A former tax agent who allegedly falsified 250 GST and income tax returns in order to keep client money has been charged with fraud.

The price of Netflix, iTunes, e-books and other foreign online services could jump by up to 15 per cent next year.

There are a number of super rich Kiwis who declare income of less than $70,000 a year.

One of the main differences between Auckland and the three major East Coast Australian cities is the huge number of apartments.

Two home-based childcare businesses have been caught overcharging the Government for thousands of dollars of taxpayer subsidies.

Why not cut out all the hypocritical noise about tax freeloaders and just declare big corporations' profits tax-free?

OECD will tomorrow release final recommendations on the biggest change to international tax rules since WWII.

High Court has rejected the only proposal that stood between 80-year-old accountant and bankruptcy

Inland Revenue cites international tax agreement as it refuses to hand over documents, judge is not persuaded that's a good reason to enforce secrecy.

New Zealanders are being taxed on their own capital because of unfair rules covering shares in demerged companies, but the Government argues the Inland Revenue Department does not have the resources....

A tradesman has been sentenced to 10 months home detention and ordered to pay $92,400 reparation for tax evasion offences.

A pharmacist probed by IRD for "possible tax evasion" has lost a bid to keep his identity secret.

Barry Soper: Buying over the Internet, or online, is a no brainer. It comes down to two things, choice and cost.

The government has announced plans to start collecting tax on online services including music, movies and e-books.

Justices John Wild, Ellen French and Helen Winkelmann delivered their decision to dismiss the appeal, saying it was an "abuse" of the court process.

Changing the GST threshold of overseas online goods won't deter Bella Katz. Here's why.

Online shoppers will be paying more for goods overseas if New Zealand follows moves by Australia to slash the GST threshold to raise tax money and protect local retailers.

The former empire of legal-highs godfather Matt Bowden is disintegrating - three of his properties, worth more than $5 million, are listed for mortgagee sale.

The Government's submission to the "Re:think" tax white paper process under way in Australia highlights the lack of mutual recognition of imputation credits as the most significant barrier....

Tax specialist Iain Craig found a surprise upside to a cancer scare, even in his work.

Cruise ship travellers look likely to be charged a higher rate - possibly nearly $3 per person more - than others under a new levy imposed from January on all travellers arriving and leaving New Zealand.

Craig Elliffe writes: The officials' paper indicates an exemption will apply when you inherit a property from a deceased estate or have transferred as part of the property settlement.

The battle to bankrupt an octogenarian Auckland businessman over a $470 million tax bill continues as he argues Inland Revenue should accept his repayment offer.

A bankrupt business trainer whose companies are in liquidation has been revealed as a taxpayer-funded envoy hired to teach the secret of success.

The IRD has selected a US company as the preferred software supplier for its $1 billion-plus business transformation which will replace its ageing information technology system.

John Russell has lost another IRD stoush, this time about a company which has been in receivership for 20 years.

Auckland waterfront eatery Hammerheads collapsed last in April owing the taxman nearly $400,000, liquidators say.

Sir Owen Glenn has called on the Government to change the way philanthropic donations are taxed to encourage more people to "invest in their own country".

Legal high company Stargate Operations is being chased by IRD for $850,000.