Mr Searle, Managing Director of BDO Guernsey, said the change represented an exciting point in the firm's growth story.

1 January 2018 is shaping up to be a significant date for first-time application of new accounting standards.

The 6 July filing deadline for 2014/15 P11Ds has loomed into view again. Although the 2014/15 P11D is very similar to the previous year's version, there were a few changes to note.

HMRC's Employee benefit trust settlement opportunity (EBTSO) expires on 31 March 2015.

Having met all the employer reporting deadlines that expire on 6July, employers can look forward to a second Budget on 8 July - billed as ‘a Budget for working people'.

Despite the 6 July deadline, many employers have yet to get to grips with online filing for the share schemes and awards they use to reward employees.

For accounting periods starting on or after 1st January 2015, companies are required to prepare their accounts under FRS 102 or the FRS 101 (IFRS reduced disclosure framework).

HMRC has issued a 'discussion document' which looks at the future of compliance penalties in the modern environment of online filing.

COP9 is an in-depth tax investigation by HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service, requiring expert tax advice due to its complexities. It involves the Contractual Disclosure Facility (CDF), offering immunity from prosecution for full disclosure of tax fraud.

Termination exercises and payments remain a contentious area of employment tax, with HMRC always keen to examine the way terminations have been handled because of the significant scope for errors to arise.

Internal auditors will need to assess their readiness to demonstrate transparency in their operations and those of their suppliers.

The surcharge system does not impose a penalty when a business submits a VAT return late for the first time, nor for the second and third defaults provided the surcharge (calculated at 2% and 5% respectively of the VAT due on the return) does not exceed £400.

In our conversations about embedding innovation with more than 200 medium sized businesses, it rarely took long until the issue of organisational culture took centre stage.

Many organisations with which we work have a good understanding of what is driving their need to Innovation Modelinnovate.

When you are considering moving employees across international borders, it is vital that you have control and full visibility of the associated costs.

BDO has been made aware of an increase in the use of a scam that specifically targets company executives.

At-a-glance case summaries provided by the Gatehouse Chambers' Insolvency Team...

As you may be aware from our previous discussions and correspondence with NHS Pensions, by now we had been promised final 2013/14 annual allowance statements for all GPs.

It is expected that this pledge will be confirmed in the summer Budget on 8 July 2015.

A recent opinion of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union suggests that the management of real estate investment trusts and similar investment vehicles could be exempt from VAT.