by Emma Lawrence | 5th February 2023 | Bookkeeping
The beautiful thing about getting support from an accounting team is knowing things are taken care of. As a Starfish client, you can depend on us to review and complete your accounts with accuracy, while you focus on developing your business. The most effective...
by Georgi Rollings | 7th July 2022 | Accounting, Bookkeeping, Xero
Staying up to date with accounting tech is now a major part of our job. There are so many innovative solutions out there, some more relevant than others. We’re right in the middle of accounting conference season (sounds exciting, right?) and having been to...
by Georgi Rollings | 1st June 2022 | Bookkeeping, Limited company, Sole trader, Start ups, VAT, Xero
You need to feel 100% confident in your business’ accounts. As the most popular cloud accounting software in the UK, you were expecting Xero to help you do that, but you’re not seeing all the magic you were promised. Instead of having better data, better processes and...
by Juliet Wylie | 16th March 2022 | Bookkeeping, Limited company, Start ups, Tips and Tricks, Xero
We all do it. We wake up every day full of good intentions. “I am going to reconcile my Xero account” we think. “I will submit that paperwork to my accountant” we promise ourselves. Then reality sinks in. You know that you won’t do it again today, just like you didn’t...
by Georgi Rollings | 16th August 2021 | Bookkeeping, Making Tax Digital, VAT, Xero
The requirements of Making Tax Digital (MTD) changed from 1 April 2021. It isn’t enough to just file your VAT return using software. Now you also have to worry about where your data comes from, and how it gets into your accounting records. So just what are...
by Caroline Young | 7th August 2021 | Bookkeeping, Limited company
Your business year end is an important date to be aware of. All limited companies have their own ‘financial year’ initially set in relation to when the company was formed. Although deadlines for filing the company accounts, tax returns and payment of corporation tax...