Nixon Williams - Record keeping / invoice system

[Support Monkey]

Never needed a spreadsheet from someone else to work out how much money i have, and to be honest NW do all that anyway, you only need invoices, expense sheet and maybe a spreadsheet to tie it all together, they send you a breakdown of invoices, expenses, tax to pay each month so its pretty easy to keep track of whats happening

[LatteLiberal]

I use Brooksons, they have a complete online portal so everything is in one place. You can see your business bank account statements and makes my life 1000x easier. I used to be with NW and found them lacking in this regard, which surprised me given there hefty monthly fee.

[churkus]

Hi,

Please excuse me if I'm talking rubbish here, I'm in the process of preparing for contracting, so I don't have much knowledge of accountants or accounting as yet.

Based on the feedback from people on here, I was looking at going to NW as my accountant, however there website doesn't appear to have any information about whether they provide any sort of online (or offline) record keeping / invoicing system. Some of the other accountants I have looked at appear to have this facility, but NW don't mention it on their website.

Can anybody advise on what I can expect from them.

Thanks

What sort of accountants "online (or offline) record keeping / invoicing" would you need to look at?.

Only thing I ever have needed to do electronically is email my expenses or invoices to my accountant. They do the rest on their systems, thats what youre paying them for. So I guess you should ask if they have an email address?. Although in this day and age surely they will.

If I have misunderstood your question, my apologies in advance.

[meraff]

OK, I take peoples point. Yes, I am perfectly capable of picking up a phone and asking, however this being a forum - with actual clients of NW, I thought it would be a suitable place to ask a question and get an unbiased response.

Thanks Martin for posting a response.

[Martin at NixonWilliams]

Hi,

Please excuse me if I'm talking rubbish here, I'm in the process of preparing for contracting, so I don't have much knowledge of accountants or accounting as yet.

Based on the feedback from people on here, I was looking at going to NW as my accountant, however there website doesn't appear to have any information about whether they provide any sort of online (or offline) record keeping / invoicing system. Some of the other accountants I have looked at appear to have this facility, but NW don't mention it on their website.

Can anybody advise on what I can expect from them.

Thanks

Hi meraff,

Unfortunately we do not have an online accounting system in place at the moment. However, we are in the process of creating one and we hope to have it ready soon.

If you have any further questions regarding our services please feel free to call us at the office, or PM me if you wish.

I hope this helps.

Martin

[jmo21]

Choosing an accountant can be a very personal choice, and as it's not a Yes/No question (he's asking the in's and out's of how the firm operates), there really is no substitute for a phone call IMO.

His question is:

Do they have any online or offline record keeping/invoicing system?

[captainham]

FFS, is there something that wrong with asking the question on a Saturday when clearly NW are closed in the hope for a quick yes/no answer from someone who might know the answer?

Choosing an accountant can be a very personal choice, and as it's not a Yes/No question (he's asking the in's and out's of how the firm operates), there really is no substitute for a phone call IMO.

[eek]

Crunch provides you with what you want.

[jmo21]

FFS, is there something that wrong with asking the question on a Saturday when clearly NW are closed in the hope for a quick yes/no answer from someone who might know the answer?

[northernladuk]

Gonna have to do better than that if you are going to enter contracting. There is no one to hold your hand or feed you information so you can just sign at the bottom. Your finances will be your legal responsibility even with an accountant and you have certain legal obligations as a director as well.

If you are finding it hard to pick the phone up to find someone to help you with your finances you are going to be in for a very long hard slog..

[captainham]

I would say NW themselves would be in the perfect position to tell you what their setup is if you pick up that handset-type thing in the living room that makes that strange ringing noise every now and then.

[meraff]

Hi,

Please excuse me if I'm talking rubbish here, I'm in the process of preparing for contracting, so I don't have much knowledge of accountants or accounting as yet.

Based on the feedback from people on here, I was looking at going to NW as my accountant, however there website doesn't appear to have any information about whether they provide any sort of online (or offline) record keeping / invoicing system. Some of the other accountants I have looked at appear to have this facility, but NW don't mention it on their website.

Can anybody advise on what I can expect from them.

Thanks