When ANZ surveyed KiwiSavers midway through last year it found a third of those questioned didn't know how much they had stashed away.

Name suppression has been lifted on a Wellington accountant found guilty of providing false tax returns and misleading information to the Inland Revenue.

Editorial: Tax avoidance is an easy populist button for parties of the centre-left but Labour appears to be doing some serious research of the subject.

Labour says it will tackle "aggressive tax avoidance" by multinationals such as Facebook and Google which it says is costing the taxman hundreds of millions of dollars.

KiwiSavers should give some thought in the holiday season to their accounts and goals for the year to come, writes Helen Twose.

The amount of lost tax revenue from "under-the-table" activity is likely to be roughly the same size as the 2013 Govt deficit, writes Thomas Pippos.

The Christmas holiday break is a great time to take stock, regroup and think about the shape of your business for the year ahead. Tax risk management should form a part of those reflections.

If you have a spare $50 in your pay cheque at the end of the week and think it's not enough to bother saving, think again.

With the removal of the tax exemption in 2012 on the employer component of KiwiSaver contributions, the govt sneakily increased its tax-take without many people noticing, writes David Chaplin.

I'm considering signing my kids up for KiwiSaver, in part to get the $1000 kickstart but will also make regular contributions.

The next big financial disaster to hit New Zealand investors could involve a collapse in house prices or the sharemarket, says departing investment watchdog boss Sean Hughes.

Quitting non-essentials and being open to opportunities can help you back on your feet after a financial setback, says Mary Holm.

A third of people don't know what type of fund their KiwiSaver money is in, according to a survey by the country's largest provider.

Key things to consider when choosing where to save include risks, time to retirement, disclosure and fees.

A financier has sold 65 Quay Park apartments and eight shops and offices on Maori land to a developer in a multimillion-dollar deal.

Hundreds of thousands of Kiwis are up for a tax king hit. And many of them have no idea it's coming.

Simply withdrawing savings in regular amounts carries the risk that the money might run out before you do.

British expats in New Zealand have been warned to transfer their pensions to New Zealand soon to avoid losing big chunks of their savings to the taxman.

Additional Christmas outlay will leave more than half the population feeling financial stress over the holiday period, according to a MasterCard survey.

KiwiSaver is described on the www.kiwisaver.govt.nz website as a "voluntary, work-based savings initiative".

"I cannot agree with your comparison two weeks ago of the 10-year return on $100,000 for shares versus property."