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For several years until 2005, some companies used an arrangement for paying bonuses which involved employees receiving a particular type of share in a UK tax resident company (often specially created for this purpose
HM Revenue & Customs ("HMRC") has won yet another case on the tax treatment of an annual bonus scheme involving shares, which was used before 2004 since when legislation has been significantly tightened so as effectively to block further use of these schemes
