Archive for August, 2009

Week Ending 16th August – Changing from an outsourced bookkeeping service to doing it yourself

Monday, August 17th, 2009 No Commented
Under: What I was working on this week

While having someone else do your bookkeeping saves you time, in that you don’t have to do the bookkeeping entries for which you probably don’t understand anyway. It is vitally important that you clearly set out and agree the criteria for what you expect from the outsourced bookkeeping service to exactly what you want and [...]

Week Ending 9th August – Year Ends and Consolidating the business

Monday, August 10th, 2009 No Commented
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Anyone with a December 31st Year End will be fast approaching their CRO filing date. They need 2008 year end accounts signed off by their accountants and their tax filing and companies office paperwork completed. It is strange how financial items suddenly pop up out of nowhere. Directors take more cash than their wages are [...]

Week Ending 2nd August – Changing Sales Invoice values

Monday, August 3rd, 2009 No Commented
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Changing Sales Invoices after they have been printed is a really bad idea. I work with businesses who use specialised software for their industry to manage their business. But this software does not manage their accounts. So the Sales invoices get exported from this software and into their accounts software which is Sage Line 50. [...]