Tag Archives: Invest in bookkeeping

Business Problems Create Personal Problems

Building a house

This week I want to explain how business problems create personal problems. I had a meeting on Wednesday afternoon with Niall. There was one major thing he wanted to achieve in the next few years. And it wasn’t a business goal but a personal one. It got me thinking about how the business interacts with

Transform Your Business With Dext

Dext modern accounting toolkit

You can transform your business with Dext by going digital. In your business, time is money. Every hour of productivity counts and the hours you spend swamped under financial admin impact your bottom line. The solution? Cut out clunky manual processes and replace them with slick, automated systems to free up hours every month. It

What Can I Claim VAT Back On?

VAT return

What can I claim VAT back on is a common question posed to us. The bookkeeping team here is well-versed in claiming VAT back for clients. They do this every two months for most clients and VAT can be quite a complex area with all the different rules. There will always be queries when it

Bookkeeping – Outsource or Die

Paper everywhere

A catchy title. Bookkeeping – Outsource or Die is the title of a book. We were working with a business coach for accountants in the UK and the guest speaker Mark wrote it. He was a UK national living in the Philippines. He and his team provided outsourcing solutions to UK accountants. Successful and smart,

Bookkeeping – Nail the foundations

Bookkeeping foundations

Bookkeeping – Nail the foundations. Why should I do that? What’s in it for me? What even are the foundations? Sure, I’ll be grand. But will you? This isn’t a lecture about you should do this and if you don’t then you are in big trouble. It is more to discuss what the basics are

Bookkeeping – Go Paperless

Xero Gold Partner

Bookkeeping – Go Paperless. Yeah right! Sure, how can we do that? I can hear you all now. That fella is pulling our leg! And why would you want to go paperless anyway? What’s in it for me? We will explore further and make a case for it by looking at. Does paper cost money?

Why Outsource your Bookkeeping

Time for change

Happy New Year to all our readers. We will look at the reasons why you should outsource your bookkeeping. The plan is to compare what your bookkeeping looks like now to what it could look like. Some people are not into the numbers. Our client once told us that he’d rather pick potatoes for a

Business Owners – 5 Tips for 2023

2023

  For Business owners, we will look at 5 tips for 2023.   So much happens in such a short time it is difficult to have thinking time. Work, family, events, and now Christmas presents and the Christmas dinner. It is hectic. You will relate to this “By working faithfully eight hours a day you

Creating a Valuable Business

Apple

Creating a valuable business to sell or pass on to the next generation. This was the theme for an early morning event with Waterford Chamber and PWC. Numbers were low and given the weather, it was a wonder anyone was there at all. Those of us who were got great benefit from the presentation by

Debt Warehousing Payment Plan

Plan

Debt Warehousing Payment Plan We will look at a debt warehousing payment plan. As a quick recap, Debt warehousing came into play to enable a business to warehouse its tax debts. Revenue love their acronyms and would call this the DWPP. Sounds like a political party! For most businesses period 2 ends on the 31st