[GB Window Cleaning]

so ive just been for a free cosultation at taxassist accountants

they want £388.36 

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! 

[H S and Son]

My bill is £180.

[GB Window Cleaning]

My bill is £180.

think i need to get some more quotes then 

[Frankybadboy]

and i was think i was hard done by at £144.

[g.brookes]

just sort your receipts etc out yourself and just pay them to do the actual tax return

[GB Window Cleaning]

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?

[Blue Frog Systems]

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

[SunShineCleaning]

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.

[GB Window Cleaning]

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

[g.brookes]

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

[SunShineCleaning]

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.

[GB Window Cleaning]

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!  good idea!

[GB Window Cleaning]

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?

[dave0123]

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

[C-Thru.]

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

[GB Window Cleaning]

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

[SunShineCleaning]

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.

[GB Window Cleaning]

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 

[SunShineCleaning]

Thing is , I don't know WHY one and not the other but he does which is why he gets my money.

[GB Window Cleaning]

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