Happy Birthday PB
I hope you have a lovely day, super little lady 
How exciting, I have all 4 pheasants in the garden together and it looks as if they are planning a nesting site here. Do you remember my hen party last year when there was the mum and two daughters? Well they are back, the girls have been here just about every day for the last week or so and today the dad and mum also came by all together. What with my pheasants and Moonie's swans we have a bird nesting theme going on at the moment 
Tomorrow is a day of courses for me so I won't be around here much. The morning one is a tax update course. So much has been going on in the world of tax that it will be difficult for the lecturer to cram everything in. Then in the afternoon it's an accounting update.
That sounds like a very busy day EL, I hope it is helpful. We had such a violent storm and hail shower just now, I have never heard such a loud noise on the roof. Of course I had just re-set all the kitchen clocks when the lightning struck again 
squiggle posted:How exciting, I have all 4 pheasants in the garden together and it looks as if they are planning a nesting site here. Do you remember my hen party last year when there was the mum and two daughters? Well they are back, the girls have been here just about every day for the last week or so and today the dad and mum also came by all together. What with my pheasants and Moonie's swans we have a bird nesting theme going on at the moment
You'll need to keep us updated on Pheasant Watch.
Thank you Squiggle, El and Moonie for PB's birthday wishes.
When she arrived, she was dressed in a Disney princess costume, complete with crown. She had a lovely birthday.
El, sounds like a very busy day for you tomorrow.
Goodnight and sweet dreams everyone.
Hugs for the night owls.
night yogi -happy birthday to PB -time has flown and summer if you pop in
*night owls* 
I've just read back and am all caught up.
Never mind the rain moonie, I love the shape of your garden! I hope you stayed dry today, and warm.
Aw did PB have a lovely birthday? And did she like her slide? I would bet good money on it becoming a summertime water slide at some point 
squiggle l hope the lightening didn't cause any trouble
El, good luck for tomorrow. I hope it's interesting and helpful
goodnight Ros
sweet dreams everyone
Good morning everyone 
Fair weather here though showers forecast for later.
Yogi, I'm glad PB had a great birthday
Squiggle, there was a brief noisy outbreak of hail over my house during the evening making a racket on the roof.
Although the courses today will be full of information I expect them to be helpful.
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning everyone.
Very heavy rain last night and overcast this morning.
El, I hope the courses are interesting and the day flies past.
Summer, the slide has an attachment so you can turn it into a water slide.
Squiggle, be sure to let us know if the pheasants are still around. I think they are beautiful birds.
Have a good day everyone.
Good morning at last I'm starting to get back to some resemblance of normality! I still have bits & bobs to do, but the bulk of it is done. The endless, tedious phone calls are worse than physically moving house
yogi, why didn't I see that coming? 
it sounds superb, roll on the good weather so she can play outside lots
squiggle, I forgot to mention the pheasants last night sorry. They sound wonderful, they're such beautiful creatures to watch
Good morning everyone, aww I am so pleased our little princess had a wonderful birthday.
Sorry for sending the hail your way EL, did you get any lightning with it? The storm seemed to come out of nowhere and there was more lightning than thunder.
I feel very privileged to sit here (very quietly in case I frighten them) and watch those wonderful shy birds go past. Let's hope all the phone calls will soon be over and you can settle down and enjoy planning your future Summer.
Enjoy your day everyone
Back from those courses. The tax one this morning was good even though there was a lot. Not surprisingly mention was made of the quarterly accounting filing to come in from April 2018.
David Gauke, financial secretary to the Treasury is the man behind the proposals.
He is the one pushing it. Many accountants and small businesses think it's unworkable. Apparently even HMRC aren't keen on it,
I had done a little bit of research before the course and passed on some information to the lecturer before the course which he found rather interesting. At the break I mentioned to him that I had heard yesterday that there had been a change in the stamp duty proposals relating to granny flats. He wasn't aware of the change and will look into it. After the break we had the session on the quarterly accounts reporting. There wasn't really time for questions but I did get one in. That was what would happen when the tax return for the year to 5 April 2018 (due date of filing by 31 January 2019) is being filed after the first quarter of 2018/19 would have to be filed by some time in July or August 2018, No one knows (other than in David Gauke's mind). I got thanked by the lecturer for my input.
