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mizmir

Ellidee wrote: »

I think that I would rather stick pins in my eyes than read a M&B :eek:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

mizmir

Good list there KC - good luck with it all. Accounts - ugh! Poor you.
But you're reminding me that mine are in a proper mess too! Ah well - something for another day (but that day is not going to be the 30th January again! :eek:)

Karmacat

MatyMoo wrote: »

I help a friend getting his builders paperwork ready for the accountant and do a very basic spreadsheet showing all income in one column and expenditure split out by type (materials, workwear, tools, fuel, insurance, phone, personal etc).

Let me know if you need a hand to set up something for yourself, happy to help.

Maty! Yes please, if you could send me a sample spreadsheet, I'd be forever in your debt ... I'll pm you my email address. :kisses3:

Karmacat wrote: »

- coffee. I'm not hungry yet, but I'm *dying* for a cup of coffee ...
done!
- use or store that thin cardboard - we got another soaking last night, and unless I want a mass of soggy cellulose in the middle of the grass, that has to be a priority.done! I've put one bit by for later, but nearly all of it is now folded in 4 and out there helping the enlarged border get started.
- sweep up leaves at the front, there's *lots* done! And I even bagged this lot, to sit softly to decompose.
- haul out previous years of accounts paperwork - they want a spreadsheet to do the work at a reduced rate; I've always used an accountant because of the impact of the dratted French stuff, but maybe I can work out what to do from the tax returns I've previously photocopied?
- pop into town, do banking, library, pop round to Sainsbo - exchange the kitchen lightbulbs I bought the other day for the right sort and buy a few bits of fresh food.
- *must* wash my hair immediately I get in, so it has a chance to dry without using the dryer too much.
- paid work is in the evening only.
- paperwork project, we'll see.

Haven't done any of the rest ... I'll have to have the early part of my lunch :rotfl:and then do something. I may even need a second cup of coffee to think about accounts :eek:

gilligansyle

Ellidee wrote: »

I think that I would rather stick pins in my eyes than read a M&B :eek:

Working nights on a geriatric ward, it was all there was That or Peoples Friend magazines!

gilligansyle

Have your cup of coffee! Accounts aren't that hard, the income bit should be the easy one, and so long as you have receipts etc. for the rest, its just a case of categorising it. So long as the accountants are putting the info into something that HMRC will accept there shouldn't be a problem. Have they given you any guidance, or do they just expect you to get on with it!

Karmacat

Realistically, they've always left me to do pretty much my own thing. There used to be a wonderful accountant there, but she was a cystic fibrosis sufferer, and she died about six years ago. Since then .... its not what it was, put it that way.

I'm sensing the universe is telling me to step up to the plate and take responsibility!

I've just finished copying some stuff from a library book (Alys!!!) and now I'm off to the bank, the charity shops and the library

Please give me a boot - or a smack around teh head - about the accounts .... tell me to do them myself!

MatyMoo

Karmacat wrote: »

Maty! Yes please, if you could send me a sample spreadsheet, I'd be forever in your debt ... I'll pm you my email address. :kisses3:

On it's way

Karmacat wrote: »

Realistically, they've always left me to do pretty much my own thing. There used to be a wonderful accountant there, but she was a cystic fibrosis sufferer, and she died about six years ago. Since then .... its not what it was, put it that way.

I'm sensing the universe is telling me to step up to the plate and take responsibility!

I've just finished copying some stuff from a library book (Alys!!!) and now I'm off to the bank, the charity shops and the library

Please give me a boot - or a smack around teh head - about the accounts .... tell me to do them myself!

Once you have done the spreadsheet and handed that and all your receipts to the accountant they will turn it in to what HMRC want and give you a copy.

Once you can see what they have done with the stuff you supplied you may see that it is easy and you can do it yourself next year. The only thing you need to watch is Accountants are usually aware of any changes to legislation and allowances so may be able to save you what they cost you IYSWIM! It is worth asking them if what they have done has helped to reduce your tax bill. Also be aware that they are struggling the same as any other business (with more people being technology savvy they are doing their own accounts and fling with HMRC themselves) at the moment so try to agree a fee before hand.

Karmacat

Got it, thank you :j:j:j

You know what, when they've done their voodoo, they send me photocopies of the form that they submit to the Inland Revenue, and for the last two years, I've photocopied it .... I'm sure I can do this myself! The French stuff worries me a bit, as does the fact of moving house, but we'll see.

You're a star :kisses3:

I'm off to actually do some work this evening - finishing at 8, so its TV and Poirot for me hope everyone has a lovely evening :beer:

ZTD

Ellidee wrote: »

I think that I would rather stick pins in my eyes than read a M&B :eek:

Perhaps you should write one - the way they should be written?

Ellidee

ZTD wrote: »

Perhaps you should write one - the way they should be written?

Well if you're prepared to give me some 'lessons'