Foreign.
Vicky ClarkAnd welcome to the Pat Accounting Podcast with me, your host, Vicky Clark.
Vicky ClarkI'm going to help you get to grips with your finances, save you lots of money and take the stress out of doing your tax return.
Vicky ClarkSo let's get going.
HostRight, welcome everyone.
HostMy name is Vicky and this lovely man in front of me is Lee.
HostAnd we run the Pet Crown, which is an accountancy firm dedicated to pet professionals all across the uk.
HostAnd there's a just this little side note in there, little print.
HostWe also do non pet businesses as well.
HostSo if you've got a partner, friend, auntie, uncle, boyfriend, girlfriend or anything in between that has a non pet business, we can also do theirs as well.
HostSo what have we been up to this week?
HostBefore we delve into what we're going to talk about today and as always, if you've got any questions at all with regards to anything, please pop them in the comments.
HostI think when the dogs have started, pop them in the comments and let us know.
HostWe'll aim to answer them as we go through the live.
HostSo what have we been up to?
LeeClimax.
LeeIt's a busy week.
HostWe have had a busy week.
LeePacking my suitcase for New York.
LeeI've been buying my sweets for the flight.
HostI mean, can you elaborate?
HostBecause I feel like you're sweets is basically like a sweet shop.
HostThese aren't your normal mint imperials and some jelly babies.
HostLee has bought a whole tuck shop.
LeeI will.
LeeAnd just everybody that is watching, just so they can't see that it's excessive, I'll just share my sweets for the.
HostFight that's laying your sweet slacks for one way.
HostThat's just for one trip.
HostOh, Stanley says she can't hear us.
HostHas anyone else got an issue with the volume?
HostIf they have, let us know.
HostWe've also found out that Facebook, as of April, are not going to let us use Zoom as an integrated app, which is obviously what we use to do these lives.
HostSo it might be that we have to figure something else out.
HostWe may well have to do less of them and just record the podcasts, but we will just wait to see what happens with that.
HostBut just an FYI, if you do use Zoom or any other app integrate to Facebook, then they are removing that as of April, so that's a bit of a bummer.
HostWe've been getting lots of stuff ready for Cloths, so if you come to save at Cloths, we've got some good goodie bags full of tut.
HostHelpful tut sometimes.
HostAnd we've got sweets we've got Prosecco, we've got all sorts, so make sure you come and see us.
HostSo that's been a bit of a mission trying to get all of that organised.
HostWe are better organised this year than.
LeeWe were last year I feel definitely.
HostBecause last year we had nothing.
HostLast year we ran out on Saturday and then we had nothing else to give people for the rest of the weekend.
HostSo that was a bit sad.
LeeThat's where we met on Sunday.
HostYeah, that's why we left very early on Sunday because we had literally nothing left.
HostWe have had no mug deliveries this week, which has also been a bit sad.
HostOur books are open, so if you are looking for an accountant and you need help with your finances, then our books are open.
HostSo we've had a lot of new clients come on board this week, whether that be self assessment, unlimited company and also with the launch of our all in one package for sole traders, there is now one for partnerships and limited companies.
HostSo it's all been a go here.
HostAnd what else?
HostWhat else?
HostNothing.
HostThat's it.
HostWhat else have we done?
HostWork.
LeeYou did.
HostNo work you flat out.
HostLee's been designing things and we've also those grooming packs or training packs or walker packs you get online from our website, we are actually printing off actual physical paths to bring with us to Crufts.
HostSo if you can't be bothered to print them out, we have put together a better actual package book.
HostPrint by on the day and fill in for your accounts if you're not one for software.
HostAnd I think that's probably a very quick rundown of what we've been up to.
HostLike I said, if you're watching, you've got any questions, please pop them in the comments and we'll aim to answer them even if it's not financially just anything you'd like to ask like say we've got skills in other areas so we might surprise you.
HostSo any questions, put them in the comments.
HostRight, so Lee, because it's a bit of a whiz with the designing and technology and I can't do any of that, has designed or.
HostActually I'll let you.
HostI'll let you tell people about the performance paths.
LeeRight, okay.
LeeSo as you know, we've launched the all in one package this, this month as well and as part of that we've been speaking a lot about the performance pack that you get with it and it was only when we were doing a little bit of one to one training with, with Nicola and Jody just to update them on the product Knowledge.
