Work again

Finally able to start work again! I have completed a set of accounts this morning already, and filed a CT return.
I have a headache and am really stressed out. Why do relatives always stay longer than you want? I love to see them, but they all work in 9-5 type jobs and don't have much concept of deadlines!
Thankfully 18 year old daughter has done washing up and loaded the washer.

Oh well, must get on or it will never be finished.

Christmas Lull

Hoped to do some work today but relatives still here so not been able to . Must start tomorrow!

A little help from my friends...

Chris came over as promised, and took 2 jobs to do over the Christmas break. I need to work until Wednesday lunch at least, as Mum arrives for the week and it's really difficult to work when she is here.

One teenager has finished school and has made curry for tea, and is now baking gingerbread. I need to make more mince pies as the first 2 lots have been scoffed already!

Still feel that all the work won't be done, but will just have to see how it goes.

Still stressed

Don't seem to have made much progress in the last couple of days. Decided to text Chris, my occasional assistant, to see if he can help out over the next few weeks. Says he will come round at the weekend, so at least if he can get the analysis done on a few jobs that will speed things up a bit. Phew!

Just wish a few more people would pay - then I will be able to pay my tax bill on time!

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Still stressed

Still far too much work to complete by the tax return deadline.  2 more jobs have turned up, but I'm going to be working flat out to get them done in time.

Already been to the village post office & waited for 20 minutes in a queue to pay a cheque in. Found out that it may close down within the year. That will make things really difficult for me and worse for the large number of pensioners in the village who rely on it for their pensions.

On the plus side, the kitchen floor is now concreted completely, so no stepping over rubble to get to the cooker or sink!

Clients - a pain in the rear!

An ex client is threatening to report me for not getting his accounts in on time as he has just been fined £750 for getting them in late for the 3rd year running. I half killed myself to do this job, even when I was seriously ill. With hindsight I should have refused on the grounds that he hadn't provided full information. He certainly never provided it on time! Really stressed out now. And I was never paid for what I did.

I have so much to do by 31st January, most of which isn't even here. I don't need this!

Hooray!

2 sets of accounts completed!  Did quite well considering kitchen floor in process of being relaid, and had to keep 3 cats out!

A really wet, wild day here so no desire to go out. Might as well get on with some work.

Got a nice surprise in the post - a length of Christmas bunting from my little sister, which I have hung over the lounge door to stop people banging their heads on our low door frame!


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Peace and quiet

No-one else in the house all day, until 8pm or so. Should be able to get a few things completed. So far have finished payrolls, billed 31 December quarterly amounts for same, got my books up to date, and eaten chocolate.
Got a call from inland revenue about a new e-mail query resolution service called Agent Account Managers. Has anyone else come across this yet? If there is a problem, ie client's refund not received when it should have been, you can contact the AAM by email and all will be resolved - hopefully. Sounds good anyway.
Now, let's see if I can finish a set of accounts before I have to collect my son at 8pm. First, another cup of tea is called for!

Just opened a letter saying one of my clients has received a large tax refund - and it has gone into his agent's bank account - but not mine!! Checking online, I find that someone else has filed the return, even though I have all the info here to do it. I think it is for a spell where he worked abroad, but there is other income for the tax year, which I have here. Now I need to get a copy of the return and file an amendment, and he needs to get his refund back, from which they have no doubt taken a fee! Why do people make life so difficult I ask?

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Back to work

Back home after a tiring weekend. Daughter & her dad gone off to Cambridge until tomorrow, so should be nice & peaceful as son at school all day. Spent morning shopping in Lidl & answering a few phone calls, then off to a tax update. Hope I don't get stuck as it's alternating between sleet, rain and torrential hailstones at the moment. Considered taking hubby's pick-up just in case, but in the end went for the mini.

Roads a bit tricky on the way back as covered in a layer of hailstones, but got here in one piece. Decided against going out again this evening - should be at Zumba but I don't think missing one will do any harm!

Thursday already!

Can't believe it's Thursday already! Not got as much done as I would have liked this week. Now just catching up on monthly payrolls so as not to miss the payment deadline.
Only a half day tomorrow as I am off to Coventry with hubby to Gauge 1 model railway event (G1MRA). Back home on Sunday morning. Hope the teenagers cope ok on their own.

After that, it's a busy few days as daughter has an interview at Cambridge University on Tuesday, and needs to be taken. It's a 5 hour drive, and far too expensive by train. Hubby is taking her as I'm on a course on Monday. Shame, I would have liked a look round.

Just used all my 2nd class stamps on christmas cards so need to go and buy more now!