The VAT rate is changing in Ireland from 1st December 2008 so OPSIS have put together the following instruction sheet for our Millennium Accounts clients.
Quote from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland:-
“It’s unusual to have a rate change in the middle of a VAT period, and Revenue have issued guidance as to how the change is to apply. Like most VAT issues, the change appears trivial - until you start to think about it.
In applying the VAT change, there are two matters in particular to be taken into account - whether the trader accounts for VAT on the invoice or the cash receipts basis, and whether the customer is a business customer or an unregistered consumer. While very broadly, VAT should be charged at the rate applicable at the date of issue of the invoice, issues can arise in relation to credit notes and periodic payments.”
Irish Tax and Customs website announcement:-
Increase in the standard rate of VAT from 21% to 21.5% from 1 December, 2008
OPSIS are sending the notification out as a mailshot, but for any customers who prefer, this can be downloaded as an Adobe Acrobat PDF document from the Helpsheets section of our website using the link below:-
Amending or Creating a new VAT Rate in Millennium Accounts (
159kb PDF format)
Please contact our Support team if you require any further assistance with this.
November 11th, 2008 | Tags: Helpsheets, Millennium, OPSIS Support | Category: OPSIS Support | 
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The minutes from the User Group Meeting held on 23rd October 2008 at the Lucan Spa Hotel in Dublin, are now available to download in PDF format.
Please click the following link:-
Dublin User Group Meeting Minutes - 23rd October 2008 (PDF format)
(You will need to contact us for the download password)
The minutes detail the following points of discussion:-
- Introduction
- OPSIS Changes (IRIS takeover) and internal changes
- Time Recording & Precedents presentations
- Law Society audits
- Software Enhancements
November 11th, 2008 | Tags: User Group | Category: User Group | Print This Post
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Solicitor Case Manager
Latest Version: 5.4.0
Please see the main support page for details and release notes to accompany this version:-
http://support.opsisltd.co.uk/announce.php#TabSection2
October 9th, 2008 | Tags: Releases | Category: OPSIS Support, Releases | Print This Post
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The next user-group meeting will be held on Thursday, 23rd October 2008 in the Lucan Spa Hotel, Dublin.
The agenda is as follows (may be subject to change):
10.30 Introduction & Welcome
Martin Kennedy (Martin A Kennedy & Co)
Sharon Tracey (Paul W Tracey Solicitors)
10.40 Briefing - Brian O’Neill (OPSIS)
- Opsis – Iris 2008 & Future
- Customer Services
- System Developments
- The Microsoft connection - Vista; Office 2007; MS SQL Server
11.00 Information sharing
Forum for sharing information on practical system usage issues
- Legal Costs/Time Recording - Sharon Tracey
- How to get the most from your Precedents - James Dennison (Dennison Solicitors)
1.00 Lunch
2.15 OPSIS.NET the next Generation - Brian O’Neill
2.45 Session 2
Case Management - Discussion Topics - Kay Crean (OPSIS)
- Procedures made Easy
- Recent Enhancements
Millennium Accounts Eamonn Mulcahy (OPSIS)
- Practice Management Reports
- Law Society & Revenue inspections – preparation
- How to survive the Audit - Bernie Mainey (Good & Murray Smith)
- New enhancements: Eamonn Mulcahy
- Supplier Ledger
- Credit Control
- Reports
- Nominals
4.0 Tea/Coffee
4.15 Wrap-Up
5.00 End of Meeting
The meeting will qualify for at least 3 hours worth of CPD with certificates being provided on the day. Please contact the Ireland offices for further details if you wish to attend.
We look forward to seeing you on the day.
October 3rd, 2008 | Tags: OPSIS News, User Group | Category: OPSIS News, User Group | Print This Post
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Just a quick reminder of the upcoming Law Autumn Exhibition which occurs on Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th October at the Birmingham NEC Conference Centre, where you will find OPSIS on stand 26.
More information is available in our previous post.
October 1st, 2008 | Tags: Exhibitions, OPSIS News | Category: Exhibitions | Print This Post
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An upgrade release of Millennium Accounts (V5.72) caters for new Legal Aid CDS and Claim forms to comply with the latest Legal Services Commission changes that will become active on 1st October 2008.
Click here for download link
Overview
As you are probably aware, the Legal Services Commission has announced changes to Legal Aid CDS and Claims Forms. You will probably have received notification of this directly from the LSC (OPSIS are not responsible for supplying this information). Please note this is an important release for Legal Aid firms and we strongly recommend that you implement this new version as soon as possible.