LeeAnd as we launch things, they understood that we did a performance pack, but they actually said until you'd physically showed us what it was, we didn't understand the benefits of it, of what it can offer to the clients.
LeeAnd they said that it would be really good if we could print one of these out and take crafts with us to show potential clients what it is that they get as part of the all in one package.
LeeAnd then that got us thinking.
LeeWe think, well, if they didn't know what it was, how many of our clients in the group also knows what it is?
LeeSo I is currently nobody.
HostThat's what me and they do.
HostWe have so much we actually offer, we just don't tell you.
HostYou have to find it yourself.
LeeIt's in drips and dry.
HostGood.
LeePlay it on the list.
LeePray for our cold, dead hands.
HostEither ask us or go on our website.
HostHave a look.
HostBut yeah, it's probably why people always say in the group, anyone recommend an accountant?
HostBecause maybe we don't tell you enough that we are accountants and that's what we do and we actually run the group.
HostAre there?
HostYes, we have lots on offer.
HostYou just got to try and find out what it is part of.
LeeAgain, trying to prove that that.
LeeWhich is one of the reasons why we launched the all in one package as well.
LeeIt's because, you know, when you look at the cost of it, actually it represents really good value for money with everything that you get.
LeeAnd you know, when you, when you don't know how much an accountant costs and you don't know how to ask for bookkeeping or for payroll, having something like that kind of solidifies and reassures you that it's not going to cost you the earth.
LeeAnd actually being an expense to your business, you should see it as an investment because it will help your business grow.
LeeAnd as part of that, this, this pack that we, that we send out every quarter so that you see what's happened over the last three months within your business, allows you to make changes so that the next quarter you will do better again.
LeeAnd we wanted it to be quite visual so that you don't get bogged down with all the figures.
LeeI know that, to be fair, can.
HostBe full of jargon and words people don't understand.
HostSo there'll be no point of us giving you a boatload of figures for you to look at and go, I don't really know what this means anyway, so it's pointless.
LeeAnd I think that's what happens when we give people accounts is that it's just full of figures that you just.
LeeSome people don't even read it.
LeeAnd we know they don't because how quickly they come is, you know, we send emails, three snacks.
HostAnd I'm like, did you read it?
HostNo.
LeeSo I'm gonna share my screen and I'm gonna war.
LeeLet the not.
HostAll those messages that I sent you, Lee, are now for the public.
LeeLuckily that was just the zoom in by accident.
HostI mean, me and Lee do send each other some dodgy messages.
HostYeah, just as a quick thing before the elves into the pack.
HostI think one of the things we get quite a bit is people think that accountants are extortionately expensive.
HostSo they don't bother asking.
HostAnd there probably is some accountancy firms out there that are ridiculously expensive.
HostYou can join us as a sole trader from as little as 27 pound plus fat a month.
HostSo it's not major books, that's like what equivalent to one dog groom, maybe two dog walks potentially.
HostSo if you think about it that way, as long as you do one groom or one dog walk a month, then the currency fees are covered.
HostBut just bear that in mind that, you know, we may well not be as expensive as you think.
HostAnyway, carry on.
LeeRight, so as part of the accounting pack, we look at the last quarter's figures and then we compile these into some nice graphs so that they're easily readable.
LeeNow the first one that we look at is your sales and expenses over the last quarter.
LeeNow I have to say this is a made up company.
LeeWe haven't shared anybody's details and I made sure of that morning.
LeeSo this is, this is fictitious.
LeeBut the graphs that you get and information contained within it is exactly what you get as part of your performance pack.
LeeSo the first graphs that we have, the first table that we have represent your sales and expenses for the month.
LeeSo it's kind of a good view of all your sales higher than your purchases.
LeeAnd you can look at the bars, which gives you an indication of where they are.
LeeNow if your purchases were much higher, your expenses were much higher, then the idea is, is that you want to bring those down so that your sales, there's a bigger difference between your sales and your purchases.
LeeIf there's a big difference between sales and purchases, it means that you've got more profit at the end of the period.
LeeIt also walks you through and explains exactly what you're seeing on the page as well as giving you totals so that you don't have to add anything up.
LeeAnd then if we Start to scroll down.
LeeWe then give you your gross profit month by month.
LeeNow, your gross profit is the difference between your sales, your revenue, and the expenses that are used to run the business directly relatable to the product or service that you offer.
