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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: combat1 on April 30, 2009, 11:29:54 am
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Hi, Can anyone give me an idea of the cost of an accountant to do the self assessment form for a sole trader, no employees, no vat.
First year of business, part time turnover around 10k.
Thanks.
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mine costs me about 250 but some do it cheaper than that. worth it though.
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get in touch with your local tax office and find out about their self assessment workshop. if you are sole trader, it is easy to do it yourself. if you have all your recepts and all your earnings it's easy to do it yourself online. the workshop just steers you in the right direction.
it's so easy an idiot can do it, I know this cause i've done mine (put that in before anyone else does) ;D
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140 quid per year.........corporate accountant.......well worth it, you could do it your self yes, but if you are like me and have no idea about capital depreciations, loss adjustments etc etc then you are better to have a professional look at them for you.
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140 quid per year.........corporate accountant.......well worth it, you could do it your self yes, but if you are like me and have no idea about capital depreciations, loss adjustments etc etc then you are better to have a professional look at them for you.
did i not just say it is Scrim i mean idiot proof ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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yada yada yada........look at me, i am so clever :-X i did it myself :-X :D
i have never seen inside a tax office, and have no intention of starting now ::)
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mine was up at the novotel in the city centre, even said we could claim it on expences :P
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how much did you pay niall?
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just parking, and the getting there. workshop itself is free. for the sake of 3hrs it's good
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nice one ;)
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mind you parking in the town nearly bankrupted me :o :o :o
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mind you parking in the town nearly bankrupted me :o :o :o
im sure you could have claimed that back as a business expense! ;)
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get in touch with your local tax office and find out about their self assessment workshop. if you are sole trader, it is easy to do it yourself. if you have all your recepts and all your earnings it's easy to do it yourself online. the workshop just steers you in the right direction.
it's so easy an idiot can do it, I know this cause i've done mine (put that in before anyone else does) ;D
Just booked a tax workshop course and its free, cant be bad
;D
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My accountant is £115 i do out all my reciepts he does the rest and claims for stuff that i have no idea about and all manner of other things i dont or cant be bothered to understand for me its money well spent and leaves me free to do things much more interesting like posting on forums for example
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mines £175 ;D
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Mine was £500 last year :o
Not sure why as it was £300 year before, i need to query it at some point.
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Last year £1800 :o :'( Accountant SACKED ;D
New accountant this year £500-£600 :)
Stuart
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Mine was £500 last year :o
Not sure why as it was £300 year before, i need to query it at some point.
i would have asked before paying ;D ;D
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£230 mine last year
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Sod doing accounts myself, far to much ball ache that will cost you over time, accountants no there business we know ours, unless you are an accountant thats come into window cleaning I would recommend getting one, business is stressful enough, they are cheap compared to the time it takes to do your own. did I say sod doing accounts myself!
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one or two days wages a year isnt bad is it if they save you some hassle :)
If you can do them yourself thats great but i dont have the energy to even try when im not working outside i aint doing books
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I wonder if the local council give window cleaning lessons to the public?
They then wouldn't need to use us :P
Seriously its all about your personal choice, i use an accountant as i dont want to deal with it myself - just like my customers dont want to clean their own windows and pay me to do it - it what makes the world go round.
supply and demand.
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I wonder if the local council give window cleaning lessons to the public?
They then wouldn't need to use us :P
Seriously its all about your personal choice, i use an accountant as i dont want to deal with it myself - just like my customers dont want to clean their own windows and pay me to do it - it what makes the world go round.
supply and demand.
So true.........
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£750 sacked this years £250 jobs a goodun
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Mine charged me £850.00 this year :o :o
And he say because I am a limited company and more paper work involved, he also said few years ego that if I go limited I pay less tax.
Is that true guys? ???
Regards, Bosh
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I paid £243 last year. I'm a sole trader and I make it pretty easy for him.
It will be £243 this year to as he has announced a price freeze.
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Hi, Can anyone give me an idea of the cost of an accountant to do the self assessment form for a sole trader, no employees, no vat.
First year of business, part time turnover around 10k.
Thanks.
You'll get so many different answers on here. Look in your local area and find some that specialises in small businesses.Get quotes and take your pick. Our charges £75 per hour, but we get it all ready for him and he just does the nitty gritty bits that we don't know about :)
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Thanks everyone, very helpful.
Called to see a local accountant today, who was amazed at the information which I could give him from George, almost indicated that I didnt need him!
Wants to charge £150 for the year.
Also rang the tax office to book on a self assessment course for July.
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Using george what do i use to give to accountant?
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I paid €600 my first year in business, but that includes registering me for tax and all the initial setup hassle,... €400 per year after that. Worth every cent to have rid of that stress & hassle!
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I paid €600 my first year in business, but that includes registering me for tax and all the initial setup hassle,... €400 per year after that. Worth every cent to have rid of that stress & hassle!
yeh i second that
been in cleaning over 28 years and always used an accountant
saved me a lot of money over the years< and stress > ;)
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I reckon if i tried to do it myself it would take up 2 weeks of evenings, mostly trying to translate the forms into a language I can understand. After its all finished I'd still be worride that I'd filled in something wrong. The peace of mind is worth the money,.. and my accountant found loads of stuff I should have claimed for and hadn't too,.. so she actually saved me more than she charged me the first year!
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Mine charged me £850.00 this year :o :o
And he say because I am a limited company and more paper work involved, he also said few years ego that if I go limited I pay less tax.
Is that true guys? ???
Regards, Bosh
I'm limited but mine charged £600 plus vat.
He is good though, got my driveway done, as I have to park my van on it, and it knackered the old one. The company paid and after 5 years there would be no capital gain, as the company leases the land off me as a director. Something like that, can't remember exactly and don't need to either.
Result!!
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[I'm limited but mine charged £600 plus vat.
He is good though, got my driveway done, as I have to park my van on it, and it knackered the old one. The company paid and after 5 years there would be no capital gain, as the company leases the land off me as a director. Something like that, can't remember exactly and don't need to either.
Result!!
Thats interesting.
Bosh
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As your turnover is lessthan £15,000 you just have to fill in the simple account section on the tax form, which asks for your Turnover, expenses and therefore gross profit.
When you turnover more than £15,000 you will need to fill the whole form in, and that is when an accountant becomes helpfull.