[herbiefatboy]

i was just wondering if most people do their own books or they have accountants any help would be great

[Grafters Cleaning Services]

although i do my own books i leave my accountant to finalize it all

[cd5000]

i do my own at week-ends,  i have just let my accountant have mine today

[Sir Squeaky]

I've always used an accountant, but I was so late last year that I was embarrased to ask him!
 My accountant would have looked like this>  !
I had to buy the Taxcalc disc for the computer.

Only costs £25 and it's just a case of following instructions as you go along.
You'll need plenty of paper in your printer mind, it prints out about 32 sheets!

Still, for £25 and most of a printer cartridge it's pretty cheap.
Pop a cheque in the envolope, and that's that done.

Doubtful I'll do it any other way now..

 Roger.

[Paul Coleman]

i was just wondering if most people do their own books or they have accountants any help would be great

I have an accountant.  I make it very easy for him so he charges me his minimum fee.

To make it easy for him,  I keep all my records on Microsoft Works spreadsheet and database and print them out for him. I arrange all my expenditure receipts so that they are in some sort of order - one A4 cellophane sheet for each month.
I prefer to keep running totals myself so I can see how things are going but, sometimes I get paperwork that I don't understand.  I regard him more as an interpreter than an accountant - and I'm English   

[thewindowcleaner1]

I use Microsoft Money keep it up to date weekly/monthly
pass figures onto accountant (an ex tax inspecter) she then fill's my tax return

Charge I clean her window every 4 to 8 weeks
Who said bartering was dead.

[herbiefatboy]

thanks for all the feedback so far

[gaza]

gas rego 4 for 1hr if there not cooked by then,turn up heat till cooked.

my accountant calls me picasso cus my accounts are that abstract.

just a lighter side of paying tax.

            GAZA

[s.hughes]

I pay an accountant £300 a year to do my accounts. I know its a lot but its the one thing I dont mess with. I make life easy for him cause I do all the earnings and expenses, put all paperwork in exact order which seems to take me forever. He sorts out the rest. He's also good for advice and at times I've been real glad I got an accountant. 1st year he saved me a load of money cause i had been sent the wrong tax figure, of course without him I would have paid it.
Thing to remember is that his charges are always an expense. So have an accountant and you wont be paying it in tax.

Steveyboy