LeeSo if you're a dog groomer, for argument's sake, your cost of sales will be the things like shampoos, bandanas.
LeeI'm just trying to think of what else that you guys would buy.
LeeThat's, that's, it's any item that you can directly say that went into grooming that dog.
LeeAnything that is like a collective expense, like rent, heat and light, your staff salaries, computer running costs, they're over.
LeeThey're your overheads.
LeeSo what your gross profit represents is the money that you've got left over after you've spent money on delivering that service.
LeeSo the higher the gross profit, the better your business is going to be because the more money that you've got for your overheads.
LeeAnd as you can see here, we break them down into the months of January, February and March.
LeeAnd you can see that the gross profit is on average, if we take all of those, it's going to be around about 90% across the three months.
LeeBut what that shows you is, is that if your gross profit percentage drops, you got to think, well, why did it drop that month?
LeeAm I spending more to be able to deliver that service?
LeeAnd by asking yourself that question, you can then think, right, next month I need to spend less on that or I need to increase my prices because if, if my supplier costs have gone up, my gross profit will suffer and therefore I need to increase my prices to maintain my margins.
HostSo that's good indicator for when people do that then, because obviously I know a lot of people don't increase their prices for years.
LeeSo, yeah, and this is going to, obviously establishing that, yes, because yes, you can sell more.
LeeAs in you, you, if you sell more dog grooms or you, you walk more dogs, all that will happen is, is the costs associated with taking those extra dogs on will also increase.
LeeSo your, your gross profit percentage will show you the margin of each of those.
LeeAnd the only way to affect that margin is lower your costs or raise your prices.
LeeAnd as long as you do one of those two things, you'll have more money in your business to cover your, your overheads.
LeeAnd then once your overheads have been paid, the bit that's left is your profit, and that's for you in your back pocket.
LeeSo the next thing we look at is your net profit month by month.
LeeNow, your net profit is once you've taken all the expenses into account, that includes your, your, your cost of sales, which, which is your gross profit area.
LeeSo that's absolutely every expense in the business taken off of your sales and that's what you're left with at the end of the month.
LeeNow in, in rough terms, that is the figure that you will probably be taxed upon.
LeeNow we do adjust that slightly and I won't get into that.
LeeBut, but as a, as a rough guide, your net profit is what you're left with to be taxed on, which is your money that your business has made for you in your back pocket.
LeeSo again, a really good metric to look at and use these packs for, because if your net profit is increasing, it means you're heading in the right direction and your business is making more money.
LeeNow you can affect this net profit in loads of ways.
LeeGroom more dogs, put your prices up, lower your cost of sales.
LeeI don't use as much shampoo on, on a single dog.
LeeAnd limit how much you use.
LeeChange suppliers, look for a cheaper supplier, you know, so those are the type of things where you can drastically affect your net profit side of things.
LeeAnd then if we scroll down now, this is probably my favorite one.
LeeSo this is the detailed performance for the quarter.
LeeAnd what it does is it shows you your sales and your expenses.
LeeAnd then it gives you a profit trend line, which is, so the green bar is your physical profit and the black profit trend, which is this arrow here, as long as that's pointing up, it indicates that over that period you, your profit is indicated to increase going into the next, you know, the next quarter that we haven't even started yet.
LeeIf that arrow is coming down the way rather than going up, it means that you're starting to lose money and therefore you need to take drastic action to, to change that.
LeeNow again, it could be a case of you were ill for a couple of days, so you had to cancel a few dogs and that affected your sales, but you can explain that drop.
LeeSo your suppliers may have put their prices up because, you know, every April most businesses increase prices in line with the cost of inflation.
LeeSo if you didn't put your prices up, your profit's going to be squeezed and therefore lower.
LeeAnd therefore that black line will show that your profits are going less.
LeeSo by using this little table, the only line you really need to look at is that black arrow.
LeeAnd if it's going up, you're doing great and the business is doing well.
LeeAnd if nothing Changes in the next quarter, it should continue that trend slowly increasing.
LeeIf we scroll down, what we've done then done is combined everything for the quarter for yourself.
LeeSo you can see over the past three months, you've made £18,643 in profit.
LeeYou spent £3,650 on your cost of sales.
LeeTo remember, the cost of sales are the items that you can directly attribute to providing that service.
