How do I add interest on the client cash account, income or receipts?

This article will guide you through how to add and keep track of transactions in to the estate

šŸ’ You can view income within estate accounts summaries and outputs at the click of a button at any stage of the administration process, providing you and your clients with clear updates any time you need 

āš ļø Please always remember to updated the realised value of an asset after you have completed any income or expense relating to it. See here for further guidance 

Where to find income & receipts 

20222308 Income & receipts

  • Click Add new income

    Adding interest to the client cash account

    This type of income allows you to add any interest accrued on the client cash account 

    • Choose income for the category



    • Within Asset type choose Client cash account 



    • Once you have chosen Client cash account this will automatically update the Asset* field
    • Enter the Full income value* 
    • Income source* will automatically update to Interest
    • Enter all other relevant information and click Save

    • This income will show on the Client cash account, Reconciliation and Income & receipts tabs within the estate accounts area. Where can I find this?
    • The client cash account interest will also be accounted for within Distributions
    • On the estate accounts exports it appears in the Income, sums received & receipts section with the description Client cash account 

    Income related to assets

    This type of income allows you to either add income directly in to an account before it's closure or, relate income to an asset for example a vehicle and then choose where that money was deposited 

    • Choose income for the category

    • Choose the Asset type the income relates to from the dropdown menu:

    • A list of assets within the type of category you have chosen will appear:

    20222308 Asset menu_Income

    • Choose which item you want to relate the income to
    • Enter all further relevant information
    • For some assets, the income will be deposited directly in to the account the user has chosen and for other assets, for example a building, you will then need to choose if the income went to the Client cash account or Other (if the income was received elsewhere)
    • Click Save

    Receipt

    This type of income is to show any money received into the client cash account after death

    • Choose Receipt for the category
    • Enter information into all relevant fields 

    • All receipts will show as deposited into the client cash account
    • Click Save

    Sums received

    This type of income is to show any money received after the date of death that was paid directly in to the deceased's bank account before its closure

    • Choose Sums received for the category

    • Choose the associated bank account from the Asset dropdown menu
    • For the question: Is this payment for pension arrears? Choose Yes or No and this will help us populate the value correctly in the IHT400 form where necessary
    • Enter information into all other relevant fields 
    • Click Save

    View and manage income transactions within a case

    • Click the Income & receipts section:

    20222308 Income & receipts

    • This will take you to an overview: 

    • To edit an item click View, once open make the required changes and click Save
    • To delete, click on the three dots to the right of the relevant item and choose Delete

    View client cash account interest, income and receipts within estate accounts summary and the estate accounts output

    • Click into Estate accounts and from there you can view the full menu

    20220110 Estate accounts outline (Menu)

    20222308 Estate Accounts Menu for Income

    • Within Income & receipts you will see the items you have added summarised by category
    • Within Reconciliation you will see a total for all income and receipts and a separate total for any income received outside the client cash account
    • Within Client cash account, you will see any income deposited into client cash account
    • To view the full set of accounts, click Export and choose to view in pdf or excel 

    āœ‹ If the income is more than four tax years from the date of death, it will not be displayed within the columns on the pdf output but will be calculated within the total

    šŸ‘ Any income more than four tax years from date of death will be visible on the excel output

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