Your Accounting Questions Answered
How do I close my company?
There are two ways to close a company, insolvency and striking off.
How do I claim expenses for the business using my car?
How to calculate vehicle cost claims.
Can I make payments from Xero?
Xero itself does not provide functionality to make payments from the platform. However a number of Add-ons are providing that
Can you run two businesses in one company?
Yes. A company can conduct any number of businesses under one company.
Can I put the cost of my car through the company?
The company car costs tha t are allowable for a Ltd Co.
How do I register as Self Employed?
HMRC expect anyone who is trading (selling goods or services) to register as Self Employed.
What is the Xero App Launcher?
Duplicate records can appear when there are two records of the same transaction.
What are capital allowances?
Most expenditure in a business is included in the calculation of profit (income - expenditure) that is used to calculate business income tax.
Why do I need to keep refreshing my bank feeds?
Every 90 days you will be asked to renew your bank connection from within your accounting software, this will allow data to continue to flow through.
Why has my tax code changed?
When a tax code changes it is usually because HMRC has become aware of some other income, whether that is a dividend or a second employment or trading.
What are duplicate records?
Duplicate records can appear when there are two records of the same transaction.
What car expenses can I claim for business?
Private car expenses are allowable as business expenses when travelling from your place of work to or from a client or supplier. Going from home to office is not considered a business expense.
How do you reconcile multiple payments to one invoice?
There may be times when you get sent an expense invoice or send out a sales invoice that will be paid with multiple transactions. This can still be reconciled in your bank feed.
Can I have a tailored invoice template for my business?
Xero offers a function within the app to customize invoices, quotes and statements
How can you track project costs in Xero?
There are two tools within Xero that you can use to track invoices and costs relating to a clients project.
What is Postponed VAT?
Postponed VAT is a way to deal with VAT on Imports.
When importing goods HMRC applies to VAT on Import at the point of entry into the UK, usually requiring it to be paid before goods are released.
Are Charitable Donations tax-deductible?
For unincorporated businesses donations are not tax-deductible. For Ltd Companies they are tax-deductible so long as they are made to registered charities.
How can I use bank rules in my bookkeeping?
Xero offers a way to speed up some of your bookkeeping by using bank rules. These will allow you to fill out the information to spot specific words within a transaction which can then be allocated to a category and supplier.
How can I make my bookkeeping more efficient?
With Dext you can increase the information pulled through from invoices and receipts by using supplier rules. These can allow you to set the supplier details, the category, tax rates and more.