LeeSo they're your consumables that you're using to groom a dog.
LeeThen you've got your overheads there as well of how much you've spent in total.
LeeSo again, increase profit by increasing your prices, lower your cost of sales by using less of a product, lower your overheads by changing suppliers and looking for cheaper deals.
LeeNow what we have on the right hand side is it tells you about your gross margin.
LeeSo the average gross gross margin on Your sales was 90%.
LeeSo your gross margin profit was 90%.
LeeYour net profit, which is your taxable bit at the bottom, was 53%.
LeeAnd what that equates to, and this is my favorite one, is for every one pound that you sell, you're making 53 pence in the pound.
LeeSo what you can do is even if you take nothing else away from this performance pack, is if you look at the how much you make per pound every quarter and as long as that stays the same or increases, you're doing well.
LeeIf that drops down, then you're losing money every quarter that we go along.
LeeNow if you make a loss, it will tell you that you're losing however many pence in the pound.
LeeAnd that's when there's real issues there.
LeeBut what this does is very visual, very easy to read, and if you understand what it's saying to you, you can make business decisions and changes very, very quickly and very, very easily.
LeeAny, any sort of questions in the group.
HostI haven't been keeping an eye out.
LeeI don't think Vic's been, Vic's been answering some as well.
HostI think everyone's just been engrossed in your very colorful chart.
HostI did lose it in one minute because it went on the massive screen.
HostI was like, how do I reduce the screen?
HostI can't see anything.
HostSo that's what I was doing.
HostIf you saw me like moving my head around, was actually trying to work out how to see the screen.
LeeYeah, well, I think nor the combination with the quarterly dropping calls that we've launched as well, allows you to have a chat with your bookkeeper, your accountant, me or Vicky.
LeeTo go through these packs with you.
LeeSo if there's something that you don't understand about them, then you can pick our brains.
LeeAnd if there's something you'd really like to change and you want to increase a certain area of it to improve just one area, again, we can give you ideas and, and, you know, different ways of marketing to be able to help you achieve that increase.
LeeMost people come to us and say, look, I need to increase my sales, but it could be that you're happy with your sales because you can't take any more dogs, you're at capacity, in which case we have to look at the expenses part of the business to see where we can save you money that side, because that's the only way, apart from putting your prices up, that's the only other way that we're going to get you a little bit more profit and money in your back, your back pockets.
HostThe whole point of doing these packs and, you know, we've had quite a few clients that have taken us up on this is because, you know, me and me have lots of skills in different areas that potentially people don't know about.
HostSo we can help you, not just with the finance side, but with your business as a whole.
HostAnd I think, you know, we've had few clients that are happy where they are and they do want to grow the business, so then the package probably isn't for them.
HostAnd they, you know, like I say, just get us to do the self assessment, which, like I said, is from pound 27.
HostAll of the stuff that's in the package, if you price that separately, is worth way more than what we're actually charging you for.
HostSo the Packages are from 97 pounds.
HostIt does depend on your turnover.
HostSo someone that said in 200 grand is going to pay more than someone that's earning 40 grand.
HostSo we have tried to make it as fair as possible, but the whole point of the packages is to help you grow your business.
HostSo if you're not in a position where you want to grow it and you're quite happy, you know, doing what you're doing and actually you just want your tax, it probably isn't for you.
HostBut if you're in a position where actually I want to grow a business, I want to take on staff and need help with a price and, you know, my website's crap and I used to want to look at that, then that's where the package then comes into its own, because we're giving you help with everything.
HostSo if you want this marketing it potentially go to me.
HostIf you want to help with your pricing, it could be either of us.
HostIf you wanted to help, you know, telling clients that you've had a bat increase, then again you could speak to one of our team and they could help you.
HostSo there's lots to cover.
HostAnd also with the software which is also included, which is nero, because it's the best software, it will help you keep track of your back threshold.
HostI was actually looking at some of our clients who were on free agent earlier today and I picked one and I don't know why I picked this person.
HostAnyway, I look and I went oh dear.
HostAnd I did a roll in 12 months and they'd actually gone over there that threshold about realizing.
HostSo it's really important to keep, especially if you are on software.
LeeIt's worth noting there that that wasn't a bookkeeping client, it was just a self assessment client.
LeeSo again we don't do it on a month to month basis.
LeeSo it was purely random.
