Our summary of what was in the post election Budget yesterday, 22 June 2010, is now available to download. Should you wish to discuss anything with us, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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Are you having a payroll headache?

• Do you want to free up your staff to perform more lucrative work?
• Do you want to reduce your administrative costs?
• Do you want to get rid of the hassle of purchasing and upgrading your payroll software?
• Do you want peace of mind that your payroll is being done correctly?
• Do you want to step away from having to keep up with complex payroll legislation?
• Do you want to reduce the risk of unauthorised personnel seeing private payroll records?
• Do you want peace of mind that payroll records are kept offsite?

If the answer to these questions is YES, then look no further.  Fast Accounting Services offer a fast, efficient and accurate processing service.  You can provide us with your payroll information in a format that suits you being it telephone, e-mail, fax or post.

What do we offer?

• Maintenance of PAYE, Satutory Sick Pay and Statutory Maternity Pay records.
• Provision of professional sealed payslips.
• Provision of management payroll reports showing net pay and HM Revenue & Customs liability.
• Preparation of end of year forms (P14, P60, P35).
• Preparation of P45 forms as required during the year.
• Dealing with new starters during the year.
• Dealing with queries from employees, HM Revenue & Customs and your accountant/auditor.

Contact us to discuss your requirements

• Phone us on 01525 717 661
• Fax us on 01234 252 045
• E-mail us at info@fast-accounts.co.uk
• Fill out our contact form

Payroll

Our summary of what was in the Budget yesterday, 24 March 2010, is now available to download. Should you wish to discuss anything with us, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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We use QuickBooks within our practice to record time spent on clients and run our accounts. We find it to be a very versatile and reliable system and encourage clients to try the software as we genuinely believe it to be easy to use and cost effective.

We can provide the initial supply and installation of the software, as well as training to get you started. We provide ongoing support should you need us as new updates or situations come to light within your business.

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Bookkeeping Business startups, Management accounts

VAT can be a difficult subject for some businesses and we are fully equipped to provide you with any advice and assistance you may need in this area.

We can assist you in registering for VAT as well as advising you as to whether a scheme such as the Flat Rate Scheme is the optimal scheme for your business.

We can of course prepare your quarterly or annual VAT returns for you, be it on a cash or invoice accounting basis. We use QuickBooks to do the bookkeeping and VAT preparation which allows for full tracking and reporting on VAT should you be unfortunate enough to have a VAT enquiry.

Value Added Tax Business startups, Tax

We are able to prepare corporation tax returns, personal tax returns and partnership tax returns based on the accounts prepared by us. This will include ensuring the optimal tax treatment of items wihtin the return and ensuring that all available claims have been made.

We will detail the tax payable, the due date for payment and provide you with information on the various ways of paying the liability.

We will also deal with any HM Revenue & Customs enquiries into your tax returns and will endeavour to keep you involved and up to date at all times during an enquiry.

Tax returns Business startups, Tax

We provide a full accountancy service for limited companies, sole traders and partnerships. We prepare accounts which comply with Companies Act formats and, of course, which apply the latest principles in best accounting. For sole traders and partnerships, we prepare accounts sufficient to be the basis on which to prepare your tax return.

We can also incorporate bookkeeping services should you wish us to do all of the accountancy preparation work, or we are happy to provide you with guidance and assistance in setting up your own bookkeeping system so that this then feeds into us to do your annual accounts.

At all times, we will liaise with you to ensure that your accounts are up to date and prepared on a timely basis to allow you to meet your filing deadlines.

Annual accounts Bookkeeping, Business startups

As part of our bookkeeping service using QuickBooks, we provide monthly or quarterly management accounts. This allows you to see what your business has achieved in the past and helps you to plan future activities.

Your management accounts pack would include:

• Profit & loss account
• Balance sheet
• Graph analysis of sales over a period
• Breakdown of outstanding trade debtors at the period end
• Breakdown of outstanding trade creditors at the period end

Bookkeeping Bookkeeping, Management accounts