Frequently Asked Questions - Accounts Platform
Q: There is a ‘0’ at the start of the taxation
accounting policy, how do I remove this?
A: In the period specific details screen, click on
Notes to the financial statements, Accounting policies, Policy text
and then Taxation. On the right hand side, select ‘use policy
entered below’, click on the button ‘import the standard policy so
it can be edited’ and then delete the ‘0’.
Q: I am adding an asset for a car under
the new rules for a Sole Trader/Partnership where my period
straddles 6th April 2009 and the software is incorrectly giving a
hybrid rate for the WDA%.
A: This issue has been raised with the
development team and will be fixed in a future release. The
workaround is to amend the rate table in the Allowance Rates
tab.
• Go to the Allowance Rates tab within the Capital Allowances
screen
• Scroll down to the categories for Cars based on CO2
emissions
• Change the rate for 06/04/2000 to match the corresponding
rate for 06/04/2009
• Click Update Rate
Q: When I print a set of accounts I am getting
the directors showing with their share interests and want to remove
these
A: You need to access "year specific details" for
the client, and then access Directors Report > date and signing
of directors report and enter the date of signing for the report.
You can also tick the box to not display the date. Once the date
has been entered if you go to Directors Report > Directors and
their interests > share interests you can then tick the box to
say to remove the directors showing on the report
Q: Wages & Salaries are being imported into
the cost of sales box on the Self Employment pages incorrectly. How
do I change this?
A: You will need to adjust the cost of sales
figure and enter the wages & salaries figure into box 18
(Wages, Salaries and other staff costs).
Q: How can I import Interest received onto the
Self Employment pages as its not being imported?
A: This will need to be manually entered into box
61 (Income, receipts and other profits included in business income
or expenses but not taxable as business profits) on page 3 of the
Self Employment pages.
Q: I have completed a set of limited company
accounts and when I print the accounts the senior statutory auditor
is printing on the full accounts but not on the abbrev
accounts.
A: This was an issue with the first release of the
Accounts 2010 software but this has been resolved in version 5.1.12
which can be downloaded through the spanner icon, web updates tab
of the program, or via the software updates section of the
website
Q: I have done a set of accounts and on the
share screen have three share types, ordinary, ordinary A and
ordinary B. I have now come to do the following years set of
accounts and need to change the ordinary B shares but get a message
to say this is not possible.
A: This issue is being caused by the authorised
shares option being removed from the share capital window in the
April 2010 Accounts release. this has been resolved in version
5.1.12 which can be downloaded through the spanner icon, web
updates tab of the program, or via the software updates section of
the website