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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostYou never have to charge for a spreadsheet
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostOr mid year and get the new accountant to do it all for you, so that they are running with as much data as they can and they can get all the authorisation codes through from HMRC to be your agent quickly. Once they do that, the old accountant can't file things for you anyway.
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostThe end of the company year so the same company will do the returns for you as well. You can start the new guys with a clean slate. Some may charge you to do it early and some horrible little scroats will try and get out of doing it at all so be pretty firm.
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Originally posted by PTP View PostSounds like what I'm going through. They keep making really basic errors that make £1000's difference to the dividend.
I've had enough of them and tempted to change accountant. Is there any particular time that it's easier/safer to make the switch?
e.g. is it easier if done while out of contract, or easier if you're just at the start of a new company year?
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I am with one of the top contractor account paying £100+ every month for the last 2+ years. Things were great in the beginning after many changes in handlers (I suppose my case handed over to more inexperienced resources) now I am finding too many mistakes from them. Every number I query come back with an apology and correction!
I've had enough of them and tempted to change accountant. Is there any particular time that it's easier/safer to make the switch?
e.g. is it easier if done while out of contract, or easier if you're just at the start of a new company year?
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostThat sentence alone tells me you shouldn't be doing it by yourself. Learning how to do your own accounting on a free internet forum. What could go wrong?
Find yourself an accountant that is willing to suspend rates for bench time, or at least reduce them. Plenty do.
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Originally posted by Chart Accountancy View PostWe have a completely free spreadsheet that does calculate the VAT quarterly returns, profit per month and available dividends. I have shared it with lots of people that prefer Excel than a software. The downside is that it is not online software, otherwise still can suffice all the reporting requirements. FreeAgent is not a free software so the subscription is included in our accounting package but at our partners discount rate so if a client is dormant for example their fee is reduced to remove the software licence.
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If there is no income why not ask if your accountant will reduce his fee. Many do.
This self accounting thing seems to be us doing it for you and you've not even started yet.
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Originally posted by Michael at BI Accountancy View PostPresumably you would then be required to submit the NIL VAT returns and RTI submission's via HMRC's portal, along with having to replicating this on FreeAgent once they become active again?
Also there's potential expenses that could be claimed if the contractor is attending interviews etc, which they'd have to wait until the account was then active again to post up.
Can anyone please send me the XL sheet mentioned here..?
My accountant currently do the PAYE real time reporting. When I switch that to self reporting do I need to register with HMRC or my accountant will pass that information to me. If I register now both mine and accountant's are linked to PAYE RTI. Is that correct..?
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostYou never have to charge for a spreadsheet
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Originally posted by pr1 View Postbut even including freeagent subs most are still cheaper than sjd!
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