Accountant wont allow these expenses

hippey

Your right to question your book keeper about anything like this, however they will also be looking after their professional interests as well.

I don't think I would be to happy with just a piece of paper going through for that amount without a bit more explaination however I don't know you or your business and sometimes you have to expect a certain amount of unusual items dependant on the business. For VAT it is a different ballgame!

I know we wouldn't ask for a disclaimer it just would not get processed if we weren't 100% happy.

jimmo

I think this is a first, but I agree with chrismac 1.
In very traditional terms, the bookkeeper keeps the books, does the trial balance and passes on the results to the accountant who prepares the actual accounts based on the bookkeeper’s books and other explanations.
Therefore the accountant uses his professional judgement in preparing the accounts, something an old fashioned bookkeeper may not be comfortable with.
In my days as a taxman we, in modern parlance, used to risk asses a set of accounts without seeing the basic records, the books, receipts etc but, once we were in an Enquiry situation we went through them with a fine toothed comb.
A couple of missing receipts are not going to trigger an Enquiry and, quite frankly if I made an Enquiry into you, I would have grounds for thinking that you may have fiddled a lot more than £230.
Your bookkeeper is being a bookkeeper and if he wants to act as an accountant for you he at least has to act as an accountant and make professional judgements, not hide behind what he sees as red tape.

longforgotten

I wouldn't want a book keeper filling in my returns........:o

Gas_Powered_Toothbrush

chrismac1 wrote: »

only a very diligent and well-trained inspector is going to pick up on these, so that's probably 5% of inspectors.

Citation needed.