Recent content by Perenius

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    Zoho Creator

    Hi All I am looking for a professional to build an application/database using Zoho Creator. Can anyone recommend? Regards Peri
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    Direct Marketing

    Hi All We provide support services to legal professionals. I am thinking about launching a direct marketing campaign to let potential clients know about our company and its services. I initially thought about sending intro emails to prospective clients, but after reading about data...
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    Terms of Business? Service Agreement? Terms & Conditions? ...?

    Hi Geoff Thanks for the suggestion. Regards Pery
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    Terms of Business? Service Agreement? Terms & Conditions? ...?

    Hi All We provide services to our clients. Currently one main type of service, but plan to diversify. We do not have a written service agreement with the clients. I think the clients know what to expect from us, but no written agreement/contract for the provision of services. I am also...
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    Why are managers not recruiting 16 - 24 year olds?

    Hi James I am a manager, and I would love to employ more young people, but whenever we advertise a job we do not get many applications from people in that age gap. The people we require need to have the equivalent of A-level education or higher, so I think they do not apply because they are...
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    accounting software

    Hi there Apparently Xero is a great accounting package. It is online and it can easily be integrated with other systems. My accountant uses Sage and Iris Open Books, but I will switch to Xero as I intend to do our bookkeeping and prepare our VAT in-house instead of paying the accountant to do...
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    Paying Staff

    Hi All I wonder if you could help me advertise the salary in a job ad. I am in the process of advertising a job vacancy, but I am not sure how to offer to pay the person. The person will be working independently 2 or 3 days per week, i.e. it will be difficult to keep track of hours worked. I...
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    VAT on Business Expenses (travel + hotel)

    That's interesting. Thanks P
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    Does anyone need Apple mac Help?

    Hi there I use Mac OS X version 10.6.8. I upgraded to the new Lion OS but macbook became very slow so I reinstalled Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I would like to do a clean installation of Lion. How can I do it? P
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    VAT on Business Expenses (travel + hotel)

    It doesn't make sense to me. Do I have to apply VAT to the train fare?
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    VAT on Business Expenses (travel + hotel)

    Hi there Thanks for trying to help. I am not sure I understand what you are trying to explain. Do you mean? Our service fees £150 Train fare £326 Hotel £101 (i.e. excluding the VAT) TOTAL £577 VAT on total - £115.40 Invoice total including VAT - £692.40 I was thinking about...
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    VAT on Business Expenses (travel + hotel)

    Hi All I have a Limited company. We are VAT registered - flat rate scheme. Last week I did some jobs for a client which required me to travel and stay in hotel. I am specifically talking about train tickets and hotel bill. I need to invoice the client for my fees + VAT, and also add the...
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    Invoices from service providers

    Hi Scalloway Thanks for your reply. I was just a bit concerned as this being considered 'self-billing'. I had a quick look at HMRC website and noticed that a few rules have to be followed for self-billing. P
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    Invoices from service providers

    Hi everyone Hope you are all enjoying this lovely sunny weekend! Someone who did work for me sent me his first invoice, but I did not like the way the invoice was structured, and there was also some information missing, e.g. the job description was not as precise as I would like. I told...
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    Disbursements and Flat Rate VAT Scheme

    Hi Robert Thanks very much for the reply and links. Regards P