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		<title>Invoice Payment Terms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some common invoice payment terms: Net 7 Payment seven days after invoice Net 30 Payment 30 days after invoice Net 60 Payment 60 days after invoice Net 90 Payment 90 days after invoice Net monthly account Payment due on last day of the month following the one in which the invoice is dated EOM End <a href='http://www.figurate.co.uk/2008/07/10/invoice-payment-terms/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Codes</title>
		<link>http://www.figurate.co.uk/2008/06/02/tax-code/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A tax code is the short alphanumeric (eg. 543L) code that an employer uses to work out the correct tax to deduct from an employee&#8217;s gross pay. More about tax codes: L Codes Used for employees who are eligible for the basic personal tax allowance and also as an “emergency tax code”.  This is the <a href='http://www.figurate.co.uk/2008/06/02/tax-code/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Guide to IR35</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is IR35 IR35 was first propsed in 1999 and was introduced into UK legislation in 2000. The primary aim has been to prevent the avoidance of tax and national insurance by trading through an intermediary (commonly a limited company) rather than being an employee. Prior to IR35, individuals could form a limited company and <a href='http://www.figurate.co.uk/2008/04/07/guide-to-ir35/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Payroll record keeping</title>
		<link>http://www.figurate.co.uk/2008/03/06/payroll-record-keeping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once a payroll is in operation, HMRC lay down certain requirements as to what records and information needs to be kept.  These include: employees names, addresses (and their dates of birth) gross pay, NICs, PAYE, other deductions, net pay (keeping a copy of their payslip would normally satisfy this requirement, assuming the payslip contained all <a href='http://www.figurate.co.uk/2008/03/06/payroll-record-keeping/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Payroll Basics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Logically, the basics of payroll are straightforward but unfortunately, there are various rules and thresholds which can make actually operating a payroll less so. In calculating an employee&#8217;s pay, normally, you begin with their gross pay and then work out the deductions.  After taking away all the deductions, the net pay figure is what is left owing <a href='http://www.figurate.co.uk/2008/03/05/payroll-basics/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Guide to Becoming an Employer</title>
		<link>http://www.figurate.co.uk/2008/03/03/guidebecoming-an-employer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When to Register as an Employer As soon as you take anyone on where any of the following conditions apply, you need to register with HMRC as an employee. the employee already has another job the employee receives a pension (state or occupational) the employee will earn at or over the PAYE (tax) threshold the <a href='http://www.figurate.co.uk/2008/03/03/guidebecoming-an-employer/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Things to look out for when doing a bank reconciliation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The company&#8217;s cash book may require the following adjustments: direct debit payments and standing orders directly to or from the bank account may not have been entered into the cash book bank interest and charges may not have been entered into the cash book. Items which may have been included in the cash book but <a href='http://www.figurate.co.uk/2008/02/06/things-to-look-out-for-when-doing-a-bank-reconciliation/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why do a Bank Reconciliation</title>
		<link>http://www.figurate.co.uk/2008/02/05/why-do-a-bank-reconciliation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The point of carrying out a bank reconciliation is to check that nothing has been missed from the business&#8217;s records and also to ensure that there have been no bank errors. A business&#8217;s cash book will rarely agree to the bank statement and it can be easy to miss transactions, such as direct debit payments if <a href='http://www.figurate.co.uk/2008/02/05/why-do-a-bank-reconciliation/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Bank Reconciliation</title>
		<link>http://www.figurate.co.uk/2008/02/04/what-is-a-bank-reconciliation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bank reconciliation is simply a checking exercise to ensure that the business can &#8220;agree&#8221; their records to the balance on their bank statement. It is normally done each time a bank statement is received.  (It is possible, but highly inadvisable to leave it until the year end)]]></description>
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		<title>SAGE VAT codes</title>
		<link>http://www.figurate.co.uk/2007/11/09/sage-vat-codes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sage uses the following codes for VAT: T1 &#8211; standard rate VAT T2 &#8211; exempt (eg. stamps, insurance, aire fares, bank charges, financial services T4 &#8211; EC Sales T5 &#8211; lower rate VAT (eg. electricity, gas, women&#8217;s sanitary products) T9 &#8211; not involving VAT/outside scope of VAT (eg. suppliers that are not registered for VAT, <a href='http://www.figurate.co.uk/2007/11/09/sage-vat-codes/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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