HostThat was just me, I was just having a little look.
HostI was making sure no one had gone over.
HostThat was realizing because obviously if we're not doing the bookkeeping, the only time we're going to see your figures realistically is at the end of the tax year when we then can't do anything about it.
LeeIt's only seven months after the end of the tax year.
LeeYou know, it's.
HostAnd it was just so happened that I thought, you know what, I'm on trade.
HostI'm going to have such a quick look to make sure and see where people are at.
HostAnd I came across it and I thought, well, thank God I quoted now and not six months down the line because then it would have to be backdated.
HostSo that was a phone call.
HostI did call her and it was fine speaking to it.
HostOh no.
HostAnd I was like, but no, it's a good thing to hit the back threshold.
HostIt's, it's an achievement.
HostSo I know it's scary but.
HostAnd we, we did a podcast on that last week.
HostIt is a scary thing and it does sort of put the winners up here.
HostBut once you've done and you've got someone there managing it, it's, it's easy.
LeeI think what I think is important to remember as well is because we're there to support you with the VAT and a lot of clients come to go.
LeeI don't want to be that registered.
LeeI'd rather keep my turnover below the VAT threshold.
LeeBut actually what we've worked out is that if you are a groomer, for argument's sake, we can put you and apply to the flat rate scheme and by putting your prices up by 13% that will cover the VAT that needs to be paid to HMRC.
LeeSo even though you have to charge 20% VAT, there are schemes in place, the flat rate scheme, for argument's sake, where in year one you only pay 11% VAT, but by increasing the price by 13% it covers the, the difference between the VAT you've got to pay HMRC on top of the price increase that you're having to have to make sure that encompasses all of the VAT and that that 13% is much easier to swallow than 20%.
LeeAnd actually, if you would, if you approach it in a, in a structured format and you have a very good wording of the letter or, or the phone call that you're going to have with your clients, then a lot of them will be amenable to that price increase as well.
LeeSo a mindset does come into that slightly, because mindset is the bit that blocks you about the VAT side and you just think, oh my God, what am I going to do?
LeeBut again, there's coping mechanisms that we can help you put into place.
LeeTo start with, get a really good bank account.
LeeYou'll get one that allows you to have pass, such as Starling.
LeeWhen you receive money from your clients and directly from your card machines, bank transfers, however you receive it, put that 13% straight into one of those saving pots and don't touch it.
LeeThen at the end of the quarter, you've got the money there to pay your VAT bill.
LeeIt's money that you never had, so you're not going to miss it.
LeeAnd as long as you've covered the vat, then happy days.
LeeAnd you can stay on that flat rate scheme up until you're over £230,000.
LeeI think it is off the top of my head.
LeeSo there's a big difference between 85 and 230 that gives you the growth.
LeeBut once you've removed that ceiling and that blockage of going, oh my God, I'm going to hit that VAT threshold to ruin my business.
LeeHonest to God, the amount of clients that then accelerate and fly, because that's not there anymore.
LeeBut they, they are very good in their mindset that I now need to do this and I need to have it head on.
LeeWe do get clients that shy away from it and don't save and, you know, unfortunately they do struggle A little bit because they're not disciplined enough to put that money to one side.
LeeYou've got to remember when you go that registered, you're a tax collector on behalf of hmrc and it's, it is I, I dread every quarter when I've got repair that bill.
LeeUnfortunately I'm left on a flat rate scheme, so it really grates on me.
LeeBut you got to do it, you.
HostKnow, it's, it's, it's a depressing, it's a depressing thought, you know, when you see it.
HostBut it is what it is.
HostWe've gone off on a bit of a tangent again, slightly talking about that, but we've got a few people in the comments that have joined us on the all in one package.
HostSo again, if you're on the fence, then by all means ask people in the group.
HostWe'll surely give me some honest feedback.
HostOne question from Dapper Dogs, you may have already gone over this, but will you teach us how to use set up the Xero or is it better to pay for the course you have?
HostI've got the Xero through you, but still haven't learned how to use it.
HostYeah.
LeeOn we, we were running zero courses, but we need a couple of people to sign up to them in order for us to do the one to ones.
LeeWe are doing one to ones actually.
LeeSo if you want to book in a one to one, Abby's actually running the one to one training on the zero and the side.
LeeAnd, and she will take you through everything from setting it up, how to use hub doc.
