London – 23^rd July 2001 - Yahoo! UK & Ireland have today announced the addition of an online tax filing form to Yahoo! Finance.

Yahoo! UK & Ireland have signed a deal with Digita, UK leader in tax and personal finance technology, to supply its users with online tax filing, enabling taxpayers to now file their tax returns in a secure system online.

This recent deal builds on an existing successful alliance with Digita who have been helping to bring a wealth of tax information to Yahoo! users for over a year.

In addition to this, Yahoo! UK & Ireland is pleased to offer the users of Yahoo! Finance the chance to win a Mazda Premacy in a new competition run in conjunction with Merrill Lynch HSBC. By estimating the value of both the FTSE 100 and the Nasdaq will be at market close on the 27th of August 2001, users stand a chance of ‘banking’ a fantastic new car.

So, click onto yahoo.co.uk/finance to invest, deal, bank….and win a car!

Yahoo! Finance provides users with a broad range of comprehensive online financial services and information essential to managing their financial life. Consumers can quickly and easily navigate the wealth of investing and personal finance content and services on the site. By providing access to up-to-date international market data, portfolio management resources, and community tools such as message boards, Yahoo! Finance empowers users to make well-informed investment decisions.

Cyrille Coiffet, Finance Producer, Yahoo! UK & Ireland commented ”Yahoo! Finance is a popular product, as one of the largest financial destinations on the Internet, it receives over one million page views per day. It is great that it is constantly growing and that we are able to offer our users further services.”

For further information, please contact;

Yahoo! UK & Ireland Press Office

0207 306 9188

About Yahoo! UK & Ireland

 

Yahoo! UK & Ireland provides commerce, communication and media services to meet the needs of local consumers.  This includes world leading communication services such as Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Mobile; community products such as Yahoo! Clubs and Yahoo! Geocities; rich content such as Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Sport, Yahoo! Music and commerce services such as Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions.

Yahoo.co.uk is one of the most popular and most visited websites in the UK & Ireland, generating 563 million page views in June 2001 (ABC Electronics).

Yahoo! UK & Ireland is part of Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 200 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and reaches the largest audience worldwide. The company also provides online business and enterprise services designed to enhance the productivity and Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients. These services include Corporate Yahoo!, a popular customized enterprise portal solution; audio and video streaming; store hosting and management; and Web site tools and services. The company's global Web network includes 24 World properties. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, Canada and the United States, and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.