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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 that tax collection...

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 built into it,...

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 in New Zealand...

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, you may be...

An alternative approach to the Budget

In the not so distant past, Budget day would herald significant, and often unexpected, tax announcements. But in more recent years, the big tax changes have more...

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 have heard one...

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 their bad debts...

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 tax with a...

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 May 1840, the...

Professional advice may be required

October 1 was not only the dawning of a new month, but it was an interesting day for tax legislative development in New Zealand. Following an initial consultation...

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