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16th Jan 2021

Lol not sure but I will get the lads at Oxford onto it.

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Should you be able to pay for the vaccine?
16th Jan 2021

Depends on your budget/ambitions.

Taxfiler does a job and is really well priced but you will likely outgrow this and have to change which creates a big time cost 2/3 years down the line.

BTC/Taxtalc are mid range and will be ideal for practice with up to a few hundred cleints (we use Taxcalc as a 100 client firm)

Top end, Iris, Digita, CCH etc

Payroll - Brightpay

Bookkeeping we use Xero, plenty of alternatives.

GoProprosal - for quoting/compliance

You will need to consider workflow/crm at some point so Pixie, accountancy Manager Senta etc.

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Best software for a start up
15th Jan 2021

Yep its a perfect storm this now. I have had to stop going to office and work from home to look after my 14 year old and support home study. Perfect timing.

I try and do 4 hours work then spend a few hours with her then pick it up again later on after tea. Makes you day long but no one is untouched by this, some clients are also not so understanding if they ring and don't get an immediate response.

My wife is a nurse on Covid ward though so shouldn't complain.

(But I can on here).

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Anyone else have kids homeschooling at the moment?
12th Jan 2021

I have a client who works overseas for about 10 months of the year but is currently sidelined from travelling to many places until vaccine.

He seems to think he will get a jab before the general population as “he is promoting Uk industry globally” he claims to have contacts from legit healthcare providers who will be able to vaccinate him as soon as first wave of vaccines done.

I would not be suprised if some truth in this as I am sure soon PL footballers will be able to pay for it to get season running without the current issues and I am sure they will pay happily to get the money off Sky

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Should you be able to pay for the vaccine?
12th Jan 2021

I have a client who works overseas for about 10 months of the year but is currently sidelined from travelling to many places until vaccine.

He seems to think he will get a jab before the general population as “he is promoting Uk industry globally” he claims to have contacts from legit healthcare providers who will be able to vaccinate him as soon as first wave of vaccines done.

I would not be suprised if some truth in this as I am sure soon PL footballers will be able to pay for it to get season running without the current issues and I am sure they will pay happily to get the money off Sky

Reply to
Should you be able to pay for the vaccine?
12th Jan 2021

I have a client who works overseas for about 10 months of the year but is currently sidelined from travelling to many places until vaccine.

He seems to think he will get a jab before the general population as “he is promoting Uk industry globally” he claims to have contacts from legit healthcare providers who will be able to vaccinate him as soon as first wave of vaccines done.

I would not be suprised if some truth in this as I am sure soon PL footballers will be able to pay for it to get season running without the current issues and I am sure they will pay happily to get the money off Sky

Reply to
Should you be able to pay for the vaccine?
12th Jan 2021

I have a client who works overseas for about 10 months of the year but is currently sidelined from travelling to many places until vaccine.

He seems to think he will get a jab before the general population as “he is promoting Uk industry globally” he claims to have contacts from legit healthcare providers who will be able to vaccinate him as soon as first wave of vaccines done.

I would not be suprised if some truth in this as I am sure soon PL footballers will be able to pay for it to get season running without the current issues and I am sure they will pay happily to get the money off Sky

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Should you be able to pay for the vaccine?
5th Jan 2021

I agree I think its largely unfair. For me you should be name and shamed if you are £5 per hour cash in hand, not giving pensions etc which I am sure goes on.

But the NMW cases that get published seem to be nit picking in the legislation and are just picking up on genuine errors and then hang out the business to try. Most seem to be around deductions from wages for uniforms and things like which when accounted for show the NMW was underpaid by 2p per hour as £50 was deducted incorrectly.

I am sure NMW is rife in takeaways etc but they rarely seem to put any resource into this as guess it takes some effort.

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NMW “Naming and Shaming”
23rd Dec 2020

My concern is that this is not over by a long shot and we have Brexit to factor in at some point.

So no new year, new start.

Its going to be another 6 months before things get anywhere near normal. Then rebuild from there. We have added a lot of work this year, and have a lot in the pipeline for 2021. The insolvency process will need to kick in for many in the new year.

On the plus.
Covid has helped clients see the benefits of working closer with their accountants so I have some good meetings booked in for January to do Business Plans, forecasts and book quarterly meetings. So overall we are making progress but this year has been brutal.

I have finished now until the 4th Jan and will be having a decent break without email.

Take care everyone and Happy Christmas.

Reply to
What are your concerns for your practice in 2021?
17th Dec 2020

I would disagree, depending on volume of transactions, level of excel skills and mistakes that creep into excel I still prefer to cash code, as I find it quicker and I would hope it would lead to client getting a bank feed in place and using Xero more fuller. Autoentry also has a feature I now have heard of which allows to produce a TB from the data extracted from bank statements

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Paper bank statement bedlam
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