Nov 14 2019 The ongoing review of auto-enrolment Categories: Amber AccountingHealthcare As mentioned in our previous article, auto-enrolment (AE) was introduced to help people save for later life through a pension scheme at work. Although all eligible workers should now be enrolled in their employer’s workplace pension scheme, it is the continued responsibility of employers to constantly monitor the information to avoid any potential fallouts. Here are more
Oct 11 2019 Working in our Amber Accounting Payroll team Categories: Amber AccountingPayrollPeople At EQ, our Amber Accounting team help you manage the financial and operational side of your business – allowing you to focus on the important day-to-day business activities. Their range of services include bookkeeping, payroll, VAT compliance, management accounting, and, for some clients, the full outsourcing of their financial record-keeping. We are currently looking to expand our more
Sep 6 2019 Our dedicated payroll team are here to support you Categories: Amber AccountingPayroll Operating a successful business can be all consuming, and one element that can be overlooked is Payroll. Managing employees’ pay is a time-consuming task and often considered one of the most complex areas of owning a business. Ensuring that everyone employed is paid on time, receives the correct amount, and has appropriate deductions made, is more
Aug 14 2019 Helping bring the 2nd Kirriemuir Scout Group into the digital age Categories: BookkeepingCharitiesTechnology Scouting, or the Scout Movement, is a registered charity which attracts many young people worldwide, including Richard Branson, Barack Obama and David Beckham as previous members. Currently there are 450,000 young people in Scouting, spread across five sections: Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts, Scouts, Explorer Scouts and the Scout Network. Each section has its own balanced programme more
Jul 26 2019 Xero package price freeze for our clients Categories: Amber AccountingMaking Tax Digital Xero have recently announced a planned increase to two of their monthly subscription plans. From 1 August 2019, the standard plan is increasing by £2.00 to £24 + VAT, and the premium plan by £2.50 to £30 + VAT – for new and existing UK customers. As Xero Platinum Partners, we have historically chosen to more
Jul 5 2019 Are you signed up for Making Tax Digital? Categories: Amber AccountingMaking Tax Digital Making Tax Digital (MTD) is now live and if you meet the criteria for mandatory submission of VAT returns, then you should have received a letter from HM Revenue & Customs confirming this. By now you should have checked that you have suitable accounting software or ‘bridging’ software, to enable you to submit your VAT more
Jun 11 2019 The easy transition to Making Tax Digital Categories: Amber AccountingMaking Tax Digital Following on from our previous article discussing bridging software, we have provided a detailed example of how bridging software can help with your Making Tax Digital (MTD) submissions below. We have a client who was using a manual cashbook to process their monthly VAT Return for their farm, and discussed the implications of MTD for their business. more
May 29 2019 A Day in the Life of a Bookkeeper Categories: Amber AccountingPeople At EQ, we understand that juggling the financial and operational side of your business, at the same time as actually running the business, is not easy. That’s why we have a dedicated department called Amber Accounting, to offer our expertise and support to your day-to-day financial controls, to allow you to focus on running your business. Our more
