Based On The Above, And Your Experience, Prepare A Job Plan Of How You Will Prepare These Accounts Quickly, Efficiently And On Budget. Then Email Your Job Plan To The Partner (As Per Cch) And Cc:The Manager And Client Manager (Where Applicable). Given That Partners And Managers Are Always Busy, Carry On With The Job, Unless The Partner Or Manager Contacts You. Eg We (Or Client) Do The Book Keeping On Xero. Book Keeping Is Up To Date. I Will Calculate Prepayments, Accruals, Depreciation And Enter Directly Into Xero. I Will Prepare Accounts Direct From Xero Tb Into Cch And Get Supporting Documentation For Any Control Account Balances (Petty Cash, Paye, Vat, Etc ) And Any P&L Balances Which Are Significantly Different From Last Year. I Will Prepare Draft Corporation Tax Computation In Cch And Journal In The Provision. I Will Prepare Draft Accounts, And Then Self Review As A Sense Check. Or Xero Book Keeping Is Not Up To Date I Estimate It Will Take X Hours To Correct The Book Keeping. Please Contact The Client To Agree Fee Increase Before I Do Any More Detailed Work. Or Client Has Incomplete Records. I Will Scan In The Bank Statements And The Purchase And Sales Invoices Into Receipt Bank. I Will Match Off As Many As Possible In Xero, And Then Look At The Cheque Book Stubs For Any Nominal Payments. I Will Calculate Prepayments, Accruals, Depreciation And Enter Directly Into Xero. I Will Prepare Accounts Direct From Xero Tb Into Cch And Get Supporting Documenation For Any Control Account Balances (Paye, Vat, Etc ) And Any P&L Balances Which Are Significantly Different From Last Year.Petty Cash, I Will Prepare Draft Corporation Tax Computation In Cch And Journal In The Provision. I Will Preparte Draft Accounts, And Then Self Review As A Sense Check. Or Client Has Manual Cashbook I Will Summarise Cashbook In Excel And Prepare Journals From The Cashbook Into Xero Ledger Etc Etc Or You Don't Know This Is The First Time I Am Doing A Job Like This And I Would Like Some Help In Figuring Out The Most Efficient Way Of Preparing The Accounts To Stay Within Budget.
Based on the above, and your experience, prepare a job plan of how you will prepare these accounts quickly, efficiently and on budget. Then email your job plan to the partner (as per CCH) and cc:the manager and client manager (where applicable). Given that partners and managers are always busy, carry on with the job, UNLESS the partner or manager contacts you. eg We (or client) do the book-keeping on Xero. Book-keeping is up to date. I will calculate prepayments, accruals, depreciation and enter directly into Xero. I will prepare accounts direct from Xero TB into CCH and get supporting documentation for any control account balances (petty cash, PAYE, VAT, etc ) and any P&L balances which are significantly different from last year. I will prepare draft corporation tax computation in CCH and journal in the provision. I will prepare draft accounts, and then self-review as a sense-check. or Xero book-keeping is not up to date I estimate it will take x hours to correct the book-keeping. Please contact the client to agree fee increase before I do any more detailed work. or Client has incomplete records. I will scan in the bank statements and the purchase and sales invoices into Receipt Bank. I will match off as many as possible in Xero, and then look at the cheque book stubs for any nominal payments. I will calculate prepayments, accruals, depreciation and enter directly into Xero. I will prepare accounts direct from Xero TB into CCH and get supporting documenation for any control account balances (PAYE, VAT, etc ) and any P&L balances which are significantly different from last year.petty cash, I will prepare draft corporation tax computation in CCH and journal in the provision. I will preparte draft accounts, and then self-review as a sense-check. or Client has manual cashbook I will summarise cashbook in Excel and prepare journals from the cashbook into Xero Ledger etc etc or You don't know This is the first time I am doing a job like this and I would like some help in figuring out the most efficient way of preparing the accounts to stay within budget.
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Start --> CheckBookKeepingStatus
CheckBookKeepingStatus -->|Book-keeping up to date| EnterAdjustments
CheckBookKeepingStatus -->|Xero book-keeping not up to date| EstimateCorrectionTime
CheckBookKeepingStatus -->|Client has incomplete records| ScanDocuments
CheckBookKeepingStatus -->|Client has manual cashbook| SummarizeCashbook
CheckBookKeepingStatus -->|First time / Unsure| RequestHelp
EnterAdjustments --> PrepareEntries
EstimateCorrectionTime --> ContactClientForFee
ScanDocuments --> MatchInXero
SummarizeCashbook --> PrepareJournals
RequestHelp --> ContactManagerOrPartner
PrepareEntries --> PrepareAccountsDirectFromXero
ContactClientForFee -->|Client agrees| EnterAdjustments
MatchInXero --> PrepareEntries
PrepareJournals --> PrepareEntries
PrepareAccountsDirectFromXero --> GetSupportingDocuments
GetSupportingDocuments --> PrepareDraftTaxComputation
PrepareDraftTaxComputation --> JournalProvision
JournalProvision --> PrepareDraftAccounts
PrepareDraftAccounts --> SelfReview
SelfReview -->|If review is satisfactory| ContactPartner
ContactPartner --> EmailJobPlan
EmailJobPlan -->|Cc: Manager & Client Manager| ContinueWithJob
ContinueWithJob -->|Unless contacted by Partner/Manager| End
End -->|Job complete| FinalizeAccounts
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This mermaid diagram depicts the job plan flow based on the given text. It outlines the decision points and the actions to be taken in preparing the accounts, including book-keeping checks, adjustments, and reviews, leading to the completion of the job.