Introduction

In order to get the best out of our accounting templates, clients may need to add additional nominal codes to their Master List. This guide explains the codes that need to be added, together with details of how to post to various income nominals in order for the templates to work.


The accounts are designed to pick up the administrative information that goes into the Synopsis from the Administration section of Troika.


Please note, these notes will only assist those UK users who are using our default chart of accounts.

Discretionary Trust


The following nominal codes will need adding to the Master List:


Code
Close Off
Description
82310
81100Tax on accrued income
92100
Accumulated Income Balance
92101
Accumulated Income b/f - Fund 1
92102
Accumulated Income b/f - Fund 2
92103
Accumulated Income b/f - Fund 3
92104
Accumulated Income b/f - Fund 4
92105
Accumulated Income b/f - Fund 5
92106
Accumulated Income b/f - Fund 6
9721092100Transfer to undistributed income

The new template has the ability to run separate Undistributed and Accumulated Income Accounts. To enable transfers to be made between the two accounts the following codes should be used:


Code
Description
96240
Use this code to transfer income from the Undistributed Income Account to the Accumulated Income Account (debit)
93110Use this code to show income received in the Accumulated Income Account (credit)
97210Use this code to transfer income from the Accumulated Income Account to the Undistributed Income Account (debit)

Life Interest Trust


Code
Close Off
Description
82310
81100Tax on accrued income

From the Synopsis page, the individual life tenants should be entered into Administrator in the Life Tenants section as shown below:

The Remaindermen should be entered under the Beneficiaries section:

The names of the Life Tenants will be pulled through into a separate page for each Life Tenant as shown below:

To ensure the name at the top of each page matches the figures for that individual life tenant, you will need to run the accounts to see the order that the life tenants are picked up in and then match the figures in the corresponding nominals to those names. Unfortunately, we do not have any control over how the system picks up the names from the Administration module.


Each life tenant should be allocated a separate nominal code for their income balances, net income, income distributed etc., starting with the codes ending in 01, e.g. 91101, 91201, and 96101 respectively. This applied even if there is only one life tenant.


The example below shows the income balances for a life interest trust with one life tenant:


For a life interest trust with multiple life tenants, the income accounts would look as follows:


Accumulation & Maintenance Trust


The principles behind the A&M accounts are based on the STEP Accounting Guildelines. For A&M trusts where no beneficiary has attained a right to income, the discretionary trust accounts format should be used.


Where a beneficiary attains a right to the income and there is only one beneficiary of the trust, the life interest accounts format should be used.


For A&M trusts with more than one beneficiary, once a beneficiary has attained a right to their share of the income, the A&M formats should be used as these are programmed for a multi-fund format.


The first fund should be the original discretionary fund, with subsequent funds being for those beneficiaries that have attained a life interest.


The codes that will need to be added to the Master List are:


Code
Close Off
Description
82310
81100Tax on accrued income
92101
Accumulated Income b/f - Fund 1
92102
Accumulated Income b/f - Fund 2
92103
Accumulated Income b/f - Fund 3
92104
Accumulated Income b/f - Fund 4
92105
Accumulated Income b/f - Fund 5
92106
Accumulated Income b/f - Fund 6


In the examples below, the A&M trust has been set up with an initial discretionary fund and two additional life interest funds. The examples below show how the accounts operate:


Discretionary Fund 1:


Life Interest Fund 2:


Life Interest Fund 3:


Personal Injury Trust


The accounts still have an income and capital split as with other trusts, but the total income for the year and, if required, a transfer from capital are moved to a Distribution Account so that all the payments to a beneficiary can be seen.


In the Master List, the following nominal codes need to be set up:


Code
Close Off
Description
1110191100Transfer from Capital Account (appears on the Distribution Account page)
8811081100Transfer to Distribution Account (appears on the Capital Account page)


For the amounts distributed to the beneficiary, nominal codes 96100-96256 should be used. The accounts are programmed to pick up the name of the nominal where these codes are used.


An example of some postings is shown below:


Deputyship


In the Master List, the following nominal codes need to be set up:


Code
Close Off
Description
0101091100Benefits - Disability Living Allowance
0101191100Benefits - Attendance Allowance
0101291100Benefits - Employment Support Allowance
0101391100Benefits - Incapacity Benefit
0101491100Benefits - Severe Disablement Allowance
0101591100Benefits - Income Support/Pension Credit
0101691100Benefits - Housing Benefit
0101791100Benefits - State Pension
0101891100Benefits - Winter Fuel Payment
0101991100
Benefits - Christmas Bonus
0102091100Occupational Pension
3100098300Deputyship Expenses (Heading)
3101098300Accommodation costs - rent
3102098300Accommodation costs - mortgage
3103098300Care fees - carers' salaries, related costs
3104098300Equipment
3105098300Physiotherapy
3106098300Household bills
3107098300Taxation
3108098300Provision for income tax
3109098300Insurance
3110098300Office of the Public Guardian fees
3111098300Deputy guarantee bond premium
3120098300Property maintenance/improvement
3120198300Property maintenance/improvement - 1
3120298300Property maintenance/improvement - 2
3120398300Property maintenance/improvement - 3
3120498300Property maintenance/improvement - 4
3120598300Property maintenance/improvement - 5
3125098300Losses on investment disposals
3126098300Holidays/excursions
3127098300Professional fees
3128098300Costs draftsman fees
3129098300Professional fees
3130098300Litigation fees
3131098300Solicitors' fees
3132098300Deputy administration fees
3133098300Tax/accountancy fees
3134098300Benefits review fees
3135098300Case management costs
3136098300Deputy's expenses
3137098300Support payment
3139098300Spending money provided for client
3140098300Day to day living costs
3141098300Gifts
3142098300Court fees
3143098300Court application fee
3144098300Senior Courts Cost Office fees
3150098300Miscellaneous - Deputyship Expenses
3150198300Miscellaneous - Deputyship Expenses - 1
3150298300Miscellaneous - Deputyship Expenses - 2
3150398300Miscellaneous - Deputyship Expenses - 3
3150498300Miscellaneous - Deputyship Expenses - 4
3150598300Miscellaneous - Deputyship Expenses - 5
3150698300Miscellaneous - Deputyship Expenses - 6
3150798300Miscellaneous - Deputyship Expenses - 7
3150898300Miscellaneous - Deputyship Expenses - 8
3150998300Miscellaneous - Deputyship Expenses - 9
3151098300Miscellaneous - Deputyship Expenses - 10
98200
Deputyship Capital Fund
9830091100Deputyship Surplus/(Deficit)


For the Deputyship accounts to work and the balances to roll forward correctly some of the Close Off accounts need amending.


The following nominal codes need their close offs amending:

81300    Revaluations

82100    Profit on Disposals

82110    Profit on Investments

82111    Profit on Property


The Close Off account should be set to:

91100    Net Income balance


In turn 91100 should be closed off to 98200 (Deputyship Capital Fund)

and

98300 (Deputyship Surplus/(Deficit)) should be closed off to 91100.


In the event of any further query, please contact support for further assistance.