Client Letters
What is a client letter?
From time to time letters are produced on items of topical interest to your clients. These can be adapted easily to suit the different needs of your clients. Client letters are produced in response to what is happening in the business world. Once purchased you are entitled to unlimited usage. The letters provide an excellent marketing opportunity for your practice and make ideal content for your website.
They are supplied in Word format and delivered to you by email within one working day of receipt of your order. The content can easily be edited to reflect the culture of your practice or to offer further advice to your clients.
Click here for an example of a client letter.
Letters currently available are:
HMRC attack on doctors
As you are no doubt aware, over the last year or so, HMRC have run a number of ‘disclosure opportunities’ in respect of offshore bank accounts. These opportunities have generally allowed those with undeclared income linked to offshore accounts to disclose these arrears under terms which impose a reduced penalty.
The Tax Health Plan is a similar offeraimed at those registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) and is the first initiative in an HMRC campaign focused on professionals.
To keep your clients informed we have prepared a client letter. The letter costs £40 (£35 for members*) plus VAT for unlimited usage
Furnished Holiday Lettings
Following the Budget 2009 announcement that the special rules applying to Furnished Holiday Letting businesses were to be repealed in April 2010, the long awaited for draft legislation was issued on 9 December 2009. The current assumption is that this will contained in Finance Act 2010. In the meantime we have compiled a new client letter detailing the impact of the possible changes for your clients.
The changes will have an impact on the computation of profits for income tax (or corporation tax) and will affect the availability of a range of reliefs including losses and CGT reliefs. The letter in particular highlights areas where action may need to be considered in advance of 6 April 2010 for individual clients and 1 April 2010 for company clients.
The letter costs £40 (£35 for members*) plus VAT for unlimited usage.
Return of the standard rate of VAT to 17.5%
As you are no doubt aware the standard rate of VAT reverts to 17.5% from 15% on 1 January 2010. We have prepared a client letter setting out the key issues for businesses and individual consumers. It is a comprehensive letter covering a wide variety of considerations with appropriate examples and some planning points.
The letter costs £40 (£35 for members*) plus VAT, or £70 (£60 for members*) plus VAT for both the 'Return of the standard rate of VAT to 17.5%' and VAT Changes 'Compulsory online filing and electronic payment' letters.
VAT Changes -
Compulsory online filing and electronic payment
In 2006, a government report recommended online filing for businesses and IT literate individuals by 2012. Over recent years, HMRC have embarked on an ambitious programme of creating online filing facilities. We have prepared a client letter setting out an overview of the forthcoming changes for VAT and, where appropriate, the action your clients will need to take in order to be ready and able to comply with the new requirements for online filing and online payment of VAT liabilities.
The letter costs £40 (£35 for members*) plus VAT, or £70 (£60 for members*) plus VAT for both the 'Return of the standard rate of VAT to 17.5%' and VAT Changes 'Compulsory online filing and electronic payment' letters.
VAT changes ahead for cross-border supplies
As you may be aware, in the Budget the Chancellor announced a series of changes known as the ‘VAT package’ to be implemented from 1 January 2010. These are changes to VAT law which aim to modernise and simplify the current rules relating to cross-border supplies of services and the recovery of VAT on purchases made in other EU countries. Now that these changes have become law, we have prepared a client letter for you to update your clients and give them an idea of what this might mean for their own business.
The letter costs £40 (£35 for members*) plus VAT for unlimited usage.
Changes to the tax regime for individuals
In the spring Budget 2009 the Chancellor announced significant changes to the tax regime for individuals. Some of these changes took place immediately whilst others will take effect in future tax years. We have written a client letter for you to send to your clients outlining:
- the restriction in the personal allowance
- changes to the income tax rates
- restriction in the tax relief for pension contributions
- forestalling rules for pension contributions.
The letter also comes with a technical appendix, for your own use - including examples, which sets out the detail of the forestalling legislation respect of pension contributions. For those affected, the rules will mean some serious consideration of their pension position and the technical appendix should help you to explain the impact of these complex rules.
The letter, together with the technical appendix, costs £50 (£45 for members*) plus VAT for unlimited usage.
HMRC penalties
Due to the significant change in the approach which HMRC will be taking in dealing with tax returns relating to periods starting on or after 1 April 2008, where the return is submitted after 1 April 2009, we have drafted a letter that you can use to keep your clients up to date.
The letter focuses on the new penalty structure and emphasises the need to keep good records to avoid problems in the future.
The letter costs £34.95 (£30 for members*) plus VAT for unlimited usage.
*price for firms who pay an annual subscription (based upon the size of their practice) to be a member of a training group. This does not include firms who buy season tickets.
Any Questions? We’re here to help
If you have any queries, special requirements or simply need help completing the order form, please email our Marketing Support Team at marketing.support@mercia-group.co.uk or call them on 0116 258 1242.
