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Aust unveils mining tax, cuts company rates
Australia will impose a new tax on mining projects, cut company tax rates and boost workers' pension savings in a sweeping pre-election overhaul.
Feedback wanted on tax change proposal
The Government wants feedback on a proposed change to stop foreign investors being over-taxed when they invest in New Zealand.
<i>Andrew King:</i> Income tax cuts admirable, but let's look again at winners and losers
Andrew King asks whether rental property is really the cause of all our problems.
Taxman caught short
Inland Revenue Department applications to liquidate troubled companies plummeted to almost zero at one point last year.
<i>Mary Holm</i>: Fed up with landlord tantrums
Mary Holm's financial advice column features an accountant who's fed up with complaining landlords.
'It's not fair' - the landlady hits back
Pat Baker, a $10 million landlady and grandmother, is bristling about being blamed for wrecking the economy.
Housing confidence rising, says ASB
Housing confidence is on the rise in Auckland, while a new survey is showing growing uncertainty about tax changes and rising interest rates.
English dampens hopes of big tax cut
Finance Minister Bill English has poured cold water on hopes of a cut in the top income tax rate to 30 per cent.
GST an option because 'times have changed' - English
Finance Minister Bill English was today forced to defend the Govt's plan to raise GST after parliamentary rivals accused him of telling "porkies."
Change in property rules 'inevitable'
The status quo for property investors cannot be sustained, Tax Working Group member John Shewan says.
Relief in property circles as most tax options ruled out
The vice-president of the Property Investors Federation is relieved that most housing tax options were ruled out in Prime Minister John Key's speech yesterday, but he is wary of what is to come.
Planned GST, property and tax moves divide opinion
The Govt's plan to hike GST, cut income tax and change property tax rules draws a mixed response from business leaders and political opponents.