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Title: taxassist accountants
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on July 29, 2011, 11:25:57 am
so ive just been for a free cosultation at taxassist accountants

they want £388.36  :o :o :o

im only part time really still at the moment!

they want £130 to sort my accounts out and £125 to fill out my tax return!

what do you all recon? sounds a bit pricey to me! i dont bloody earn enough money yet!  ???
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: H S and Son on July 29, 2011, 12:29:54 pm
My bill is £180.
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on July 29, 2011, 12:30:34 pm
My bill is £180.

think i need to get some more quotes then  :(
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: Frankybadboy on July 29, 2011, 02:50:02 pm
and i was think i was hard done by at £144. ;D
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: g.brookes on July 29, 2011, 03:11:15 pm
just sort your receipts etc out yourself and just pay them to do the actual tax return
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on July 29, 2011, 03:17:57 pm
just sort your receipts etc out yourself and just pay them to do the actual tax return

yeah thats what i was thinking, was thinking i m ight buy george sofware for window cleaners i just dont know where to start with it all :(

at the minute i just jot down on a peice of paper every days earnings and save my reciepts and keep then in a shoe box under my bed  :-[

where do i start to make it all right?
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on July 29, 2011, 04:00:29 pm
Shop around and you can get a better deal.

I have a new accountant - £120

My previous accountant charged £840 - that was a partnership - but we did everything else ourselves
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: SunShineCleaning on July 29, 2011, 05:47:48 pm
I wonder just how thourough they are when they spend so little time on your accounts.
You may as well do them online for yourself as I doubt they have the time to really save you tax £'s.
I would ask them exactly what they have done to save you money.

I bet there is a forum full of accountants cursing all the 'cowboys' who do accounts for £120.
The equivelant to the 'summer brigade' window cleaning wise.

Find someone who is obsessed with finding ways for you to pay less tax rather than someone who will simply fill out what you have already done.
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on July 29, 2011, 08:42:17 pm
Shop around and you can get a better deal.

I have a new accountant - £120

My previous accountant charged £840 - that was a partnership - but we did everything else ourselves

yea i will shop around at that price

is the 120 just for tax return or for accounts and advise as well?

thanks
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: g.brookes on July 29, 2011, 08:45:29 pm
i was told to keep a book where I write down all my earning every week.  Then in the back of the book I have my expenses.  I split them into things like parking, vehicle, equipment, fuel etc and then I have columns  saying date, amount, type of expense, method of payment (cash or bank).  Then I put a number on every receipt I have and I put that number in the book next to the details of the payment.  It only takes half an hour every couple of months and saves me £150 every year
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: SunShineCleaning on July 29, 2011, 08:55:16 pm
i was told to keep a book where I write down all my earning every week.  Then in the back of the book I have my expenses.  I split them into things like parking, vehicle, equipment, fuel etc and then I have columns  saying date, amount, type of expense, method of payment (cash or bank).  Then I put a number on every receipt I have and I put that number in the book next to the details of the payment.  It only takes half an hour every couple of months and saves me £150 every year

A good accountant knows all the tricks to get your liability down much more than the amount they charge.
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on July 29, 2011, 09:00:03 pm
I wonder just how thourough they are when they spend so little time on your accounts.
You may as well do them online for yourself as I doubt they have the time to really save you tax £'s.
I would ask them exactly what they have done to save you money.

I bet there is a forum full of accountants cursing all the 'cowboys' who do accounts for £120.
The equivelant to the 'summer brigade' window cleaning wise.

Find someone who is obsessed with finding ways for you to pay less tax rather than someone who will simply fill out what you have already done.

actually i might look for an accountant forum and find one to work for me on there!  ;D good idea!
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on July 29, 2011, 09:01:17 pm
i was told to keep a book where I write down all my earning every week.  Then in the back of the book I have my expenses.  I split them into things like parking, vehicle, equipment, fuel etc and then I have columns  saying date, amount, type of expense, method of payment (cash or bank).  Then I put a number on every receipt I have and I put that number in the book next to the details of the payment.  It only takes half an hour every couple of months and saves me £150 every year

saves 150 to do accounts? then you just pay for them to do tax return?
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: dave0123 on July 30, 2011, 10:53:32 am
i pay £36.00 per month and i get monthly accounts for that and tax return done at end of year and full set of yearly accounts
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: C-Thru. on July 30, 2011, 11:01:34 am
G.B. Go to WH Smiths and get an accounts book called SIMPLEX D
it is a self explanatory accounts keeping book, great for keeping accounts, you just enter every day your incoming (earnings ) and outgoings  (anything you spend, diesel, tools ect) and hand it to your accountant at end of year.
Go and look for one mate, very simple to fill in and is industry standard book for accountants and Tax man alike.

