[Talk-GB] OSMF is looking for a UK accountant

[Jez Nicholson]

Hi Frederik,

As the accounting is straightforward, i.e. you don't expect the accountant
to proactively point out ways to pay less tax, you could consider an online
service like Crunch Accounting.
http://www.crunch.co.uk/referrals/?c2c=tapirtec

I use them for my consulting company for £70/mth

Regards,
              Jez

On Tue, 2 May 2017 at 22:43 Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Just posted the below to osmf-talk but I want to cast the net a little
> wider!
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: [Osmf-talk] OSMF is looking for an UK accountant
> Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 23:39:42 +0200
> From: Frederik Ramm <frederik at osmfoundation.org>
> Organization: OpenStreetMap Foundation
> To: osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org <osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org>
>
> Hi,
>
>    our current accountant - of whom we are meanwhile the sole remaining
> client - is going to retire at the end of this business year. So we're
> looking for a replacement!
>
> The plan is for her to still do the year end reporting for this business
> year which will happen in mid-2018, but the regular 2018 business year
> should already start with the new accountant.
>
> As you know if you read my financial reporting, we're spending roughly
> £5000 per year on accounting. The accountant's tasks currently include:
>
> * process bank statements and paypal statements every month and match
> them up with invoices and paperwork that I will (should) have provided
>
> * write invoices when requested (about 20-30 per year)
>
> * prepare quarterly P&L and balance sheet reporting for the members
>
> * prepare year-end financial report for members and submit tax return to
> the authorities; this includes keeping an asset register and computing
> depreciation charges
>
> * generally ensure that we stay abreast of UK tax regulations
>
> Someone potentially interested in the job might also want to know
>
> * we're not VAT registered
>
> * we're a not-for-profit company which is limited by guarantee
>
> * we're not a charity but we might consider becoming one in the future;
> if the accountant has experience in working with charities that would be
> welcome but having no such experience would not be a hindrance
>
> * we're meanwhile doing more transactions in EUR than in GBP (and
> there's a sprinkling of USD in the mix too). While everything needs to
> be converted to GBP ultimately for the UK taxman, I'm not sure if our
> internal reporting should maybe switch to EUR. To be discussed.
>
> We currently use a SAGE 50 professional software package but we don't
> mind if the new accountant were to use something else, provided it can
> cope with multi-currency bank accounts. Ideally the accontant would be
> using an Internet based accounting system that would allow e.g the OSMF
> treasurer to log into the system and view reports and statistics without
> having to bother the accountant with it.
>
> Our current accountant is a small one-person business and this worked
> rather well; we'd be more than happy to work with an independent tax
> accountant again, but using a larger firm is also possible.
>
> I am writing this in the hope that someone here might be, or know, an
> accountant interested in taking us on as a client. I'm happy to discuss
> details of our requirements and workflow with interested candidates.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
> --
> Frederik Ramm
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> OpenStreetMap Foundation
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