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    Revaluation of assets

    Can anyone please explain the accounting treatment for revalued assets - assets which have been revalued at a higher cost (buildings)? And the effect this will have on depreciation as this will obviously now be a different value as a result of the revaluation.
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    Credit card terminal line not connected

    Hoping someone can help me with this one. We have a card terminal which is plugged into a phone line. Has worked for several years. Now all of a sudden it has been disconnected - merchant provider say nothing to do with them, they only provide the lease to the terminal, phone provider say line...
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    Upgrading BACS software

    Not sure if this is the correct forum but here goes.. We are having our BACS software upgraded and the BACS company have asked me to contact our bank and quote our accounting package. Is it best to go straight to bacstel IP or see the relationship manager? Not exactly sure the bank needs to...
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    Mobile chip and pin devices...

    I expect there would be more than £500 each month. The second account would need to be mobile as in portable, it can be moved above so not sure which would be best, a Bluetooth device or mobile device using gprs. What are the pros/cons of them? Our merchant provider has already reduced...
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    Mobile chip and pin devices...

    We have a fixed line chip and pin device and have been asked to look into an additional chip and pin but this time a portable one which would be returned to accounts office in the evenings for security. Having had some costs from various companies together with transaction costs, which...
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    Credit/card transaction charges..

    Trying to find out what debit/credit card transactions companies are offering and there seems to be a wide variety compared to what we have been paying at First Data. Are these sales people on commission by any chance? When I called to try and get ours pricematched to what I had been offered...
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    BACS - Service user numbers..

    Can anyone give me advice with BACS please? Do you need a separate Service user number if you plan on collecting direct debits using BACS if you already have one for making payments?:|