Legal Finance News
- Legal Regulatory and Compliance Newsletter
The Spring edition of our Legal Regulatory and Compliance Newsletter is now available.Legal Regulatory and Compliance Newsletter - read more
- Solicitors Accounts Rules 1998 Changes Published
The SRA have published the draft Solicitors' Accounts (Legal Services Act) Amendment Rules [2009] which are effective fr...Solicitors Accounts Rules 1998 Changes Published - read more
Bookkeeping for Solicitors Training
Legal Finance Professionals offer a Bookkeeping for Solicitors training course.
Basic Bookkeeping for Solicitors
6 CPD HoursDouble Entry Bookkeeping
- Basic principals
- Income, expenditure, assets & liabilities
- Extracting a trial balance
- Case study
Accounting Records for Solicitors
- Office and client ledgers explained
- What records must be kept
- SRA guidelines for accounting systems & procedures
- Computerised v's manual accounting records
Bank Reconciliations
- How to reconcile a bank account
- Understanding reconciliations
- Case study
Introduction to the Solicitors' Accounts Rules 1998
- Definition of client & office money
- Keeping client bank accounts
- Proper treatment of costs & disbursements
- Deposit Interest Rules
- Accountant's Report requirements
- Common problems & pitfalls
Introduction to VAT
- VAT on legal services
- VAT and disbursements