CA daily briefing: Tuesday 26 November 2019
Your essential briefing of the morning's top news stories.
Good morning, Andrew Harbison here starting your morining off right with the latest news from ICAS and around the globe.
Spotlight on ICAS
Life is about making choices and business-succession planning is little different. But are the right choices being made, if at all, despite the myriad options available?
Ann Buttery reports on one of the main changes to the ICAS Code of Ethics, which takes effect from 1 January 2020.
Susan Cattell highlights the publication of the long awaited HMRC guidance on cryptoassets for business. This is the latest instalment of HMRC guidance on the tax treatment of cryptoassets – but it won’t be the last.
Today's top stories from around the web
- Black Friday sales offer few real discounts says Which? (BBC News)
- FCA to ban marketing of mini-bonds (City AM)
- Sports Direct plans to rebrand itself as Frasers Group (The Guardian)
- Uber loses London licence after TfL finds drivers faked identity (The Guardian)
- IR35: HMRC launches updated CEST tool (Accountancy Age)
- Tackling UK productivity crisis could yield £83bn a year for economy, says PwC (City AM)
- Alibaba shares jump in blockbuster Hong Kong debut (BBC News)
- Viagogo buys rival ticketing website StubHub in $4bn deal (BBC News)
That's all for today. Check back tomorrow for your Wednesday briefing.