The accountancy course in the afternoon was very confusing and left us somewhat bewildered.
Evening all.
Forum is very quiet tonight so I'm going to get off and have an early night.
Goodnight and sweet dreams everyone.
Yogi19 posted:Evening all.
Forum is very quiet tonight so I'm going to get off and have an early night.
Goodnight and sweet dreams everyone.
night yogi and summer if you pop in
Aw just missed you Ros, sweet dreams
yogi, I hope you enjoyed your early night
El, my biggest concern regarding quarterly tax returns is the cost- will the current annual fee be the same for each quarter? 
or will the fee be cheaper because there's less paperwork to go through..? If it's the same as the current annual fee, that would work out very expensive indeed
Leaving a goodnight hug for moonie
Good morning everyone
Fairly cloudy here, possible showers today.
Summer, I think it's probable that accountants fees will be higher due to the increased frequency of filing though it won't necessarily follow that it will be 4 times the current cost. It's quarterly profit and loss accounts which will have to be filed rather than tax returns. My guess is that many accountants will require their clients to start using cloud accounting packages (such as Xero and Freeagent) so that the clients do much of the basic posting of entries and the accountant does whatever is needed to get that data into order. The cost will depend om how competent the client is at posting their account data. Packages such as Xero and Freeagent automaticallly download get the bank receipts and payments from the bank. Xero and Freeagent aren't free so that there's that cost as well. Some people will do their own filing with HMRC using free apps which are due to be developed. That may be free but they will be spending more time on processing data than at present so less free time ot ime available to earn money, so there's a cost there.
Anyone who can't afford the accountants fees and software cost and aren't competent enough to do it themselves will have to give up. The government will claim that there is support for those people to be able to do it but the level of support actually available is almost certainly totally and hopelessly inadaquate, I think 1 or 2 % of what is actually needed.
Good morning everyone.
Weather is dry atm.
El, I can see why you aren't impressed with the changes. It sounds to me like they are over complicating the tax system for small businesses and the self employed.
Grocery shopping today. Have a good day everyone.
Good morning everyone, a lovely morning and is promising to be a fine day.
Goodness that does sound a total mess up and I feel really sorry for anyone who has to get involved in the new tax form filing. Good luck with the grocery shopping Yogi.
Enjoy your day everyone
Crikey, well I'll try not to get anxious about it and hope that we can cover the costs. I am wary of filing it myself online in case I make a mistake, at least having the accountant do it for me bring peace of mind. Hopefully my customers will understand if & when we need to bring in a price increase.
Good afternoon btw it's another drizzle day here, the 4th in a row
i hope you're all keeping warm and cosy
Interesting BBC article about a chip implanted in a quadraplegic man so that he is able to move his fingers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36015248
Isn't this amazing to watch?
squiggle posted:Isn't this amazing to watch?
Very elegant flight for such a big bird. Beautiful plumage too.
The sun broke through at noon so Keira and I had a lovely, leisurely walk.
I hope you have all had a good day. Goodnight and sweet dreams.
Hugs for the night owls.
night yogi and velvet and summer if you pop in
Good morning everyone
Very cloudy and rainy here. It's forecast to get colder today and the forecaster mentioned the possibilty of snow coming down from the north even as far south as on the Cotswold hills. I'm not expecting any here.
My brother is visiting for the weekend so should arrive around 4 this afternoon bringing cakes with him.
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning everyone.
It's dry here atm.
El, I hope you have a lovely weekend with your brother.
Have a good day everyone.
Good morning everyone, I know the forecast is for it to be dry but it definitely felt very damp and cold when I took the bin bag round just now.
I hope the weather cheers up a bit for your brother's visit EL and he brings a lovely cake for you to enjoy.
Enjoy your day everyone
Thanks squiggle I think it should be dry when my brother arrives, generally cloudy tomorrow and sunnier on Sunday. My brother is likely to bring those Thornton cake bars if he can get them as they are nice and less likely to get damaged in his case than many cakes.