area. Unfortunately, the voicemeail was indistinct and it stopped redording before s...	AICB	2	1252	Tue Mar 13 02:00 2012 by AICB
	Telemarketing for a Bookkeeper (Preview) Has anyone on the forum tried telemarketing to acquire new clients? I received a phonecall from a company yesterday saying that my area is free and for £ 800 per month they would generate the same value of new fees. Say £ 9,600 per year = new clients to the value of £ 9,600. It seemed to me that this may work f...	woody88	8	1205	Tue Mar 13 01:37 2012 by BobHarper
	Where do I start? Transfering single entry data onto Sage (Preview) Hi Over the past 4 years i have been doing my husbands book as single entry through collins book. At the end of each year i gave the books to our accountant to do end of year tax returns. My husband is now a Ltd company, and i want to now put my bookkeeping qualification into practice. Where do i start? My hus...	ghis	2	1042	Sat Mar 10 22:53 2012 by ghis
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