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Dear Lexis®Library subscriber,

e-burst brings you up to date with the latest improvements in your LexisNexis® online services. Some of the sources and titles mentioned below are subscription dependent, please contact your account manager or call us on 020 7400 2984 if you would like to discuss adding any of these services to your existing subscription.

New improvement to browsing results list

Following customer feedback, we’re delighted to announce an enhancement to our service when browsing a results list.  When you view a document from your results list and then go back to the full list of results, you will be taken back to the list at the point at which you left it - rather than back to the top.

For example: if you access document 57, from a list of 100 results, then return to the results list, you will automatically be brought back to number 57, instead of to the beginning. This should make browsing large results lists much easier, as you don’t have to keep scrolling from the top down.

Making LexisLibrary work for you!

Name change of key HMRC Guidance title on LexisLibrary

We have now amalgamated the content in the Inland Revenue Manuals and Customs & Excise Manual on LexisLibrary into one source named the HMRC Manuals. See the table below for the relevant name changes.

The Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009 - update to Precedents

The Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009 received Royal Assent on 12 November 2009 and is coming into force on 6 April 2010. This important legislation makes a number of changes to the law relating to new settlements and will trusts, including the introduction of a new statutory perpetuity period of 125 years, and in the case of non-charitable trusts, abolishing the statutory rules limiting the trustees’ power to accumulate income.

To reflect the changes made by this legislation, over 270 precedents have already been updated across the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents’ Private Client and Property Practice Areas in anticipation of the 6th April. These changes will go ‘live’ on LexisLibrary on 6th April.

New online content

Tolley’s Guide to Employee Share Schemes
Available on menus including Tax Library and General Tax in Business

With Tolley's Guide to Employee Share Schemes, you can be sure you're giving the best, up-to-date guidance on implementing employee share schemes - which will save money for your client. This new source from LexisNexis evaluates the range of employee share schemes available, looking at their processes, the statutory and regulatory requirements, HMRC's interpretation of share scheme issues and most importantly the tax benefits associated with the various schemes. You can rely on the detailed and expert guidance contained in this source to ensure you choose the most effective and tax efficient employee share scheme.  This indispensable guide is written in a clear, practical style and includes worked examples and case studies throughout.

Tolley’s VAT Planning
Available on menus including Tax Library and Indirect Tax

Written by the winner of the LexisNexis Taxation Award for 'Tax Writer of the Year 2008' Neil Warren, this practical guide for successful VAT planning addresses the many VAT issues that practitioners encounter on a regular basis. Taking a transaction-based approach, this source outlines how to make the most of the various VAT provisions and schemes for all sizes of business.  Each chapter analyses the pros and cons of various VAT positions, and this highly practical book includes worked examples and practical planning points that could help save money for clients. Tolley’s VAT Planning provides workable solutions to practical VAT problems, separating key planning points from complex legislation and guiding you through an otherwise complex set of legislation, regulation and schemes.

Tolley’s Tax Planning for Owner-Managed Businesses 2010-11
Available on menus including Tax Library and Tax Planning

In the current climate, businesses are expecting their advisers to help them make more savings through careful tax planning than ever before. This source enables you to give real-life solutions and guidance on problems faced in every stage of the lifecycle of an owner-managed business.

All the key issues are covered in a clear and precise manner, including interaction of different taxes and the Finance Act 2010, to ensure there is a thorough analysis of planning opportunities in each transaction or event.

Written by leading practitioners in the field, this practical source uses worked examples and case studies to explain tax liabilities, compliance and planning opportunities available for tax mitigation and as such is essential reading for anyone handling the affairs of owner-managed businesses.

Did you know?

The Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (2010 c 8) was available on LexisLibrary a whole day before our competitors put it online! You can rely on us to be first with new legislation – keeping you up to date and ahead of the game!

Did you know?

You can now request distance learning and 90-second iKnowledge Modules from the Blended Learning Team.

The distance learning modules are a combination of multimedia introductions with interactive recordings of the full portfolio of online services. The 90-second iKnowledge Modules have been developed as quick refreshers and have been designed to offer a quick review of our products. We realise that our users don’t always have the time to attend formal training sessions, so these modules offer a more flexible way of learning plus, importantly, greater choice in how you learn.  We’re sure that as users of LexisLibrary you’ll find these Blended Learning Modules useful. If you would like to see these Modules or send us any suggestions or questions, please feel free to email the Blended Learning Team at blendedlearning@lexisnexis.co.uk

The great advantage of these modules is that they are small enough to be emailed to you. This means that not only can we help you via email or telephone, but you will now have a visual help and a future reminder if you ever need it again. These modules can also be inserted into your intranets and can save you time by giving you access from your desk to further help and quick refreshers at the click of a button.

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