My clients include: self employed individuals, sole traders, clubs and societies, business partnerships and limited companies in various sectors, including Retail, Manufacturing, Logistic Bookkeeping support, Used car sales, Public Services and many more, as Bookkeeping covers many areas.

To find out more about the services I provide, Please see the sections below.

As this is a summary list of services, they may include other elements that are not listed.

Please contact me if you wish to ask about other services that I may provide.

I offer a range of bookkeeping services which include:

General services

• Micro, Small, Medium, Large business day to day Bookkeeping, adjustments and reconciling.
• Invoicing
• Cashbook entries
• Statements of account for credit control purposes.
• Monthly Management Reports
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• Year end Statutory Accounts preparation for Sole trader, Partnerships and Limited companies. 
• Payroll Management
• Setting up new accounts in accounting software, that you provide.
• I am experienced in using various software including, Xero accounting, Xero payroll, Quickbooks, Sage Business Cloud, Sage desktop, Sage payroll in both Desktop and Sage One and Quickfile.
• I am a agent with HMRC and use HMRC approved tax software for your returns.

Submissions

• Self-Assessment tax return preparation and filing.
• VAT Returns
• Corporation Tax returns
• Statutory Accounts returns to Companies House *

• * Preparation of financial statement of accounts for Micro businesses and Small Businesses under Financial Reporting Standards FRS105 and FRS102 (Section 1A), ready for filing Partnership returns for Small and Micro businesses in line with FRS105 and FRS102 (Section 1A) 
• * Submission of Small and Micro businesses Partnership accounts SA800 and  Limited company annual accounts using digital software.
• * Submission of Limited company Corporation tax returns in line with FRS105 and FRS102 (Section 1A)   for Small and Micro businesses using digital software

             * Definitions of the above:

      A micro-entity/business is a definition used by the Companies Act 2006.

      To be a micro entity you must meet at least 2 of the following criteria:

• Your company’s annual turnover does not exceed £632,000.
• Your business has £316,000 or less on its balance sheet.
• You have 10 or fewer employees.

            A small company definition is as follows:

• annual turnover must be not more than £10.2 million.
• the balance sheet total must be not more than £5.1 million.
• the average number of employees must be no more than 50.

I can help with preparation of UK Tax returns, calculating your tax liability and submitting your returns.

You will have to file a tax return if:

• self-employed as a sole trader and earned more than £1,000
• a partner in a business partnership
• earning an income from renting out a property
• being paid an income from savings, investments and dividends
• you paid Capital Gains Tax when you sold something that went up in value
• earning foreign income
• earning income of £100,000 or more

You may also need to file a return if you are eligible for tax relief on:

• charity donations
• pension contributions 
• maintenance payments
• expenses claim as a self employed individual
• Covid-19 payment
• if you claim Child Benefit as a high earner (with a salary over £50,000), you may have to send in a tax return and pay the High Income Child Benefit Charge.

Registering for Self Assessment:

• You must register a Self Assessment account on line, by signing up to the Government Gateway https://www.gov.uk/register-for-self-assessment
• You must register for Self Assessment by 5 October, following SA year end 5th April, if you have to send a tax return and you have not sent one before. 

Deadlines for Self Assessment:

• 5 October – deadline for registering for self-assessment
• 31 October – deadline to submit a paper tax return for the previous tax year
• 31 January – deadline for online returns and for paying the tax you owe (for the previous tax year)

Payments for Self Assessment to HMRC

https://www.gov.uk/understand-self-assessment-bill/payments-on-account

• The Tax year for Self Assessment runs 6 April to 5th April every year. 
• All payments for the Tax year must be paid by 31st January, which is also the deadline for the return.
• It is important to file your tax returns as soon as possible and on time to avoid penalties. This starts at £100, and interest can build on unpaid tax.
• You have to make 2 payments on account every year unless:

* your last Self Assessment tax bill was less than £1,000

* you paid more than 80% of the previous year’s tax you owed, for example through your tax code or because your bank had already deducted interest on your savings

Each payment is half your previous year’s tax bill. Payments are usually due by midnight on 31 January and 31 July.

• Register clients with PAYE scheme
• Weekly, four-weekly or monthly pay cycles
• Employee payslips
• Monthly summaries
• Processing starters and leavers
• Year end statutory forms for issue to employees and submission of the details to HMRC
• RTI filing online
• Cloud accounts (on line accounting) such as Sage Business cloud, Xero, Quickbooks
• Payroll pensions filing
• P45s, P11's and other payroll reporting from your software.