The UK Government has reached agreement with the Swiss Government regarding taxing Swiss bank accounts.  Over the last 3 months or so it has been expected that an announcement would be made of a special deal to tax these accounts without disclosing the identity of the account holders.

Full details have not been published as yet but a Press Release was issued this morning by HM Treasury.

The structure of the deal is that Swiss accounts ...

HM Revenue & Customs are pressing ahead with the drive to require all businesses to file returns online.

From April 2010, all VAT-registered businesses with an annual turnover of £100,000 or more and all newly registered businesses, regardless of the level of their turnover,  will be required to file their VAT returns online and will have to make their VAT payments electronically.  Businesses with a turnover of less...

In the current climate, with great uncertainty in the financial markets and the possibility that we are in, or are about to enter, a recession, there is a general mood of gloom.  Whilst it is important to concentrate on weathering the current storm, we should also not overlook the opportunities to plan for better times.

One area where this is particularly relevant is in the field of employee share incentives.  Many companies offer shar...