Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition

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If in the past you haven’t given any at- tention to this certificate, you cer- tainly should now, says Johnny Minford, a Chartered Accountant and member of the NASDAL The certificate states how much is go- ing into your NHS pension. You would also use this document to quantify your tax relief, and as part of the calculations for your other pension and retirement planning. So it’s essential to check its accu- racy. You will remember the rush to get your Annual Reconciliation Report (ARR) submitted to your Primary Care Trust before the end of May. The ARR is intended to set out the achievement of UDAs or UOAs and who in the practice did them. The related superannuation is computed, and it is expected that the formal certificate SD86C then follows to be used as part of your tax submission. Unfortunately, says Johnny, in his experience, the SD86Cs issued bymanyPCTshavelargelyignored theARRfiguresyouhavesubmitted. This means that they are wrong. Johnny continued: “We have queriedwithsomePCTswhythisis so,anditappearsthattheissuesare a mixed bag of internal deadlines, holidays, backlogs, miscommuni- cations with the Business Service Authority (BSA), and so on. They say they are intending to process the ARRs and produce the ‘proper’ SD86C by the end of September.” “So the early issue of the SD86Cs has been worse than pointless – it has been positively dangerous. Any tax submissions made or pension decisions taken based on this ostensibly authori- tative document now in your possession may be wrong, and for some high earning clinicians, very, very wrong. This could have a knock on effect on the tax payments currently being made, as the decision-making process may well be based on incorrect data. Johnny warns that some den- tists will at the very least need a “repair” to their tax submission to be made by their accountant with the correct information, when it is eventually released. He said in conclusion: “So check your SD86C’s before relying on it for any purpose. You have two months to inform the BSA that you do not consider it to be correct. If in doubt consult your accountant. Specialist advisers will be aware of what is going on - others will not. Your SD86C needs to be correct – either for now or for when you come to retire.” Johnny Minford is the found- er and Senior Partner at Min- ford Chartered Accountants and can be contacted at Johnny@ minford.eu He is a member of the National Association of Special- ist Dental Accountants Lawyers group (NASDAL) DT Superannuation certificates could be positively dangerous N ASDA (the National Asso- ciation of Specialist Den- tal Accountants) has re- branded as NASDAL following the decision to assimilate the NASDA Lawyers’ Group. The result is a new name and enhanced role for an organisation that’s already well- established in the dental world. Since its inception more than a decade ago, NASDA welcomed lawyers as associate members. As the business affairs of dentists have become more challenging, espe- cially as a result of the complexi- ties of the new and changing NHS contracts, and the impact of dental bodies corporate, there has been a growing need for accountants and lawyers to share information. This has resulted in increasing numbers of lawyers joining NAS- DA so that the legal section now represents more than 25 per cent of the organisation. At their last meeting, the two specialist groups representing more than 50 profes- sional firms agreed to merge and rebrand as NASDAL. As part of this initiative, the organisation has a new website at www.nasdal.org.uk. However, other aspects of the organisation remain the same with Nick Led- ingham as Chairman, Ray Good- man heading up the lawyers, Bob Cummings as tax specialist, Ajay Patel as webmaster, Frances Clark as secretary, Andy Hodgetts as treasurer, and Alan Suggett the media officer. On behalf of NASDAL Law- yers, Ray Goodman said: “We are delighted at the rebranding which acknowledges the increased syn- ergy between the specialist dental accountants and dental lawyers. We are proud to be part of an in- tegrated organisation whose mem- bers provide the highest levels of professional support to dentists.” Nick Ledingham, [pictured], Chairman of NASDAL, comment- ed:“Fromnowon,ourtwogroupsof technical specialists will be dis- cussing, considering and advising on the issues that matter to the den- tal profession in order to benefit our dentist clients. If you want specialist advice on dental issues, whetherit’sbusiness,taxationorle- galadvice,theNASDALwebsitewill point you in the right direction.” DT NASDA + Lawyers = NASDAL R eading runner, Chris Mor- timer, 25, is taking part in the Oxford Half Marathon on 25th September in memory of his Grandfather, Frank Sterry and to raise much needed awareness and funds for mouth cancer char- ity, the Mouth Cancer Foundation. Frank died in February 2011. He was diagnosed with mouth cancer two and a half years earlier when he found a tumor in his mouth. Surgery followed to re- move a big part of his internal face and jaw which left Frank unable to eat solid food or speak properly. Chris said: “My Granddad suf- fered so if I can raise even a small amount and it goes someway to helping someone then I will be satisfied.” Founder of the Mouth Cancer Foundation, Dr Vinod Joshi said: “As in Frank’s case 25 per cent of mouth cancer cases are not asso- ciated with any known risk factor, hence the need for vigilance. If you notice a lump in your mouth that wasn’t there before or a mouth ul- cer which lasts for more than three weeks, you should see a dentist or doctor immediately. The money raised will go towards helping improve the support for mouth cancer sufferers and their families, as well as highlighting the shocking facts about mouth cancer.” To sponsor Chris visit www. justgiving.com/MortimerChris. For more information on the Mouth Cancer Foundation visit www.mouthcancerfoundation. org. DT Running in memory of granddad September 5-11, 2011United Kingdom Edition