LeeWhat else would be how to, to set up an invoice, how to reconcile the bank.
LeeIt will take you through the basics of it, that'll get you up and running and because it is a one to one, then it gives you the opportunity.
LeeSo if it's something that you don't understand or there's something that you really want to go through, then you can ask Abby and be confident.
LeeThen by the end of that session it's, Is it a two hour session?
LeeI think she's doing them in.
HostYeah.
LeeInto ones, two hour sessions and then you'll, you'll, you'll be confident by the end of it with, with everything that you've covered.
HostCome on the package.
HostWe do it for you.
LeeYeah.
HostAnd then they have to learn it.
LeeYeah.
LeeSo that one of the benefits of that is that whilst you may be using zero on your own, we, we can teach you how to do zero, but we can't teach you how to do bookkeeping.
LeeAnd there's.
LeeThere's a.
LeeQuite a fundamental difference between how you use a software and knowing that you've used it correctly and categorized things correctly.
LeeAnd that's what we have found, is that clients from other accountancy firms, or even our own, have come to us saying, I've done my own bookkeeping.
LeeYou know, it's all on software.
LeeAnd you look at it, and unfortunately, there's some clients we've had to say, look, it's.
LeeIt's that bad that what we really need to do is set up a new subscription and you give us the bank statements and we'll start again.
LeeAnd, you know, not all times, and.
HostYou know, it's very rare, but there's.
LeeYou know, we've had to spend a couple of hours trying to date, I.
HostWould say, 70% of the time, because I do a lot of the self assessments when people are on free agent especially, and I go in, I think, oh, no, I do have to spend the first half an hour tidying it up, where people get one of them that everyone uses realized currency exchange.
HostWhere do people get that from?
HostAnd you click into it and it'll be like three bags.
HostAnd you're like, where have you got realized currency exchange from?
HostBut, you know, it keeps us busy.
HostIt does make us giggle.
HostLike I said, we've got enough packages and options out there for you.
HostIf you're new and Ian might not necessarily be able to afford the package straight away, then you can just come on board as a client.
HostLike I said, it's not as expensive.
HostYou think?
HostAnd the same with the payroll.
HostI think people think, oh, my God, I can't pay someone to do my payroll because it'd be mag expensive.
HostOurs is like £6.50 per pony.
HostGot a flat rate of £10, so it's like £16.50amonth plus our month.
LeeIt's nothing.
HostIt's not massive considering, you know, how many.
HostYou know, how much work goes into it behind the scenes.
HostI mean, I don't even get involved in pay law.
HostMeryl.
HostLauren spent many hours tidying up my bookkeeping.
HostSorry, Norman.
HostShe can hear me.
HostShe's Meryl.
HostShe's smiling.
HostUm, I don't know if that's a smile or a grimace.
HostUm, so, yeah, seeing some bold artists.
HostYeah, it keeps her busy.
HostKeeps her busy world.
HostSo it's fine.
HostBut, yeah, so Z, I used to set up my own Z, I used to set up my own one before building company was already set up and I used it all starting.
HostObserve for myself, my glueing company.
HostDo I have to set it all up for codes?
HostDo I have to set up all my codes for costing areas to post too?
HostSorry, I think we both have to like reread the question.
LeeYeah, sorry.
HostTalk.
LeeSo out of the box, zero has some categories in it, but not all of them are used and it doesn't have all the ones that you should be using.
LeeSo there will be ones that you'll need to create specific to the industry that you're in to make life easier.
LeeLike I don't believe it has consumables but it may have purchases.
LeeBut then the difference between consumables and purchases is consumables is things that you use day to day fragments like if you're a groomer they'll be your shampoos but purchases are things that you buy to sell on to your clients which again would be shampoos if you sell them to your clients.
LeeSo this.
LeeThere's slight differences in.
LeeIn the terminology but again if you, if you.
LeeIf you know how to set these codes up in Xero and in free agent it's good to put things in the right classification.
LeeSo.
LeeSo out of the box 0 does need a little bit of work behind the scenes in the charter accounts just to.
LeeTo add a few things in.
LeeLike I'm not sure if repairs and maintenance is there either and there's quite a few that we use that we put into the sole trader accounts and the limited company side that that is, that isn't native to zero but we use them all the time because of the industry that we're like field rent is another one and field rent isn't in there but it comes up an awful lot.
