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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.

Two new client letters are available highlighting the changes announced in the Finance Bill on the rules regarding residence and the taxation of non domiciled individuals.

Changes to the rules on illegal working
At the end of February significant changes were made to the rules on illegal working. To ensure that your clients do not fall foul of the amended employer procedures for migrant workers, we have produced a letter that deals with the potential £10,000 penalty for non compliance, and sets out the revised procedures.

The letter costs £34.95 (£30 for members*) plus VAT for unlimited usage. To order a copy click here.  

Residence
The letter on residence points out the new rule on counting days when the individual is in the UK at midnight and the potential consequences of that change on claims to be non resident.

The letter costs £34.95 (£30 for members*) plus VAT for unlimited usage. To order a copy click here.  

Domicile
The letter on domicile explains the change in the basic rule on taxing on the remittance basis and the consequences of making a claim to use that basis.

The letter costs £34.95 (£30 for members*) plus VAT for unlimited usage. To order a copy click here.  

Entrepreneurs’ Relief
After business leaders voiced their objections to the abolition of taper relief, the Chancellor has introduced a new Entrepreneurs’ Relief (ER). ER will be available for disposals, reorganisations and relevant transactions taking place on or after 6 April 2008.

The letter costs £34.95 (£30 for members*) plus VAT for unlimited usage. To order a copy click here.

Employer car fuel benefit
Since 2003/04, the multiplier used to compute the car fuel scale charge has been been set at £14,400. However, in the Pre-Budget Report, it was announced that this multiplier will increase to £16,900 in April 2008, a 17% increase! Help keep your clients informed of this potentially costly change and invite them to revisit their car fuel policy prior to April 2008 by purchasing our client letter.

The letter costs £34.95 plus VAT (£30 for members*). To order a copy click here.

Running your business as a company
This letter is targeted at clients who have incorporated in the last few years. They may be wondering if the changes announced by Gordon Brown in the Budget mean that they are little better off running your business through a company than if they were running it in an unincorporated form. The letter explains the changes and confirms that tax savings continue to be available. The letter costs £34.95 (£30 for members) plus VAT for unlimited usage. To order a copy click here.

We have also prepared a spreadsheet that calculates the potential annual tax savings for any of your clients who are considering incorporation and produced an Incorporation Pack CD of word documents and spreadsheets and gives your staff clear guidance when advising clients on incorporating a business.

Benefit-in-kind for employer provided-vans - avoid the new charges!
From 6 April 2007, the benefit-in-kind for employer-provided vans will increase from £500 per year (or £350 for old vans) to £3,000 per year, with no reduction for old vans. There will also be an additional benefit-in-kind of £500 where private fuel is provided together with the employer-provided van. So, from 6 April 2007, it becomes increasingly important that the specific conditions that exempt both the van and the fuel from the benefit-in-kind rules are met

Let us help you keep your clients informed about how to avoid these charges.

The letter costs £34.95 (£30 for members) or £59.95 (£50 for members) if purchased with the 'Private use of computers' letter. To order a copy click here.

Private use of computers
From 6 April 2006, any new computers made available to employees and directors in an office or for use outside the office may give rise to a taxable benefit on an employee.  The possibility of the computer being used for private purposes is sufficient to potentially create a charge.

HMRC have recently given guidance on the circumstances in which a charge will not arise but many clients will not satisfy these conditions unless they have, amongst other things, communicated a clear policy statement to their employees.

We have produced a letter for you to send to clients which explains the risks and the procedures to follow to avoid a charge arising.  A detailed model policy statement is also included which sets out the private use which may reasonably be granted to employees.

The letter costs £34.95 (£30 for members) or £59.95 (£50 for members) if purchased with the 'Benefit-in-kind for employer provided-vans' letter. To order a copy click here.