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InVoice is for and about members of the ICB.
So I am therefore delighted that we are finally getting members to allow us to feature them in our news columns: In this issue we feature Amy Ayton's Job Profile, Marilyn Maureen achieves Website of the Month, and we feature press photos of Jane Griffiths being introduced to HRH The Prince of Wales as “our bookkeeper, who keeps us all in our places and whom we couldn’t do without.”
Other good news for bookkeepers; following our predictions for the last two years at the regional seminars, government has now launched a wide-ranging consultation of the way that PAYE is collected. I believe that this will be good for bookkeepers in general and for our members in particular. The ICB will submit an official response and you now have your chance to affect what we say. Read more....
I reported in the last issue of InVoice that our new Level I online examination was being very well received and I am now very pleased to tell you that our Level II and Level III manual examinations at our new PearsonVUE centres are also surging ahead. Early feedback for the hundred or so members who signed up on the first day at the beginning of July, and who have now already taken the examination, has been overwhelmingly positive.
Don’t forget that the new Level I can be downloaded at any time, 365 days per year. The Level II and III can now be taken whenever your local centre has a free appointment, normally Monday to Friday, 9 – 5, every week of the year. As one happy member said: “It’s just like booking cinema tickets”. Our new mock versions of all three examinations are also now available online, on-demand, and are being very well received. The online Level I is an exact replica of the actual Level I. Simulations of the Level II and II examinations are as close as we can get to the actual centre-based examinations and are a very good test of ability. Examination numbers have been growing year-on-year since the ICB was established and we are all very excited to see the numbers grow even faster now that students and members can take examinations even more easily.
I hope you all enjoy reading this issue of InVoice. Don’t forget that we’d also like to hear what you have been getting up to. If you have a good story to tell, or are just proud of what you have achieved, send us a brief email, in the first instance, to our director of communications, Ami Copeland.
Have a good August
Garry Carter
Chief Executive
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August 2010
InVOICE: the monthly E-newsletter for UK members of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers.
Please note that, in between newsletter issues, articles may be published straight to the Latest News section of the website. Please check the headlines which can be found in the top right of the website homepage, to ensure you stay up-to-date.
InVOICE contains news articles, links and regular sections that we feel will be of interest. If there is anything that you would like to see, whether a regular feature or a one-off, please let us know. Email your ideas to invoice@bookkeepers.org.uk
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| What is bookkeeping? |
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Institute member Amy Ayton has submitted this job profile of the work she does in response to our Request for Submissions in last month's InVOICE. Do you have anything to add?
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Ensure you don't miss out on your local event by keeping yourself abreast of the members' calendar with the new online Events Map.
The South West region, headed up by Kim Aiken FICB CB.Dip PM.Dip, is holding another busy meeting this very week on Wednesday 4th. If you would like to attend, please....
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We are ever so proud of Jane Griffiths AICB, and it seems her clients are too. We all know how indespensible a good bookkeeper is, but Jane Griffiths does such a good job that her client told Prince Charles about it....
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ICB director of operations, Pat Marshall, took part in the local Basingstoke Race for Life earlier this summer, raising money for Cancer research and getting the very respectable time of 38 minutes. Pat Marshall, who was accompanied by her daughter Leigh, ran the entire length...
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| Examiners Feedback: Level I Online |
Examiner's Feedback for the online Certificate in Basic Bookkeeping which has been in place since April. |
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| WEBSITE OF THE MONTH |
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| MM Bookkeeping Services |
This month's Website of the Month belongs to Marilyn Mauran MICB (Comp) PM.Dip. |
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| SOFTWARE REVIEW |
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| Review: BTCSoftware |
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 The latest in our series of software reviews is for BTCSoftware which provides taxation solutions. BTCSoftware is an HMRC Filing Partner for both Self Assessment and Corporation Tax return submissions and prides itself on providing low-fuss, high functionality solutions to make filing those tax returns easier..
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| FINANCE MATTERS |
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| Is your Client too driven? |
An ICB member recently contacted the ICB Helpline on behalf of a client to ask about the European Commission rules on the amount of time a lorry driver can spend behind the wheel. We thought the following information would make a useful inclusion in InVOICE considering how many of you provide services for self-employed construction industry workers. EC rulings on maximum working hours now apply to all workers...
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| SMEs welcome proposed bank account protection |
Brussels, 12 July 2010 – UEAPME, the European craft and SME employers’ organisation, warmly welcomed the suggested changes to the legislation on bank deposit guarantees proposed by the European Commission. Under the new rules, companies’ bank accounts would be covered by default by deposit protection should their...
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| MONEY LAUNDERING UPDATE |
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| Statement on Money Laundering controls overseas |
This notice constitutes advice issued by HM Treasury about risks posed by unsatisfactory money laundering controls in a number of jurisdictions. The Money Laundering Regulations 2007 require firms to put in place policies...
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| INSTITUTE OF PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS UPDATE |
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| Post budget: Consultations and Reviews |
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The emergency
budget was the last update we gave you and since then several reviews and consultations have been emerging from the government. They have even launched a website allowing employers to nominate which regulations should be scrapped...
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| STUDY CORNER |
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Driving The Costs Down
Following a request from one of our regional facilitators, Karen Monkman, this week's study corner discusses the relative benefits of a company car versus a personal car and how to deal with both.....
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60 Second Excel Tricks
This is the latest in a new series of helpful hints, tips and shortcuts published in Study Corner to help you get the most from Excel. The series has been provided exclusively for the ICB by Excel with Business (EwB)
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