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

Auckland may be gaining a reputation as a place where the food matches the scenery, but making a seafood restaurant work on the waterfront is a struggle.

When Graeme Wheeler introduced the Reserve Bank's new rules for property investment in Auckland, he said that it was only one tool to manage the housing crisis.

A Netflix tax? Soon, overseas companies will have to collect goods and services tax at 10pc a pop on "online intangibles" or digital goods and hand it over to the Aussie government.

Hammerheads restaurant is in liquidation after occupying a prime waterfront position for more than 20 years.

Auckland Council's first big forced-sale property case sparked by unpaid rates did not go ahead as planned when the money was suddenly paid.

Inland Revenue now has a clear path to try to bankrupt an accountant who owes it nearly half a billion dollars.

Special team zeroes in on landlords and speculators, netting $258 million in unpaid tax in past 5 years.

Auckland Uni tax professor Craig Elliffe says there is a proposal to change the way non-residents NZ-sourced interest is taxed.

The Government has proposed giving the taxman more resources to crack down on residential property speculators.

Kiwi shareholders in Australian mining giant BHP face paying an unfair tax as the company proceeds with a "demerger" plan.

A Bay of Plenty man has been sentenced to almost a year of home detention after he used backpackers' and other tourists' IRD numbers to file false tax returns.

Amidst the debate around the effects of a capital gains tax on the Auckland property market, TV show 'Our First Home' has proven useful.

Paying taxes is inevitable but there are ways to ensure you keep more of your money in your pocket this tax year. Tamsyn Parker talked to two tax experts to get their tips.

Kiwis no longer have to fill out a tax return every year but that doesn't mean you can sit back and do nothing.

A new research and development policy allowing start-ups to cash in tax losses is not enough to significantly boost investment.

The tax debate was reignited in Australia this week. Brian Gaynor dissects the Government's 196-page tax discussion paper.

The Government is floating the idea of businesses paying their tax on a pay-as-you-earn basis, in the biggest proposed shakeup of the income tax system.

The former owner of Christchurch preschool chain Chesterfields Preschools, will lodge a new judicial review at the High Court against the IRD chief executive.

Lawyers representing a company which funded the animated comedy series Bro'Town and the IRD have reached a confidential out-of-court settlement.

John Key's decision to weigh in on the debate about taxing of foreign online purchases seemed to come out of left field last week.

Luxembourg's status as a fortress of wealth in the heart of Europe is in peril.

Bernard Hickey writes: John Key grappled this week with one of the toughest tasks any modern government has to deal with - how to tax the new economy.

Lowering the threshold is easy but tax take for small items may not to be worth it.

Eight of the biggest US technology companies added a combined $69 billion to their stockpiled offshore profits.

The Taxpayers' Union's trenchant criticism of the NZ Superannuation Fund, over its poor investment in Portugal's Banco Espirito Santo, shows the dangers of viewing problems through ideological goggles.

A legal battle with former chief executive Alex Swney has led Heart of the City to pull funding from cash-strapped projects.

Trinity tax-scheme architect Garry Muir has avoided bankruptcy after Bank of New Zealand was repaid and the action against him withdrawn.