Recent content by George2009

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    recovery of a foreign debt

    I have a problem getting a client based in Armenia to pay an outstanding debt that, despite regular reminders, remains unpaid. The sum involved and quality of the work is not in dispute and the debt is more than £10K. The work we have undertaken involves the facilitation of their product access...
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    Company in Vietnam has used my address without my consent

    We started to receive spurious correspondence from a company addressed to the Vietnamese outfit’s limited company name and then today on official letter from companies house also addressed to the limited company. On checking the register it’s clear this limited company has used our address. We...
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    Company in Vietnam has used my address without my consent

    A clothing company in Vietnam has used my address for limited company registration with Companies House completely without my consent. How do I go about getting this removed? Many thanks
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    Force Majeure clause wording to business contract

    I’ve been requested to add a Force Majeure clause to our standard consultancy’s terms and conditions. I’ve looked at a few online and they are way too complex and lengthy for our purposes as ours is a micro business. Any suggestions would be very welcome. Many thanks
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    GDPR in business general terms and conditions

    Use of data under GDPR is included in our business terms and conditions. Since leaving the EU the GOV.UK website has information on changes and I need to reflect this in our t&c. Previously we referred to the Data Protection Act 2018 - the GOV.UK site says GDPR has been retained in UK law & will...
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    Micro limited company, company secretary

    I’m the company secretary to a micro company established in 2007. There’s just me and the director - the director is the only one holding shares, just one share. I don’t hold any shares. I want to remove myself as company secretary as I’m due to retire soon. Can I unilaterally remove myself...
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    need Euro account, business based in UK

    We are a micro company based in the UK. For some time we have operated a sterling account here in the UK and a Euro account based in the Euro zone happily using our UK address. But now the Euro-based bank is to close the account because it no longer provides this service for a UK-based company...
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    VAT – new submissions using Making Tax Digital

    We use an Excel 2010 spreadsheet for all our accounts. It has several tabs which cover e.g. claims, transactions on a deposit account, etc. which are linked to the *main page* reflecting all our current account bank transactions. Our VAT returns are on a 3-monthly basis. Therefore in the *main...
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    Making Tax Digital and bridging software

    I'm preparing to start the MTD returns for VAT and I was looking for bridging software to link up my Excel spreadsheets to the VAT system. I've started a free trial with Free Agent but it looks like it expects to take over everything like expenses and invoicing - this is not what we want as...
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    EORI - is this required for a business that only provides services?

    we run a small consultancy that advises businesses in the UK and EU countries (and elsewhere) - we don’t supply any physical goods - it’s all done in emails, telephone calls etc. Do we need to apply for an EORI number? Thanks
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    new VAT digital returns

    Sorry if this is already covered.... We run a micro limited company and are VAT registered. I received a letter a few days back that all VAT returns after 1st April need to be submitted digitally. I thought this is what we were doing anyway... We do our book keeping on MS Excel 2010 upon which...
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    UNSPSC code for my business

    i need to obtain a UNSPSC code for my business. Does anyone know how I can do this cheaply or better still free as we're a micro business. Thanks
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    advise on annual accounts and Corporation Tax burden

    I co-run a micro limited company. We have an accountant who looks after our end of year financial accounts and financial returns to companies house and deals with tax returns including Corporation Tax (CT). Our two employees (us) are paid annually and dividends are paid as required. We have a...
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    changing the accounting period

    Thanks for the replies - a few years back we shortened the accounting period for admin reasons - would it be possible to us to extend this current period which expires in a couple of months? Would this cause recriminations from the tax office? Thanks, George
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    changing the accounting period

    Hi All, How easy is it to change to accounting period (AP) of our limited company to another date. The reason for this is that the AP end is too close to the end of the stakeholder pension input period (PIP). Thanks, George