Hi,
We are a small practice, runs a lot of payrolls and there are three of us. One is now in isolation, but given clients loses already will be getting let go.
That leaves two us in a 900sq foot office.
While I could organise for us to work from home, the other employee is young and needs support. Additionally, I would need to take two computers, and at least three filing cabinets home.
At home, there are three children, albeit 14, 13 and 11.
What are your plans?
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As I work from home this won't affect me, however I expect that by the end of the week, all non essential offices will be closed. I am sure that you could work things out to be able to work from home - do you really need 3 filing cabinets? I can pretty much guess the (few) tax returns that I will be doing in the next 2/3 months, so the majority of my work will be VAT (probably not as they don't have to pay) and monthly payrolls.
Whether they have to pay or not is irrelevant, the work still needs doing, how else will the client know how much vat is being deferred?
This also applies to the deferring of July payments, they are afterall 1/2 estimates on account. Therefore simply saying you don't need to pay it till January doesn't cover every scenario. There will be some clients who may have already covered the tax due in the Jan 1/2 estimate and as such there could be no or little to defer.
I'm afraid we all need to drum home to our clients that simply forgetting about everything because no one expects a payment isn't the answer.
My plans, are to stay put, im one of the fortunate ones who works alone, in his own office.
I have given every client the option of a telephone/email/skype appointment where possible, and those who will need to drop work off can do so from a distance at the office entrance hall way, limiting any contact in the office.
I will then leave any work they pass me, for at least 48 hours to make sure any virus is likely now dead. and of course washing my hands at every stage.
If you are not ready for working at home, I would strongly suggest you get ready today, lockdown is coming!
3 filing cabinets? seriously?
In the age of RTI, who the hell keeps paper payroll files!?
If nothing else, this gives you a great motivation to change that.