Move these clients on to time based billing and show them how much they've paid to be chased. 1 of 2 results both making January next year quieter!
Charge on a sliding scale depending on when information is received. April-Oct £X. Nov £x+£100. Dec £x=£200. Jan £10 per day. Team were much happier completing tax returns on deadline day when there was a bonus pool to play for. (if they're going to pay penalties you should be the ones receiving it)
Finally, open honesty. Help the client understand why you need this, what you have to do when it isn't complete, and how it impacts your business when it's late. Humans tend to want to help where we can, I found most had no idea the nuisance it creates :)
Hey, we have plenty of clients utilising ourselves for these needs. Automate the actuals with department splits into Excel for ongoing updates if you're using Xero or QuickBooks Online that is. Giving clients access to refresh only so they can be self sufficient. Check out https://www.datadear.com
Perhaps a biased view but from what I've seen, the usage is increasing and will continue to do so as we move into the world of big data. How they are being used is certainly changing, and for the better. Connected with cloud tools you reduce a lot of the pain and risks, whilst automating the easiest to the hardest tasks, and can tailor it almost anyway you want, with the right know-how. Long live Excel
Saves the hassle of doing it again in a years time, and having 2 different filing processes in the meantime. But completely understand, this approach wasn't taken by all!
Not confirmed - but from what I've seen these letters are going to all businesses that didn't submit via MTD, including our family business with turnover circa £40k (de-registering this quarter, glad we hadn't moved across so can still do this online :)) Of course I still got the panicked phone call...
Unfortunately HMRC didn't have the data previously to know who was above the turnover threshold and who wasn't (along with the other exemptions), main reason we had to go through the pain of informing them who would be now submitting via MTD, and they'll take a blanket approach to warning those who haven't.
A lot of our partners have just moved all their VAT clients across, saves the time dealing with unnecessary letters and client concerns!
How about getting them posted directly from Excel to Xero or QuickBooks Online? 1 click posting in Excel, digital link and saves time :) importing should be a thing of the past!
But yeah, i'd stay away from copying or re-keying, just another thing to remember to stop doing if not..
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We provide direct from Excel - free forever ... https://www.datadear.com/making-tax-digital-for-vat/
Another vote for Auto Entry. We started with it 6 years ago and have never looked back
Why did you only count the [***] tablets?
We used a couple of approaches;
Move these clients on to time based billing and show them how much they've paid to be chased. 1 of 2 results both making January next year quieter!
Charge on a sliding scale depending on when information is received. April-Oct £X. Nov £x+£100. Dec £x=£200. Jan £10 per day. Team were much happier completing tax returns on deadline day when there was a bonus pool to play for. (if they're going to pay penalties you should be the ones receiving it)
Finally, open honesty. Help the client understand why you need this, what you have to do when it isn't complete, and how it impacts your business when it's late. Humans tend to want to help where we can, I found most had no idea the nuisance it creates :)
Good luck!
Hey, we have plenty of clients utilising ourselves for these needs. Automate the actuals with department splits into Excel for ongoing updates if you're using Xero or QuickBooks Online that is. Giving clients access to refresh only so they can be self sufficient. Check out https://www.datadear.com
Perhaps a biased view but from what I've seen, the usage is increasing and will continue to do so as we move into the world of big data. How they are being used is certainly changing, and for the better. Connected with cloud tools you reduce a lot of the pain and risks, whilst automating the easiest to the hardest tasks, and can tailor it almost anyway you want, with the right know-how. Long live Excel
Saves the hassle of doing it again in a years time, and having 2 different filing processes in the meantime. But completely understand, this approach wasn't taken by all!
Not confirmed - but from what I've seen these letters are going to all businesses that didn't submit via MTD, including our family business with turnover circa £40k (de-registering this quarter, glad we hadn't moved across so can still do this online :)) Of course I still got the panicked phone call...
Unfortunately HMRC didn't have the data previously to know who was above the turnover threshold and who wasn't (along with the other exemptions), main reason we had to go through the pain of informing them who would be now submitting via MTD, and they'll take a blanket approach to warning those who haven't.
A lot of our partners have just moved all their VAT clients across, saves the time dealing with unnecessary letters and client concerns!
Have a few clients using us to smart upload these transactions, control the postings, all digital link ready.
How about getting them posted directly from Excel to Xero or QuickBooks Online? 1 click posting in Excel, digital link and saves time :) importing should be a thing of the past!
But yeah, i'd stay away from copying or re-keying, just another thing to remember to stop doing if not..