Further knowledge

System
System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
edited June 18 in AAT member discussion
For all you members in practice out there I have a question....

where do you source your information from, in that I mean who do you ring if you have accounting treatment queries or tax or VAT queries? The reason I ask is that a lot of resources have been quoted and I'm just interested in what variety of sources people use.

Annette

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  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Further knowledge

    I have found accountingweb very useful as an accounting community site - their any questions forum is a good source of answers for accounting treatment queries. Also they have some excellent articles on software reviews and advice generally.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Further knowledge

    There is just so much of it out there now its hard to keep up but essentially my resources are:-

    IRIS
    (for financial reporting, keeping on top of the FRS's SSAP's IAS's FRSSE etc.)

    Accountingweb
    Accountancy age
    (news updates, articles on practice management, law etc.)

    Taxationweb
    Tax.org
    (news updates and developmets etc.)

    Tax tips & articles
    (nice little publications always trying to get "one up" on government)

    Accounting Technician mag
    Taxation mag
    HMRC
    CPD courses
    Workshops

    I think the list is endless....

    Regards

    Dean
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Further knowledge

    add to the list the chroner helpline and I *love* Tolly's tax guide (issued free to members of ATT).

    I also refer back to text books and notes from AAT and ATT study days regularly

    And I've kept in touch with ex-work colleagues who I call when I get really stuck!
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
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    Most of the ones that I use have already been covered - but also

    http://www.vatease.co.uk.htm

    is good to keep up to date with VAT changes, rulings etc. They do a free monthly newsletter which is always well worth a read.

    Dean - is your tax tips and articles one specific website, or just general "a bloke down the pub told me....." bits of info?

    Claudia
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Further knowledge
    claudialowe wrote:
    Most of the ones that I use have already been covered - but also

    http://www.vatease.co.uk.htm

    is good to keep up to date with VAT changes, rulings etc. They do a free monthly newsletter which is always well worth a read.

    Dean - is your tax tips and articles one specific website, or just general "a bloke down the pub told me....." bits of info?

    Claudia

    Yeah vatease is good too.

    Tax tips isn't a website (although it does have a website that sells it along with other publications)it's a fortnightly publication. I find it really useful especially for limited companies when extracting money etc.

    Regards

    Dean
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Further knowledge

    Details please :D

    Claudia

    PM them if you would prefer.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Further knowledge

    Dean - IRIS, how does this keep you uptodate with IAS, etc. Sorry to sound dense, took a look on their site but couldn't find updates, do you mean their 2 hour workshops - I am interested as I am wondering whether to update textbooks, a bit reluctant to do that if there are updates available for DFS.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Further knowledge

    Hi Salisbury

    What I mean by IRIS is that I use their Final Accounts Production software and with the way they group their nominals etc. I can be confident that my reports comply with the Compaines Act 1985 and meets all the accounting standards.

    IRIS have a team dedicated to reviewing and updating their "enhanced chart of accounts".

    I think they have been one of the best if not the best software provider for this.... closely followed by sage's final accounts software.

    Regards

    Dean

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