I have had the misfortune that my husband died leaving a sole trader accountancy firm where I Have been sorting out his VAT and SA. I must say using the word "bereaved" on the "reason for my call" has got me a magical person. The VAT was wonderful - have a direct number. Think I will use this for any future needs as I am still running a payroll practice and my on SA.
My two smallest clients both employing music teachers for schools have ZERO hours contracts, I have been quite diligent with this mainly to teach myself. All I can say is what was a small quick clean job has turned into one complete hassle. Monthly paid, the employer now splits the hours into weeks for me. I have 52 weeks on a spreadsheet and move so many off each month to add the latest. Then more calculations to work out a months HP. I dont feel I can charge them more.
And as I've said before on here I am ZERO hours with TUI. My hoiday pay is still at the easy 12.07%. each month
Totally with you. I've had it for many years. I dread looking. I have had inaccurate payments shown - only to find a couple weeks later its all changed.
It is totally beyond me that a payment can't be allocated correctly. AND you are supposed to put a monthly payment reference on each payment. That never works, The money is just put anywhere they fancy
I work on the premise that providing client has paid each month and its showing somewhere that will do. Worry at end of year if its still not self corrected
I too came across this on Friday via the daily HMRC update. Unfortunately I am always glass half empty when I read anything out of HMRC that will actually "help" us. My cynicism is that will Furlough continue beyond Setember.
That's the upside now. Charging. I carried the first three months. Then a one off extra July-November &now a monthly extra. And no one has complained as I explained it all clearly.
As for husband he is running his accountancy practice and should well be retired and he actually hasnt a clue about payroll nowadays.
With regards to files - I always think something "neat" indicates a way of working. I have all monthly workings stapled to gether with the claim form. My Brightpay does a claim form which is professional. And where I have had a few odd issue I have typed a resume of why, and pinned it in the cover of the folder.
At least that has made me laugh - a tonic. When reading the post I thought "I wrote something like that". Then I realised it WAS me.
I think the longer Furlough has gone on the more routine it becomes therefore less stressful.
Its a case of "going with the flow".
I dont pretend - especially in the first few months- that I arrived at some calculations exactly in accordance with HMRC. But I cant worry about that. The claims are correct. Thats the most important.
And I can fully justify my actions
This HP is virtually impossible at the best of times. 50 employees paid monthly based on accrued hours (variable). Its nigh on impossible without taking hours of time to start splitting that into weeks. And with a variety of employment situations since July 4 even more impossible.
And to be fair after The Treasury its passed down to HMRC and then on to the payroll software providers who are themselves struggling.
What would have made it easier is that it reverted to 80% as per original Furlough where everything is in place other than revised calculations on "normal average"
I'm with you there. Heartily grateful most of my clients can't be further South or they would be in the sea! And like you, should the worst happen "down here" we will at least have had the time to get our head round it all.
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I have had the misfortune that my husband died leaving a sole trader accountancy firm where I Have been sorting out his VAT and SA. I must say using the word "bereaved" on the "reason for my call" has got me a magical person. The VAT was wonderful - have a direct number. Think I will use this for any future needs as I am still running a payroll practice and my on SA.
My two smallest clients both employing music teachers for schools have ZERO hours contracts, I have been quite diligent with this mainly to teach myself. All I can say is what was a small quick clean job has turned into one complete hassle. Monthly paid, the employer now splits the hours into weeks for me. I have 52 weeks on a spreadsheet and move so many off each month to add the latest. Then more calculations to work out a months HP. I dont feel I can charge them more.
And as I've said before on here I am ZERO hours with TUI. My hoiday pay is still at the easy 12.07%. each month
Totally with you. I've had it for many years. I dread looking. I have had inaccurate payments shown - only to find a couple weeks later its all changed.
It is totally beyond me that a payment can't be allocated correctly. AND you are supposed to put a monthly payment reference on each payment. That never works, The money is just put anywhere they fancy
I work on the premise that providing client has paid each month and its showing somewhere that will do. Worry at end of year if its still not self corrected
I too came across this on Friday via the daily HMRC update. Unfortunately I am always glass half empty when I read anything out of HMRC that will actually "help" us. My cynicism is that will Furlough continue beyond Setember.
That's the upside now. Charging. I carried the first three months. Then a one off extra July-November &now a monthly extra. And no one has complained as I explained it all clearly.
As for husband he is running his accountancy practice and should well be retired and he actually hasnt a clue about payroll nowadays.
With regards to files - I always think something "neat" indicates a way of working. I have all monthly workings stapled to gether with the claim form. My Brightpay does a claim form which is professional. And where I have had a few odd issue I have typed a resume of why, and pinned it in the cover of the folder.
At least that has made me laugh - a tonic. When reading the post I thought "I wrote something like that". Then I realised it WAS me.
I think the longer Furlough has gone on the more routine it becomes therefore less stressful.
Its a case of "going with the flow".
I dont pretend - especially in the first few months- that I arrived at some calculations exactly in accordance with HMRC. But I cant worry about that. The claims are correct. Thats the most important.
And I can fully justify my actions
This HP is virtually impossible at the best of times. 50 employees paid monthly based on accrued hours (variable). Its nigh on impossible without taking hours of time to start splitting that into weeks. And with a variety of employment situations since July 4 even more impossible.
And to be fair after The Treasury its passed down to HMRC and then on to the payroll software providers who are themselves struggling.
What would have made it easier is that it reverted to 80% as per original Furlough where everything is in place other than revised calculations on "normal average"
I'm with you there. Heartily grateful most of my clients can't be further South or they would be in the sea! And like you, should the worst happen "down here" we will at least have had the time to get our head round it all.
I can see your thought process. I suppose all this is in the fine detail that will spill out from HMRC overvpages and pages in due course