Engagements · The practice room in Tambon Paluru, or the owner’s premises inside Narathiwat when the books cannot travel.
Annual Operating Budget
A written operating budget for a single business: monthly expense ceilings, a seasonal cash note, and the first three review sittings after the book is adopted.
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Who it is for
Owners who still sign the cheques themselves — provision shops, rubber collectors, cold rooms, clinics, bakeries, and small trading houses in Narathiwat.
What you leave with
You leave with a budget book for the coming trading year, monthly ceilings for the spending that usually surprises you, and three dates already set to compare the book with the till.
How it is delivered
In-person sittings, papers kept in a linen folder, one bound copy for the owner and one copy in the practice cabinet.
About eight to ten weeks from the opening count to the bound book, if the papers arrive within a fortnight.
Fee basis
From 48,000 THB
48,000 THB covers one legal entity and one premises. A second premises or a second set of books adds 12,000 THB, quoted before work begins. Travel outside Amphoe Su-ngai Padi is added at the cost of the journey and stated in the fee note.
Figures are informational. A fee note is confirmed in writing before the opening sitting. See also the full rates page and the cancellation note.
How the time unfolds
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Opening count
Laksana sits with the owner and walks the last year in the owner’s own order: wage weeks, supplier Fridays, rent, diesel, ice, packaging, and the gifts or giving the owner already sets aside.
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Expense map
Arif sorts the invoices and cash notes into the categories the business actually spends, instead of forcing a borrowed chart onto a stall or a tapping crew.
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Draft ceilings
The first budget is written with a yearly total and a month-by-month ceiling. Seasonal months are allowed to be uneven.
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Two revisions
The owner marks what feels too tight or too loose. Figures move only when the paper supports the change, and the reason is written beside the line.
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Budget book
The adopted budget is bound. The owner keeps one copy. The practice keeps one in the cabinet for the monthly reviews.
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First three reviews
For the next three months the sitting compares the ceiling with what left the till. After that, the monthly expense sitting can continue on its own fee.
Inside the fee
- An opening count of half a day, either in Paluru or at the premises
- An expense map written in the categories the business already uses
- A draft yearly budget with a column for each month
- Two revision sittings where the owner challenges the ceilings
- A bound budget book and a cabinet copy
- The first three monthly expense reviews after the book is adopted
Outside this engagement
- Day-to-day bookkeeping entries and payroll calculation
- Tax returns, statutory audit, and loan papers
- Personal household budgets and investment choices
- A second company, unless it is quoted into the fee note
What to prepare
- Sales notes or daily takings for the last two years, even if they are in a school notebook
- Supplier invoices and delivery slips you still have
- Rent, wage, and utility notes
- Bank statements you are willing to show
- A list of people who can pay cash from the till
Limits
- The engagement covers one trading year at a time
- Papers in Thai, Malay, or English are welcome; the budget book is written in English unless you ask for Thai headings
- If key invoices are missing, the ceiling is marked as estimated and revisited at the first monthly sitting
Next step
Ask the office for a fee note and a date.
Write what the business sells and where the books are kept. If this is the annual budget, say whether there is one premises or two. The office replies within two working days.
Write to the office