[31 Mar 2011 | Comments Off | ]
Quarterly Accounts Checklist – the 300600 message

There are six main elements to a collection of business records and they are illustrated by the jigsaw puzzle below. With effect from 1 April 2011 HMRC has new powers to conduct checks on business records and so we recommend that you take a look at what they have said:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/startingup/keeprecs.htm

For now, these are the records that we would like to see, in order to work on your books for the period just ended:
1. Bank
Copies of all bank statements on all business accounts.
The business bank statement is the starting point for …

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[4 Oct 2010 | Comments Off | ]
An introduction

It really is simple . . .
(2 mins 42 secs)

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[31 Mar 2011 | Comments Off | ]

This is version 11.0.3
Introduction
In order to to focus on delivering services, Bookkeeper140 keeps monthly protocol to a minimum. This is done by using a combination of 140 character DMs on Twitter and a repository of digital files on Dropbox. You will need:
* A Twitter account – http://www.twitter.com
* A Dropbox account – http://www.dropbox.com
Please share the Dropbox account with bookkeeper140 AT proactive.ly and on Twitter please follow @bookkeeper140
Our service to you
We will complete quarterly bookkeeping reports, including VAT returns where applicable, on the …

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[31 Mar 2011 | Comments Off | ]

As a result of Government initiatives, particularly in 2007, a number of services can be accessed over the web. That means that we need some detail from your VAT Registration Certificate. It looks a bit like this:

Please let us have a copy for our records.

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[31 Mar 2011 | Comments Off | ]
Quarterly Accounts Checklist – the 300600 message

There are six main elements to a collection of business records and they are illustrated by the jigsaw puzzle below. With effect from 1 April 2011 HMRC has new powers to conduct checks on business records and so we recommend that you take a look at what they have said:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/startingup/keeprecs.htm

For now, these are the records that we would like to see, in order to work on your books for the period just ended:
1. Bank
Copies of all bank statements on all business accounts.
The business bank statement is the starting point for …

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[3 Jan 2011 | Comments Off | ]
New VAT rates for 2011

The much talked about hike in the standard rate of VAT to 20% does not actually take effect until Tuesday 4 Jan 2011. If you are generating an invoice on 1 or 2 or 3 Jan 2011 then the old standard rate of 17.5% is still in force!

The other things you may need to consider is that the Flat Rate Scheme percentages are changing. If you don’t use the Flat Rate Scheme ignore this next bit! For any VAT quarters which include January 2011 you will need to apply the …

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[28 Dec 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Building a new site

As you can see from the appearance of this site, we are currently working on a rebuild!

The original content is all here, but it may not be exactly where you would have expected to find it. The site is being refined over the festive break. In the meantime if you do find a link that does not work, or an article that seems to have gone AWOL please contact us and we will do our best to rectify the problem as quickly as we can!
Thanks!