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Jill Blofield FMAAT – Bookkeeping, Self Assessment and Making Tax Digital for Income Tax trainer.
Resources and support for UK self-employed individuals and small businesses.
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Top quality training and resources, clearly presented and explained, on topics of interest to self-employed individuals, entrepreneurs, small business owners and bookkeepers.
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UK Self Assessment Tax Return Prep Guide
An easy-to-follow checklist and flashcard kit, explaining what information you need to complete a straightforward UK Self Assessment Tax Return, and how and where to find it.
Self-Employed Bookkeeping for Beginners
A step-by-step beginners’ guide to manual and spreadsheet bookkeeping. This online mini-course includes practical demonstrations, videos, downloadable templates and checklists.
Self-Employed Bookkeeping using VT Software
A step-by-step beginners’ guide to bookkeeping using VT Cash Book (free desktop accounting software). This online mini-course shows you how to keep bookkeeping records using VT and how to get the figures from it that you need for your Tax Return.
Self-Employed Bookkeeping using Pandle
A step-by-step beginners’ guide to bookkeeping using Pandle (affordable cloud-based accounting software). This online mini-course shows you how to keep bookkeeping records using Pandle and how to get the figures from it that you need for your Tax Return.
Self-Employed Bookkeeping using FreeAgent
A step-by-step beginners’ guide to bookkeeping using FreeAgent. This online mini-course shows you how to keep bookkeeping records using FreeAgent (paid-for cloud-based accounting software provided free-of-charge to Natwest, Mettle, Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank customers).
Self-Employed Bookkeeping using Sage Individual (free)
A step-by-step beginners’ guide to bookkeeping using Sage Individual (free). This online mini-course shows you how to keep bookkeeping records using Sage’s free cloud-based accounting software and how to submit Making Tax Digital quarterly updates to HMRC from it.
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