Are you an accountant who communicates with your client's bookkeeper?

As qualified bookkeepers and not qualified accountants we don't offer accountancy compliance services such as tax returns, partnership or limited company accounts. This is because, whilst we may have covered the foundation of these in our bookkeeping qualifications, we don't have the knowledge or experience to give our clients the advice they need on tax matters.
 
 Of course we know what can be claimed for both VAT and tax purposes but when it comes down to knowing how best to use the tax rules for your personal and business circumstances we leave that to accountants who work with tax matters frequently and for more clients and therefore have the knowledge and experience that we don't. 
 
 Because we choose not to do this work

Tips for reconciling your bank account balance in Xero

I have been using Xero for 9 years now and frequently train not only our own new employees on how to use it but also other businesses who need help.
 
 One of the advantages of Xero has always been the bank feed which downloads transactions from your bank on a daily basis directly into the software. These transactions can then be quickly and easily allocated to an invoice or directly to an account code with a description and relevant VAT code.
 
 But sometimes the bank feed

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