Derby Business & Employer Advice Event

From the Desk of the Bookkeeper in Derby

We will be attending the Derby Business & Employer Advice Event Day being organised by HMR Revenue & Customs tomorrow 25th March 2013 at the Cricket Ground in Derby.

It's a full day of mini courses covering a whole range of topics:

• Self-employment and HMRC
• VAT - now you are registered
• First Steps as an employer
• Real Time Information - what it means for employers

It's not too late to book your slot and registration is an on-line process.... just go to www.business-events.org.uk and search for 'Derby'.  Hope to see you there.

BKD

Calculating SSP ... the hard way or the Payroll Manager way

From the Desk of the Bookkeeper in Derby

Sometimes when faced with having to calculate SSP for the first time, it is quite understandable if one's face pales with anxiety.

Then fortified with hot chocolate one braces oneself for a visit to Gov.uk 'To Calculate Your Employee's Statutory Sick Pay' and pages of questions to answer before an answer is arrived at..... 


Alternatively.... tap into Payroll Manager - add the little white ambulances to the calendar - making sure that if weekends are worked they are checked first - and hey presto......  the correct calculation is put into the sheet on your behalf....

Puff... how easy was that?!

BKD

The Three Rules of Work.....by Albert Einstein

From the Desk of the Bookkeeper in Derby

"Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies Opportunity." Albert Einstein
 

Okay - so just WHEN did my own accounts get into such a mess?  How comes doing my own set of books is so boring - yet when I do other peoples there is always that little frisson of joy-joy?

 

BKD