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We are pleased to announce the release of Lifetime Version 4, the biggest release of our software package to date. In this release we are including a brand new Gift Aid module which covers all aspects of Gift Aid from recording your loose cash to filing your claim directly to HMRC through Lifetime.

Lifetime Gift Aid

Record Loose Cash on a weekly basis – the Weekly Collection screen will now give the option to enter the Loose Cash, just make sure you have set up your Churches or ‘Community Buildings’ in the ‘Gift Aid Settings’ under system administration.

Enter One-Off Donations – if you have received other Gift Aid Donations which are not through an envelope or a standing order, you can enter these thought the One-Off donations sections in Gift Aid.

File Claim directly to HMRC through Lifetime – you can now file your claim directly through Lifetime provided that you are already set up and registered for Charities Online. You can still generate the Gift Aid Schedules and upload these through HMRC online services.

Easy correction of postcodes and incorrect gift aid donor details – Lifetime will find any problems with your Gift Aid claim data e.g. missing or invalid postcodes, and list them for you to correct at the click of a button.

Loose Cash Reporting – generate a Weekly Loose Cash report complete with the counters of the cash and breakdown of cash donations.

Other Improvements

Easier collection inputting – The system will now automatically aggregate the amounts when the same envelopes appears in a weekly collection more than once. You now only have to press ‘Enter’ once after you enter the amount.

Household Envelopes – If you prefer to address your envelopes to a household, e.g. Mr & Mrs John Smith, you can now add a ‘Household Title’ in the household details and ticking ‘Household Envelope’ on any envelope holder in the household will display the household title on the envelope Label.

More flexibility organising envelopes for the new year – you can now reorganise your envelopes by Area, Address or Parishioner Name as well as having the option to close the gaps in your envelope list.

Distribution lists by area –you can now print reports detailing the envelope holders per area. The existing envelope holder reports also have the Area Number included and the option to order by area.

Backing Envelopes – if you are mid way in inputting a weekly offering and you add an envelope number, this number will appear immediately when you continue your offering.

Non-Parishioner Confirmations – any confirmations listed as ‘Non Parishioner’ can now be changed to ‘Parishioner’ if need be.

Print a single label –if you need a single envelope label printed, you’ll find an option in Parishioner Details to do this.

LogMeIn Access – to save you opening a browser and typing the LogMeIn address, you’ll find a ‘Support’ link on the Lifetime main menus to take you straight to the LogMeIn Remote Support connection.

Better reporting – more ordering options and filters added to the reports.