What are some smart ways to put a looming tax refund to work?

Landlords who are forced to sell sometimes find they've gained little or nothing after years of hassle. Sometimes they even end up with a debt to the bank after selling the property.

COMMENT: The signs of wealth are easy to see in Panama - but how did it get that way, and is there a New Zealand connection?

Some of this country's biggest revenue generators are foreign-owned companies you may never have heard of.

COMMENT: Lessons from the Panama Papers.

Trade Minister Todd McClay says the Government is assessing the implications of recent regulatory changes in China's cross border e-commerce market.

Government announcements on pay-as-you-go rules and greater IRD disclosure powers welcomed by experts.

John Shewan, the Government appointed expert in charge of reviewing our tax regime, advised the Bahamas on exempting taxes.

New tax rules might be more convenient for small business, but IRD is getting new powers to share tax details with others.

A Kiwi family with two children on a single income pays the least amount of income tax in the OECD.

Investors are back in a heated Auckland property market and rapidly rising house prices are fuelling the fire.

It would be useful to hear the conclusions of someone from outside, not least because the Panama Papers call into question New Zealand's good faith as an international citizen.

COMMENT: Companies with operations in multiple jurisdictions will seek to maximise their opportunities to reduce their tax bill.

COMMENT: John Key has now ordered a tax expert to look into the trusts here, presumably to reassure us that there's not one rule for the rich and another for PAYE plodders, writes Barry Soper.

COMMENT: Switzerland has attracted foreign capital to its banking system offering a mixture of secrecy, preferential tax treatment and creative corporate structures.

John Key says independent review of foreign trusts likely to go ahead but he has no intention of releasing his tax records.

New Zealand-based investors are selling out of Diligent Corp before the company is acquired by venture capital firm Insight Venture Partners.

The resignation of Iceland's PM adds to a series of unfortunate events, seeing Iceland fall both in and out of favour.

David Baty, the director of Prestige Events, still hasn't handed over ute prize to contest winners.

New research show vastly different money habits and attitudes between home owners and those who don't own property.

COMMENT: The fact that so many of the people wrapped up in the Panama Papers are in government shows there's no political will to change the situation, writes Raybon Kan.

The law change will mean paying more to watch content on Netflix.

Which New Zealand shares are the biggest cash earners?

Prime Minister John Key is just one of many who say the amount of tax paid here by some multinational companies isn't fair.

Has the value of your house increased?

Americans don't need to go to Panama - they have a thriving offshore industry at home.

A businessman with close links to the Mexican President set up a series of shell companies in New Zealand.