CEOs have creative ideas for accelerating research and development, writes James Penn.

The IRD has launched another campaign cracking down on tradies carrying out work for under-the-table payment.

COMMENT: Apple would paid far more tax in New Zealand if it wasn't for the Irish head office structure.

The number of super-rich Kiwis on the tax department's radar has jumped.

Is marijuana the new sin-tax gusher for the states? It sure looks that way.

COMMENT: Apple's claim that it has always paid all the taxes it owed is disingenuous.

The EU's tax ruling is bad news for Apple, the Irish government and the EU's relations with the United States.

EU's $20 billion tax bill for Apple could set the stage for wider battle and Google, Amazon and Starbucks among firms likely to face scrutiny.

Cook says there has been 'an obvious targeting' of Apple.

Apple's chief talks growth potential, corporate responsibility and what it means to be the face of a tech behemoth.

Two Wellington accountants serving prison terms on 110 counts of tax fraud have exhausted the last avenue of appeal against their convictions.

New research by EY tax specialists has challenged Govt to "justify there's a real problem" before moving to change tax rules for multinational companies.

New Zealand is not being singled out for investigation as a tax haven, the European Union says.

New Zealand could face sanctions as the European Union investigates the country as part of a crack-down on global tax havens.

The social network is in a testy fight with the US Internal Revenue Service.

Those hoping to make a big profit on land earmarked for intensification under the Unitary Plan may be stung by a rarely used tax law.

A study ranking New Zealand the lowest for property purchase tax highlights a missed opportunity to make housing more affordable and boost supply.

Gareth Morgan has renewed calls for tax reforms after backing comments by businessman Stephen Jennings that the tax rules "favour the old and rich".

Aircraft purchases and corporate 'tax inversions' has sent Irish growth figures through the roof.

High profile companies and boards have lobbied for decades for favourable tax benefits, now it's hurting the poor and could destroy capitalism altogether.

COMMENT: Just like Australia, New Zealand has rampant property prices, and our tax system allows negative gearing.

Properties linked to the Masala restaurant empire, restrained under the country's biggest ever asset seizure, have been pulled from mortgagee sale.

Inland Revenue says the latest telephone phishing scam is unusual because it's still generating 200 complaints a day.

IRD yet to decide if it will oppose a bid from Graeme Hart's auto parts business to have its US bankruptcy protection recognised here.

A High Court judge has thrown out a defence put up by two Masala restaurant bosses to a liquidators' claim.

The Prime Minister was too quick to declare his confidence in this country's treatment of foreign trusts following the "Panama papers".

New Zealand is not a tax haven, says the man who reviewed the country's foreign trust regime in the wake of the Panama Papers document dump.

A similar policy is currently in force in Australia.

Tribeca Homes collapsed last May, leaving dozens of Auckland home-builders in the lurch.

The long-planned information technology project aims to completely overhaul the country's taxation system.