if your not a computer wizkid stick to pen n paper, always remember this analogy K.I.S.S. =

K   Keep
I    it
S   Stupidly
S   Simple
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on July 30, 2011, 05:53:56 pm
G.B. Go to WH Smiths and get an accounts book called SIMPLEX D
it is a self explanatory accounts keeping book, great for keeping accounts, you just enter every day your incoming (earnings ) and outgoings  (anything you spend, diesel, tools ect) and hand it to your accountant at end of year.
Go and look for one mate, very simple to fill in and is industry standard book for accountants and Tax man alike.

if your not a computer wizkid stick to pen n paper, always remember this analogy K.I.S.S. =

K   Keep
I    it
S   Stupidly
S   Simple


brilliant! im gonna go get one tomorrow or as soon as possible! that sounds like exactly what i need!
do you do your accounts this way?

then i can just pay to get my tax return filled out! or even do that myself too?

thanks for that i didnt know there was such a thing as one of these accounts books  :)

GB
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: SunShineCleaning on July 30, 2011, 08:09:13 pm
G.B. Go to WH Smiths and get an accounts book called SIMPLEX D
it is a self explanatory accounts keeping book, great for keeping accounts, you just enter every day your incoming (earnings ) and outgoings  (anything you spend, diesel, tools ect) and hand it to your accountant at end of year.
Go and look for one mate, very simple to fill in and is industry standard book for accountants and Tax man alike.

if your not a computer wizkid stick to pen n paper, always remember this analogy K.I.S.S. =

K   Keep
I    it
S   Stupidly
S   Simple


brilliant! im gonna go get one tomorrow or as soon as possible! that sounds like exactly what i need!
do you do your accounts this way?

then i can just pay to get my tax return filled out! or even do that myself too?

thanks for that i didnt know there was such a thing as one of these accounts books  :)

GB

Your missing the point, even if you put down your income and expenses, there are other tricks the accountants know in order to reduce your final payment to the Tax man.

For example, I have used 4 different vehicles for work last tax year and for one of them he has asked for mileage only as putting down p per mile will be a higher figure than the receipts will be.

Sure they will be happy to accept your best efforts as the end result will be more for them and less for you.

Just get an accountant, pref one that has stopped having acne and knows his stuff.
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on July 30, 2011, 08:24:20 pm
G.B. Go to WH Smiths and get an accounts book called SIMPLEX D
it is a self explanatory accounts keeping book, great for keeping accounts, you just enter every day your incoming (earnings ) and outgoings  (anything you spend, diesel, tools ect) and hand it to your accountant at end of year.
Go and look for one mate, very simple to fill in and is industry standard book for accountants and Tax man alike.

if your not a computer wizkid stick to pen n paper, always remember this analogy K.I.S.S. =

K   Keep
I    it
S   Stupidly
S   Simple


brilliant! im gonna go get one tomorrow or as soon as possible! that sounds like exactly what i need!
do you do your accounts this way?

then i can just pay to get my tax return filled out! or even do that myself too?

thanks for that i didnt know there was such a thing as one of these accounts books  :)

GB

Your missing the point, even if you put down your income and expenses, there are other tricks the accountants know in order to reduce your final payment to the Tax man.

For example, I have used 4 different vehicles for work last tax year and for one of them he has asked for mileage only as putting down p per mile will be a higher figure than the receipts will be.

Sure they will be happy to accept your best efforts as the end result will be more for them and less for you.

Just get an accountant, pref one that has stopped having acne and knows his stuff.

thanks for the tips mate, everyones advise is not singing on def hears! to me its priceless! its all getting stored in the memory banks  ;D
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: SunShineCleaning on July 30, 2011, 08:28:47 pm
Thing is , I don't know WHY one and not the other but he does which is why he gets my money.
Title: Re: taxassist accountants
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on July 30, 2011, 08:33:53 pm
Thing is , I don't know WHY one and not the other but he does which is why he gets my money.

sorry i dont follow mate? why one and not the other what?

thanks