Posts Tagged ‘bookkeeping’
Namechange for HMRC MLR
HMRC’s Anti Money Laundering Supervision (AMLS) team has changed its name to Economic Crime Supervision (ECS). As part of continuing changes to the service, the anti money laundering supervision team (MLR) will now be knows as the Economic Crime Supervision team. You will begin to see this new name on correspondence from April 2021. This change does not affect its responsibilities under…
Read MoreAnti Money Laundering Regulations for Virtual Assistants
If you offer bookkeeping or accountancy services, you should be registered for Anti Money Laundering Regulations. Over the course of the last 18 months or so we’ve been working closely with VAProMag and HMRC to achieve two aims for the VA industry: Clarity surrounding who needs to register – including consistent advice when people call…
Read MoreOptimise Your Invoicing With Invoice Cheat Sheets
Late payments are a common problem for many businesses in the UK. This problem causes cash-flow problems for those businesses affected and costs the economy billions of pounds a year. In addition to the financial cost, a lot of time is wasted by businesses chasing unpaid invoices. One of the solutions proposed by Sage in…
Read MoreMoney Laundering Regulations – Campaign for Virtual Assistants
So last week we asked you to tell us about your experience of asking HMRC for Anti-Money Laundering Regulations advice as a virtual assistant – we had a great response and Joanne Sparkes of VA Pro Magazine co-ordinated the replies (all 31 of them!) into a letter asking HMRC to clarify their position on what…
Read MoreMoney Laundering Regulations
Jo Sparkes of VA Pro Mag has bravely decided to tackle the thorny issue of Money Laundering Regulations (MLR) registration as anecdotally we’ve heard so many different rules regarding whether or not VAs should register and what is and isn’t allowed. At times it feels like if you called them 10 times, saying exactly the…
Read MoreSpecialist Niches: Bryony of BPVA – Rural Enterprise
As part of our Specialist Niches section, we’ve spoken to VAs who have unusual or specialist niches. My name is Bryony Parker and I am 49 years old. My business is BV VA Services and has been running since Dec 15.
Read MoreDon’t miss the 31 January deadline for completing your tax return online!
It is such a busy time of year, with Christmas, New Year and holidays all planned, but it is important to remember the mundane things that still need to be organised around the festivities – like your tax return.
Read MorePhenomenal Response to our Kashflow Offer
I’m happy to report a phenomenal response to the special Kashflow offer that SVA members received via email yesterday. Enjoy your little present from SVA and Kashflow! Any lurkers: We often get sent limited offers which are ONLY available to our members that get sent out via email. Make sure you don’t miss out by…
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