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Understanding Types of Business Organisations When starting a business, choosing the right organisational structure is crucial. Each type comes with unique responsibilities, benefits, and challenges. Here’s a quick guide: Public Sector Organisations Voluntary & Not‑for‑Profit Organisations Private Sector Organisations These are profit‑oriented and can be structured in different ways: Sole Traders Partnerships Limited Companies Pros … Read More
The company’s services or products are sold to its customers. These customershave to be set up on Sage in order to be able to allocate invoices, credit notes andtransactions against the customer.In order to set up customers, click on the ‘New’ button at the top of the Sales Ledger(Customer tab), and follow the wizard. Important! … Read More
Financial statements are usually interpreted by accountants and users of thefinancial statements by means of calculating different relevant accounting ratios inorder to assess the strengths and weaknesses which may exist within the company’soperations. This chapter will cover ratios which focus on; – Use of resources and working capital Upon calculation of these ratios, these are … Read More
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Many businesses sell their goods and services on credit and this gives rise to the riskof one or more customers not paying after they have received the goods or services.This may not be a regular occurrence in businesses, but where the goods or servicesof a business are offered to its clients on credit, the risk … Read More
A business cannot normally recover input tax on VAT exempt supplies. However, if the exemptinput tax is below the de minimis limits it can be treated as fully taxable and so, the full input taxon exempt supplies can be reclaimed. Where the exempt input tax is insignificant it can be treated as if it were … Read More
The payback period is the length of time it takes to recover the amount of cash inflow investedinto a capital project. It is the time it takes the cash inflows from a capital investment project toequal the initial cash outlay. It is usually expressed in years. It is a way of assessing the viability of … Read More
Capital expenditure occurs when a business spends money in purchasing non-current assets for the business operations or when it spends money in adding value or improving an existing non-current asset. This will include delivery and legal costs in acquiring the non-current assets. Non-current assets are items owned by the business which have some longevity andwill … Read More
A bonus payment is an extra payment made to an employee as a reward. The basicprinciple of a bonus payment is that the employee is rewarded for any additionalincome generated or savings in cost to the organisation. Bonuses may be paid to employees for a variety of reasons. An individual employee, adepartment, a division or … Read More
This gives the employee some security if the employer does not provide enough workin a particular period. The way that system works is that if an employee’s earnings forthe amount of units produced in the period are lower than the guaranteed amount thenthe guaranteed amount will be paid to the employee. Illustration: Fernando is paid … Read More