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Ryan Roberts replied on October 29, 2009 14:23 to the question "Money paid in to make a purchase for the business." in FreeAgent Central:

Thanks I've done that, the payment hasn't come out of the account yet so I'll post back when it does.

This clearly shows why I'm a designer and not an accountant! I think I'll look for one next year.

Thanks again,
Ryan

Ryan Roberts replied on October 29, 2009 14:01 to the question "Money paid in to make a purchase for the business." in FreeAgent Central:

Hello thanks for the response and help.

However I should apologise, with all these accounts I've managed to confused myself. The one I believed was the business savings is actually my personal savings which explains why it was not in FA... although being a sole trader and without real "business" accounts the differences are just symbolic aren't they?

I've added it to FA but should I mark it as a personal account and continue as you advise?

This is where I essentially pay myself, the personal current account is used for making non-business bill payments and purchases.

Thanks
Ryan

Ryan Roberts replied on October 29, 2009 13:48 to the question "Money paid in to make a purchase for the business." in FreeAgent Central:

Oh I forgot to say, they are not listed as personal accounts because this caused problems back at the start. I can't remember what the problems were but I was advised to unselect the personal account option.

Ryan Roberts replied on October 29, 2009 13:46 to the question "Money paid in to make a purchase for the business." in FreeAgent Central:

Hello,

I don have the current account on there but I've just checked and don't have the savings account on FA. Confusingly I do have another savings account used for saving money to pay tax, but separately to the general savings account.

I'll add the general savings account to FA used for the business now.

I hope that helps.

Thanks
Ryan

Ryan Roberts asked a question in FreeAgent Central on October 29, 2009 13:13:

Money paid in to make a purchase for the business.

First off I'm a sole trader, I have a current account and a savings bank account (neither are "business" accounts). Clients pay into my current account and then I move it into the savings account or my personal account as earnings.

Recently I paid money back into the current account from the business savings one to purchase a new computer (since I also make purchases from the current account). Was this a bad move? I don't know how I should explain money paid in from the savings for Freeagent and my self assessment return.

Ryan Roberts shared an idea in FreeAgent Central on June 05, 2009 12:06:

Project Notes

I'd like to suggest the ability to add notes to a project. Currently most of my project notes are simply handled through email but it would be really nice to be able to copy and paste important parts into a notes section of the project (as well as simply keeping normal notes no the project).

I doubt this would have to be anything fancy, just a text area you can update and save.

Ryan Roberts started following the idea "Please disable caching in Coda's live preview!" in Panic Inc.

Ryan Roberts replied on May 08, 2009 17:56 to the problem "Message filter problem" in Postbox, Inc.:

haha, thanks. Can't believe I didn't think of that!

Ryan Roberts reported a problem in Postbox, Inc. on May 08, 2009 12:52:

Message filter problem

My message filter are seems to have done something odd which means I can't create message filters anymore, here's a screenshot: http://www.quicksnapper.com/RyanRober...

Ryan Roberts replied on April 28, 2009 19:43 to the question "Purchases prior to self employment" in FreeAgent Central:

Ok thanks,.

Ryan Roberts asked a question in FreeAgent Central on April 26, 2009 16:32:

Purchases prior to self employment

I bought a laptop to do web design work back in November 2009, but I started freelancing as a web designer in February 2009. Can I put the laptop as an capital asset/expense on my 2008/9 self assessment?

Ryan Roberts replied on April 22, 2009 07:38 to the question "blocked images showing up when forwarding" in Postbox, Inc.:

Brilliant thanks :)

Ryan Roberts asked a question in Postbox, Inc. on April 21, 2009 20:41:

blocked images showing up when forwarding

Hi, I've noticed even if I have images disabled from showing by default when I go to forward a message (I forward spam to a spam address) the images show up.

Maybe I'm wrong but don't some spammers use images to know if an address is active? If this is the case then every time I send a spam message to my spam service I'm also alerting the spammers and possibly downloading dangerous files.

Can this be resolved?

Ryan Roberts replied on March 25, 2009 15:54 to the problem ""Email is invlaid" error." in FreeAgent Central:

That's strange, it gave me the "invalid email" error but after I gave up and entered a dummy email I noticed the contact had already been created with the email containing a hyphen.

Ryan Roberts replied on March 25, 2009 15:51 to the problem ""Email is invlaid" error." in FreeAgent Central:

Hello, this problem still exists... or at least for me it does.

Ryan Roberts started following the problem ""Email is invlaid" error." in FreeAgent Central.

Ryan Roberts gave praise in Second Gear on March 16, 2009 11:00:

Loving Today!

Just wanted to say I love this wee app. It does all it needs to do without getting in the way and has perfectly unobtrusive iCal integration. Unlike other similar apps I've tried recently featuring far to many options, Today is simply the easiest yet a powerful one of the lot.

Ryan Roberts replied on March 04, 2009 15:17 to the idea "How estimates will work" in FreeAgent Central:

I'm liking this idea, it pretty much answers the question I asked a wee while ago. Basically I'm after a way to create a project start it as a prospective job. I think what you've outlined would do that and more :)

One thing though... I don't invoice at this stage at the moment, so would it be possible to convert it into an active job and just continue from there invoicing as you would normally?

Ryan Roberts started following the idea "How estimates will work" in FreeAgent Central.

Ryan Roberts replied on March 03, 2009 11:36 to the question "How can I add multiple contacts with the same organisation name / address?" in FreeAgent Central:

That's great thanks!