Bookkeeping review

As part of our agreed services, we will:

• Access and review your bookkeeping records in/from the agreed accounting system
• Review entries to bank, credit card, loan, and other transaction accounts
• Review your trial balance, Aged Debtors, Aged Creditors, and VAT control accounts
• Identify and correct (where possible) minor errors such as nominal account code misallocations and duplicated transactions, where we deem appropriate and practical
• Review VAT treatment and highlight potential issues
• Following your confirmation, and where agreed, make the submission of VAT returns
• Review Fixed Asset Register and payroll journals
• Where requested, provide periodic commentary on bookkeeping quality and progress
• Where requested, provide a summary of findings with recommendations for your action

Please note: this list is not exhaustive. Any work not specifically listed under "Included work" is deemed outside the scope of this engagement unless we have expressly agreed otherwise in writing.

Where additional work is required, we will advise you of the scope, our proposed fee, and obtain your agreement before proceeding.

The following work is outside the scope of this service unless separately agreed in writing:

• Full bookkeeping entry or data entry services
• Processing of incomplete or disorganised records
• Rectifying significant backlogs or systemic bookkeeping issues
• Training or supervision of in-house bookkeeping staff
• Review or correction of manual or non-standard systems

If major corrections or omissions are identified, we will either:

• Notify you so you can bring the records up to standard, or
• Provide a separate quote for us to undertake the additional work

Please note: this list is not exhaustive. Any work not specifically listed under "Included work" is deemed outside the scope of this engagement unless we have expressly agreed otherwise in writing.

Where additional work is required, we will advise you of the scope, our proposed fee, and obtain your agreement before proceeding.

You agree to:

• Maintain timely and complete bookkeeping records in the agreed software
• Provide access to all relevant accounting data and supporting information
• Inform us of any changes to your VAT status (you are responsible for monitoring your VAT status with sufficient regularity to adhere to the various HMRC VAT tests)
• Review and action any recommendations we provide
• Approve any significant adjustments we propose
• Accept that work falling outside this scope may incur additional fees

Please note: you remain responsible for the overall quality and completeness of your bookkeeping.

We agree to:

• Use reasonable skill and care to carry out our review in line with best practice
• Correct minor issues and flag material errors or gaps
• Notify you promptly where records are not up to standard
• Maintain client confidentiality and comply with applicable data protection laws

Please note: we do not accept responsibility for inaccuracies that result from incomplete or uncorrected records.