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Editorial: Plenty worse tax dodgers than tradies
Crackdown on cash jobs is welcome, but IRD should not forget corporate big fish.

Tobacco taxes rise 10pc today
But increase has the Taxpayers' Union lashing out at the Government.

IRD cheats rip off nearly $11m
Inland Revenue Department prosecuted fewer people in 2015 than the year before, but the value of the frauds was bigger.

Sale of Hammerheads' assets falls short
The sale of Hammerheads Restaurant's assets won't cover all of what the collapsed eatery owes Inland Revenue, say liquidators.

Govt 4-month deficit smaller than predicted
The Government's operating deficit was smaller than predicted in the first four months of the 2016 financial year.

Does McDonald's deserve an EU tax break?
McDonald's may have unfairly exploited a pact with Luxembourg to avoid tax on hundreds of millions of euros in profits for more than half a decade.

Tax evaders living the high life
A couple convicted of fleecing almost $1 million from the taxpayer between them by not paying GST are still living a life of luxury.

Pfizer's Viagra tax dollars head to Dublin
Ireland is about to get a new biggest company, and it's only a little smaller than the nation's entire economy.

Business Insider: Fraud buster makes less use of big stick
Are Serious Fraud Office investigators taking a softer approach, or is it just that its targets are becoming more co-operative?

Bankrupt: The man who owes $500m tax
It's the end of the road for veteran tax battler John George Russell, who has just been declared bankrupt after a long legal battle with the IRD.

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

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

NZ's super rich in taxman's sights
There are a number of super rich Kiwis who declare income of less than $70,000 a year.

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

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

Let's just give up on taxing big corporations
Why not cut out all the hypocritical noise about tax freeloaders and just declare big corporations' profits tax-free?

Attempts to unravel Korean tax tangle
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.

Absent tax evader convicted
A former Dunedin lawyer who did not turn up for her trial has been found guilty on all 46 charges of tax evasion involving more than $180,000.

Capital tax unfair, says Hawkins
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....

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

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

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

'Netflix tax' step in right direction
The government has announced plans to start collecting tax on online services including music, movies and e-books.

Businessman's fight against $470m tax bill dismissed
Justices John Wild, Ellen French and Helen Winkelmann delivered their decision to dismiss the appeal, saying it was an "abuse" of the court process.

Bella Katz: GST thresholds no deterrent to online shopping
Changing the GST threshold of overseas online goods won't deter Bella Katz. Here's why.

Online tax ripples could affect Kiwis
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.