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Which taxes will endure the election cycle

Tax reform has a history of influencing election outcomes and this will be especially true of the 2023 election. It is useful to remember though...

Different tax rules for different festive choices

Not only is Christmas the time to unleash Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé on the masses, it’s also time for the annual work Christmas...

Inland Revenue is waking up from hibernation

You may not have heard much from Inland Revenue over the last couple of years. They have had a few big projects and policies...

Working overseas: beware of the pitfalls

With the opening of our borders we are seeing a real and expected surge in people heading overseas. Where this has some work element...

GST – Goods and Services Tax

Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a form of value added tax introduced in New Zealand on 1 October 1986. The current GST rate...

Navigating through tough economic times

This year and the next two or three may present a lot of challenges to business owners. Depending on the industry you are in,...

When is a tax invoice not a tax invoice?

When is a tax invoice not one? From 1 April 2023 when it instead becomes “taxable supply information” under recent changes to the GST...

Bright-Line Test and a Main Home Exclusion

A new Taxation and Remedial Matters Act 2022 has been recently enacted, and it adds many changes to the Income Tax Act 2007. I...

Beware end of year GST return adjustments

As this issue is published, readers with a March balance date will hopefully have survived the financial year end, counted their stock, written off...

Covid-19’s implications for company tax

For a small tax, collecting only around $600 million per annum, fringe benefit tax (or FBT) punches above its weight in terms of the...

How to avoid tax payment surprises

A few weeks ago, Jacinda Ardern announced our borders will open soon. What great news. Let’s face it, the economy cannot sustain such an...

Don’t be penalised by excessive fringe benefit tax

For a small tax, collecting only around $600 million per annum, fringe benefit tax (or FBT) punches above its weight in terms of the...

New changes in top tax rates

As a tax professional, my work Christmas wish was for a slowdown in the pace of legislative change. 2021 was a busy year for...

A quick history of tax, just in case you were wondering…

New Zealand has had taxes ever since a formal government was established. When Lieutenant-Governor Hobson proclaimed British sovereignty over the North Island on 21...

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