Herald - Issue 387

Page 62 • The HERALD • 2nd April 2020 v THE HERALD - INDEPENDENT AND PROUD OF IT v Tel: 023 8254 7600 TMT House, 12 The Marsh, Hythe, Southampton, SO45 6AL enquiry@tmtlegalservices.co.uk www.tmtlegalservices.co.uk YOUR LOCAL LEGAL SPECIALISTS If you come into any of these categories, then you will need to complete a self-assessment. Other services that we can provide M G ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES Telephone & Fax: 023 8089 1351 • Email: mgeere@btinternet.com Specialising in Bookkeeping and Accountancy Services in and around the New Forest and Waterside area, be assured of a local and friendly service. Are you self-employed? Are you a small business? Are you a landlord? Do you have investment income? NEW LIMITED COMPANY SET UP VAT RETURNS CREDIT CONTROL OUT OF HOURS CONSULTATIONS BUSINESS PLANS PAYROLL • CIS GENERAL BOOKKEEPING CORPORATION TAX Don’t let this be you at the end of the tax year ASK A PROFESSIONAL e Telephone Preference Service (TPS) is the o cial central register and o ers a free service to record your preference not to receive unsolicited sales or marketing calls. It is a legal requirement that all organisations (including charities, voluntary organisations and political parties) do not make such calls to numbers registered on the TPS unless they have your consent to do so. Organisations with which you have an ongoing relationship, for example those who regard you as a customer, or in the case of charities, a donor, may well gather your consent during the early stages of your relationship with them and will therefore be entitled to call you even if your number is registered on TPS, unless you have previously told them speci cally that you object to them calling you for marketing purposes. e TPS can accept the registration of mobile telephone numbers, however it is important to note that this will prevent the receipt of marketing voice calls, but not SMS (text) messages. If you wish to stop receiving SMS marketing messages, send an ‘opt-out’ request to the company involved. Once a number has been successfully registered it is placed on the national ‘do not call’ register immediately, so organisations engaging in live unsolicited direct marketing calls know not to call it. is can take up to 28 days for the registration to become fully e ective. As TPS registration only prevents marketing calls, organisations will still be able to call you for the purposes of genuine market research. To register with TPS, telephone 0345 070 0707 or visit www.tpsonline.org.uk For more details about TPS and the other preference services such as Mailing Preference Service (MPS) visit www.tpsonline.org.uk e TPS are aware of a number of bogus and scam organisations that call people claiming to be the TPS and try to charge consumers for registration. It is FREE to sign up to the TPS register. ey will never contact you requesting payments or credit card details. Once your telephone number is on the TPS, it will remain on it and there is no need to update your registration. If you suspect that you have been contacted by a fraudulent organisation, then you can contact Action Fraud to report your concerns. www.actionfraud.police.uk YOU ASK…WE ANSWER by Claire Terrill, TMT Legal Services We were asked if you still needed a Will if you had no property nor any considerable assets to leave. Our answer was... yes. In this instance there were young children and a Will can provide for the appointment of Guardians. Also having a Will means that you can appoint your own Executors who can start handling your a airs early on. We have noticed an upsurge in unregulated Will writers and have seen poorly dra ed provisions both for the appointment of executors and the distribution of assets. At TMT Legal Services we have over 40 years of legal expertise. Tel: 023 8254 760, call in at TMT House, 12 e Marsh, Hythe, Southampton, SO45 6AL, email enquiry@tmtlegalservices. co.uk or visit www.tmtlegalservices. co.uk Opt Out of Unwanted Calls e NatWest Mobile Branch visits Hythe every Monday between 2pm and 3pm at Prospect Place (by the Ferry). Customers using the mobile branch bank are able to carry out a range of personal banking, including: cashing cheques, making account deposits, paying bills and general account and product enquiries. For more information visit www.natwest.com/mobilebranch Mobile Banking