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ENQUIRY and MANUAL DEBT PROGRESSION

claimIT will guide you, step by step, through each stage of the recovery process from Letter Before Action, Issuing a Claim, Requesting Judgement and Enforcement.

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At each step of the court process it will calculate all the appropriate court fees, costs and interest, calculate any charges that you may be applying. It will then produce all the necessary forms and/or letters that have been pre-specified for that action. It will also monitor debt payments, both full and by installments, ensuring that the recovery process continues until fully completed.
claimIT also contains an Auto-action function for the automatic processing of high volumes of debts thereby increasing the number of debts that each case handler can process.

CLAIMANTS, DEBTORS  & DEBTS

claimIT can handle an almost unlimited number of claimants, debtors and debts.  Full details of the client and debtor are held including email addresses, mobile phone numbers, contact details etc.  The debts may be of the single invoice or multiple invoice variety.  On multiple invoice debts interest is calculated on each individual invoice thereby giving a totally accurate interest due value.  Multiple types of interest may be applied including that as defined by the Late Payment Act.  All infomation stored is available for inclusion in any form or letter.

FLEXIBLE SEARCHING

Search for debt A highly flexible and powerful client and debt search mechanism is contained to enable you to rapidly locate the claimant or debt.
Included amongst the search options are name or part name, address or part address, alternate references, case numbers, warrant numbers, Post Codes - all designed to enable you to locate the required debt details with the greatest speed and ease.
A full name conflict search facility enables you to quickly check that the client or debtor is not already on the system. In addition to this search, when you are adding a new debt an automatic duplicate Post Code check is performed.

ACTION DIARY / DO LIST

To Do List An in-built action diary monitors each stage of every debt ensuring that all necessary actions are taken at the correct time and that no step of the recovery process remains un-actioned.

At any time, usually daily, an Action List may be produced that lists all debts where an action is required. This report, either to screen or hard copy, not only includes details of the last action taken but also suggests the next action to be taken.

AUTO-ACTION 

Auto-action For high volume processing claimIT contains an 'auto-action' function. This auto-action function enables you to list all debts requiring action. You are then given the option of selecting or deselecting the debts within this list.  Once selected, clicking the Produce Documents button will cause claimIT to automatically process each debt producing all the associated forms and letters in one fast and efficient operation.

 

PARTICULARS OF CLAIM 

A comprehensive library of over forty particulars of claim is included. These may be amended or further particulars added to meet your own specific requirements.

INTEREST, FEES & COSTS

claimIT will calculate all interest, either statutory or contractual, on all individual invoices or claim amounts together with all court fees and costs. Court Fees and Costs are contained in user maintainable tables that can be amended as and when changed by the courts.

QUICK CLAIM COST CALCULATOR

'Quick-Claim' calculator claimIT contains a quick claim cost calculator.  By simply entering the date that the debt was due together with the amount it will immediately calculate all court fees, costs, interest and, where applicable, charges that you may apply. It will also show you the compensation that may be applicable. It can also include the charges for issuing an LBA prior to issuing a claim.

This calculator will prove invaluable if you regularly receive calls from prospective clients as to the potential cost of using the court service to recover bad debts.

 

COMPENSATION & The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998

For commercial debts claimIT will calculate the amount of compensation applicable.  If Late Payment is applied to the debt then claimIT will automatically select the interest rate applicable at the date of each invoice and calculate the relevant interest.

ACCOUNT HISTORY

A full account/financial history is maintained for each debt.  This includes all fees, costs, charges (when applicable) and any other disbursements made during the process of the debt recovery together with details of all payments received

 

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