New Client Information Sheet

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Please complete the information requested here in as much detail as possible. You can tailor some of the sections so they are omitted where not considered relevant. Once completed and you click on submit, the details will be emailed to us (securely).

It is preferable that you complete this data rather than us trying to gather the information at a meeting in our office. You will be able to locate the information at your leisure.

General Data Protection Regulations – Disclosure of Information

The information given in this document will be retained on computer for our reference purposes, and will be held in accordance with the Data protection Act 2018. The details may be passed to the regulatory authorities and auditors for the purpose of compliance.

Q1

Basic Data


Client Name(s)
Accountant – (your contact in our firm)
Date completed
Client Reference Number (if one has been allocated to you)

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Tailoring Questions

Tailoring the questionnaire enables you to leave out sections/areas that are not relevant to your circumstances making it faster and easier to complete. Please take just a few seconds to consider these questions and choose Yes/No accordingly. You can come back to this page and change the setting in due course if required.

You are able to omit some aspects of this questionnaire if you choose to do so below. You can omit sections that are not relevant to your advice or needs by ticking the No buttons below. Note you must answer this question ticking either the yes or no box on each line.

	Yes	No
Do you have any children under 21/ still in full time education?
Are either you/your partner self-employed? Answering No will omit certain questions asking for self-employment details.
Are either you/your partner employed? Answering No will omit certain questions asking for employment details.
Is the business a "start up" - trading for less than 1 year?
Are you a Vat Registered business or may you have to register?
If a business with employees, provide PAYE information?
Do you/your partner have any student loans outstanding?

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Personal Details

Q3
Personal details

	Self	Partner
Title (Mr/Mrs/Ms etc)
First Name (s)
Surname
Home address 1
Home address 2
Home address 3
Town/City
Postcode
Date of moving to this address
Telephone No
Mobile Phone No
Fax No
Skype contact details
Twitter handle
Email address
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Marital Status
UK Resident (Yes/No)
Domicile
National Insurance No
Sex (Male/Female)
UTR Number (if known/registered with HMRC already)

Q4
Do you have an existing agent that deals with your accounting and/or tax affairs?


Yes
No

Q5
Please give the contact details of your existing agent.

We will, as a matter of professional ethics and routine, write to your previous accountant to request professional clearance and all relevant information and documents which are required to fully take over your case.


Name of agent
Firm Name
Address1
Address2
Address3
Town
Postcode
Telephone Number
Email address

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Children/Dependants

Please enter details of children aged 21 or under

Dependants
Children

Name	Relationship	Date of Birth

Q7
Are you in receipt of Child Benefit?


	Yes	No

How much is paid /frequency?

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Employment Details

Q8
Employer details (if employed/company director)

	Self	Partner
Occupation
Employment Status (Employee/Director)
Employer Name
Business Address1
Business Address2
Business Address3
Town/City
Postcode
Business Phone No
Business Fax No

Q9
If you are a company director, give further details of your company below.

	Self	Partner
What does the business do? e.g. builders etc
Company Registration Number
Company Authentication Code (for Cos House filing-if known)
Company UTR Number (If known)
Business web address

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Self Employment

Q10
Give details of your self employment here

	Self	Partner
Business Structure (e.g. Sole trader/Partnership etc)
What does the business do? e.g. builders etc
Business Name
Business Address1
Business Address2
Business Address3
Town/City
Postcode
Business Phone No
Business Fax No
Business Skype contact details

Q11
You have indicated you/your partner are self employed - please complete the following:

	Self	Partner
Accounts year end
Last accounts available to (date)
Profit per last accounts
Partnership UTR Number (if relevant/known)
Date business commenced (if within last 3 years)/date will commence

Comments:

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New business

Q12

For a new business starting up / yet to prepare the first set of accounts....

Is the business very "seasonal"? e.g. does the bulk of the income come at Christmas, or in the summer months?

	Select
Yes
No

Give details

Q13
Have you introduced any "personal assets" into the business e.g. a car or a van, IT or other equipment etc.
If yes, please give details together with approx. market values at the date it was first used by the business


Yes
No

Comments:

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VAT

Q14

This section deals with some VAT aspects of your business - this section is only relevant if you are or may need to be registered for VAT.

