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    looking for an accountant

    Dears, I have a shop in centre of York and I am looking an accountant for some advices and maybe to put in his/her hands all the accountancy matters. If anyone can giving me a good referral I will appreciate. I run a shop selling chinas, housewares, giftware, etc... with 6 employee (me...
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    Cash-only?

    I have 4 employees plus me and my business partner... in less than 2 months since we opened I have too much cash, honestly. 50% of money in came from cash and I pay myself, my business partner and only 2 girls of the staff in cash...and still I have too many notes... ... I do not like to...
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    VAT 407 - vat refunds for overseas visitors

    Thanks again Anna. We are deciding to set up an admin fee + a minimum spen to apply for the scheme because I checked on the 407 form that customer need to provide to the retail a Bank/ Credit card account for refund + expire date, that it means I will have to pay my Bank for this transaction...
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    VAT 407 - vat refunds for overseas visitors

    Thank you Anna, I am reading this right now. It seems I have nothing to lose doing the VAT 407, just I have to be sure everything is filled properly and I have to explain the customer what he has to do to get back (totally or partially) the 20% of VAT. I am trying to understand what it...
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    VAT 407 - vat refunds for overseas visitors

    Dears, I hope to get the right answer here: I found this forum excellent for most of my doubts. I have opened a shop in York city centre and once a week I see Japaneese tourists with a guide walking through my street. A couple of days ago 2 tourists, that do not speak a single word of...
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    New Shop - merchant status harder than I expected.

    Hi dears, we are opening a new shop in York and for what I understood from Barclays we can get a 12 month contract with 25p per debit card and 2% on credit cards. £ 125 if we leave before 12th month. We were told that the costs from debit and credit cards depend on our turnover and how much...