HostIt's mad how you think these softwares don't give you like the general categories to put stuff in like free agents.
LeeWorse for that apparently it's as mad.
HostBut it does give you realized currency exchange that every day free agent you.
LeeCan give you cleaning, it doesn't give you repairs and maintenance loads of free agent doesn't give you.
LeeSo yeah it's a bit of a.
LeeBit of an odd one but again you add them in.
LeeYou go into the setting as you add a category and then you can add them in.
LeeYeah.
LeeSo don't everything in sundry or general I stop that you can do.
HostI had one or was it.
HostWe had one of our long term clients called us in quips last year actually no it wasn't her, it was someone else and we were talking about it and I said what to do with your software.
HostShe goes, oh, I just go, effort, it's sundries.
HostLiterally.
HostShe's like, anything I buy, I just got effort.
HostIt's sundries.
HostWhich did make me giggle.
HostI was like, oh, God.
HostBut yes, your sundries shouldn't be thousands of pounds.
HostSo for easy doing something wrong.
LeeYeah.
HostYeah.
HostSpeaking of, come off, make sure you come and see us haul one.
HostStand 56.
HostI think we'll definitely hold one.
HostWhether it's 56, I'm not sure, but definitely haul one.
HostSo make sure you come and say hello and pick up some goodies and some fizz.
HostWe're only giving the fizz to clients, otherwise we'd have to buy bloody bottles and bottles of it.
HostWe'll be pissed by the end of it.
HostSo if you are a client, you want to come and say hello and come and share a glass of fizz with us, then you're more than welcome.
HostIf you want to sign up with us on the day, we're going to have lots of offers and games and things to do on the day.
HostSo like I said, make sure you come in and take use of that.
HostAnd I hope that you found the packages helpful.
HostThe performance pack, I should say.
HostAt least it shows you what it is that we do and it is a great tool, especially if you're looking to grow your business.
HostSo make sure again, if you want more information that give us a shout the numbers and everything and email addresses on the top of the group banner or you can just email us@vickihamisoncloud.co.uk and then just change the name of who you want.
HostLee, Abby, Tegan.
HostBut yes, hopefully you found that useful.
HostWe.
HostOh, Ali's going great.
HostAli, make sure you come and say hello.
HostWe will leave it there.
HostLike I said, all of these lives go on our podcast Pet Account podcast.
HostMake sure you subscribe and if you haven't listened to all of them, there'll be loads on there by now here next week though.
LeeSo we'll be missing here next week.
HostBecause we're both going to New York for some R and R and some alcohol.
HostSo maybe I wouldn't know if we could do a live from New York, the time difference.
HostBut you never know, we might pop up.
HostJust say hello just before we go towards us.
HostCould you guys set zero up for me specific to my growing business needs to get me going properly from start accounting wise towards a client?
LeeYeah, we can, we can sort that if you, if you send an email through Tor to Vicky or me and one of us will, will sort that out for you.
LeeIf we, if we didn't provide the subscription to you, you're going to need to add us in so that we can access your, your 0.
LeeSo there'll be a little bit of work behind the scenes before we can get to that stage, but certainly we can look at that.
LeeYou get, get the accounts in there.
HostFabulous, right?
HostHopefully you found that useful.
HostWe will see you at Crofts.
HostAnd like I said, we won't be here next week or we might pop up, you never know.
HostBut we'll be back the week after with what we've got up to in New York.
HostAnd yes, like I say, please, please give us some topics that you want us to talk about.
HostYou know, it could be anything.
HostWe're more than happy even if it's that payroll maybe do our payroll, you know, limited companies sold traders, partnerships.
HostSo like I said, just drop us a message.
LeeMy favorite one is the dreaded director's loan account.
LeeSo maybe we can.
HostYeah, but maybe that's a bit boring now.
LeeNot if you get cool with me.
HostMaybe, maybe not.
HostIf anyone has a better suggestion than that, please put it in the comments.
HostOtherwise neighbor talks.
HostNo one accounts for 40 minutes.
HostIt could be a good one to record, put you to sleep at the end of the day.
HostBut yes, we will come back the week after next with a very exciting topic.
HostHope you all have a great week.
HostHopefully we'll see you a lot to cruff and yeah, we'll leave it there.
LeeTake care.
LeeBye.
HostSee you later.
HostBye.
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