Is the company/business VAT registered already or will it need to register?


Already registered (enter VAT Number below).
Will need to be registered as soon as it starts trading
Will need to register as turnover will/has exceeded VAT registration threshold
Want to voluntarily register (where sales are mainly to VAT registered traders)
Other (please specify):

Comments/VAT Number

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Employees in your Business

Q15
Do you employ anyone in your business?


Yes	No

Q16
If you have a PAYE scheme in place please complete the following:

PAYE Reference Number
Accounts Office Reference Number
How many are employed?
How is payroll prepared?
Which software etc?

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Assets and Valuations (Approx)

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Assets and Valuation

	Self £	Partner £	Joint £
Main Residence
Other Property
Personal Effects/Contents
Business Interests
Owned Cars/Caravans etc
Other Assets (1)
Other Assets (2)
TOTAL

Give details of Other Assets

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Investments and Cash (Approx)

Q18
Investments and Cash

	Self £	Partner £	Joint £
Bank Accounts
Building Societies
National Savings
Shares/Equities
Loan stocks/Gilts
TESSA/PEPs/ISAs
Child Trust Funds/Savings
Unit Trusts
Insurance Bonds
Other investments
TOTAL

Give details of Other Investments etc

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House / Mortgage details

Q19
House details -complete if you own a house or are planning house purchase in next 12 months


Current Value of House
Amount outstanding on mortgage
Lender
Mortgage Ref No
Rate payable
Montlhy repayment £

Q20
Repayment method (Interest only/repayment/both)

Repayment Method

Comments:

Q22
Remaining Term on Mortgage

Term remaining (in years)

Comments:

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Other advisers, agents and misc information

Q22
Do you have an Independent Financial Adviser?


Yes	No

Name/Address

Q23
Do you have solicitors that you use?


Yes	No

Name/Address

Q24
If tax repayments arise, it is often quicker and easier to have it repaid direct to your bank account. Please enter the details below.


Bank Name
Bank Account Name
Bank Sort Code
Bank Account Number

Q25
Are you happy for us to send you newsletters and other information? Note we do NOT share your contact details with anyone else!

	Yes	No
By mail
By telephone/SMS
By email

Q26
Our preferred payment method is direct debit but other options are available. If paying by direct debit this can be spread over a period. If you want to choose this option, please tick the appropriate box below.

Yes-I am happy to pay by direct debit (when invoices are raised)
Yes - I am happy to pay by direct debit but would like the option to spread payment
No- I do not want to pay by direct debit. I will settle in other ways.
If a tax repayment ever arises, I am happy for you to retain immediately any element of it which relates to your fees.

Other

If spreading by direct debit over what period of time would you prefer (if possible)?

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Student Loans

Q28
You have indicated there are Student Loans outstanding. Please let us have the following (or best estimates)

	Self	Partner
Last statement date
Amount outstanding

Comments:

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Any Other Notes

Q29
Other notes

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PLEASE REVIEW AND CHECK THIS ENTIRE FORM BEFORE SUBMITTING

Q30
Why did you choose us as your accountant/adviser?

We are pleased that you have done so, and it is invaluable to us to learn a bit more as to what prompted that decision. Please tick those statements that helped you make your mind up and feel free to add further comments in the free text box.


Personal recommendation (feel free to say who recommended us below)
Bank recommendation (feel free to say who recommended us below)
Google search
Google "sponsored" link
Other web pages (which ones)
Liked web site
Used us before
Other (please specify):

Comments:

Q31

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I/We confirm that the information given and recorded on this questionnaire is correct, and understand that it shall form the basis for all advice offered.

Q32
Date Completed

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New Client Information Sheet

Tailoring Questions

Personal Details

Children/Dependants

Employment Details

Self Employment

New business

VAT

Employees in your Business

Assets and Valuations (Approx)

Investments and Cash (Approx)

House / Mortgage details

Other advisers, agents and misc information

Student Loans

Any Other Notes

PLEASE REVIEW AND CHECK THIS ENTIRE FORM BEFORE SUBMITTING

Thank You

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