The Millennium Accounts release of 5.72.4 primarily contains new reports and new miscellaneous features. It does, however, also include 3 new Legal Aid reports which are mandatory from 1st October 2008. Two of them (CDS1 & CDS7) are Word templates and could be emailed to users without the need for upgrading. Users who wish to produce the CLS CLAIM 1 form will need to upgrade to 5.72.4 or later.
Note: Not all Legal Aid users will need/use the CLS CLAIM 1.
Below is the relevant information from the release notes:
Legal Aid Form Updates
- The template for CDS1 “Client’s Details Form” has been updated to version 7 October 2008.
- The template for CDS7 “Non-Standard Fee Contract Work Assessment Form” has been updated to version 8 October 2008.
- The CLS CLAIM 1 “Claim for assessment of costs or payment of costs following detailed assessment in civil cases” has been updated to version 11 October 2008.
The Legal Services Commission will have already notified providers of the form changes and the following information, supplied by the LSC, is accurate at the time of inclusion. Please refer to the LSC website or contact the LSC directly for the most up to date information.
“These forms are mandatory from 1st October 2008 but may be used before that date. All forms signed and dated on or after the mandatory date must be the new versions. Old versions signed and dated on or before 30th September will be accepted until 31st October after which time they will be rejected.“
September 26th, 2008 | Tags: Legal Aid, Millennium, Releases | Category: Legal Aid, OPSIS Support, Releases | Print This Post
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OPSIS have won over 40 new clients in recent months! Here are details of just a few that we would like to welcome on board:-
- Sport Resolutions (UK) are an independent dispute resolution service for sport in the UK. Based in Fleet Street, London.
- Derwent Living are a Housing Association based in Derby. They will be using Solicitor Case Manager to manage all their plot sales.
- Bradford based Northone Solicitors purchased a 5 user SPS package for their busy commercial practice.
- Linn & Associates are a Criminal Legal Aid firm based in Harwich and have already added an extra 4 users to their original 10 user Practice Management System.
- Salinger Solicitors (Conveyancing & Immigration) have selected Millennium Accounts for their London office.
- Millennium Solo is still very popular with the smaller/start up firms – PJ Thorniley Solicitors, McDermott French Solicitors and Portland Legal Services are just 3 of the 17 firms who have purchased Solo in the last 4 months!
August 14th, 2008 | Tags: Millennium, News, OPSIS News, SCM, Solo | Category: OPSIS News | Print This Post
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Date For Your Diary!
OPSIS will be exhibiting at the Law Autumn Exhibition at the NEC Conference Centre, Birmingham on the 15th and 16th October 2008.
This is the largest legal exhibition to be held outside London in 2008, so why not take this opportunity to visit OPSIS on Stand 26.
Law Autumn 2008 is organised by the SOLICITORS group and is the legal profession’s largest exhibition and training congress.
This is a key event in the diary of partners, lawyers, management and professional support staff of law firms across the UK. Law Autumn 2008 hosts a comprehensive programme of legal conferences spanning many subject areas, accredited for CPD by the SRA, ILEX, The BAR and CLC, and are presented by some of the profession’s most esteemed speakers.
The exhibition at the event is an excellent opportunity to identify new and benchmark existing suppliers. Entrance to the exhibition is free of charge.
For further information visit the event website at www.thesolicitorsgroup.co.uk
or telephone 01332 226601.
August 14th, 2008 | Tags: Exhibitions, News | Category: Exhibitions, OPSIS News | Print This Post
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Conveyancing firms using Solicitor Case Manager will be delighted to hear that we have linked with the leading independent submission system for electronic SDLT forms – SDLT.co.uk.
Submissions can be sent direct from the case for a simple ‘Pay as you Go’ charge of £6.00 (+VAT) per submission.
SDLT are offering OPSIS clients an introductory 3 submissions Free of Charge so you can see just how easy and useful the service will be.
For more information on this exciting new development call the Sales Team on 0844 815 5751 or email sales -at- opsisltd.co.uk.
August 14th, 2008 | Tags: News, SDLT | Category: OPSIS News | Print This Post
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Solicitor Case Manager
OPSIS will shortly be expanding our current range of Starter Packs for use with our Solicitor Case Manager software from the Autumn to include;-
- Wills, Probate & LPA’S
- Debt Recovery
This will be followed later in the year with:
- Civil Litigation
- Employment
For further details please call sales on 0844 815 5751 or email: sales -at- opsisltd.co.uk
August 14th, 2008 | Tags: Legal Documents, News, SCM, Starter Packs | Category: OPSIS News | Print This Post
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