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Editorial: GST plan on Kiwisaver fees implodes
OPINION: Our editorial on the heated response to proposed GST charges on managed funds.

Why pay your tax - when it's cheaper to wait?
Rate hikes, and removal of interest charges on late tax payments, triggers perfect storm.

Trump's top finance officer pleads guilty to tax evasion
Plea bargain requires testimony as a prosecution witness against Trump Organisation.

Revealed: IRD's new approach to claw back mounting tax debt
Number of people granted tax debt writeoffs increased more than four-fold in 2021.

Tax trip-up: The implications of a working holiday business trip
Businesses warned to be careful about combining work and holidays.

'Crisis moment': NZ gaming firms cross Tasman as Aussie tax breaks kick in
Two of NZ's largest gaming studios are reluctantly turn to hiring offshore.

Budget experts: Govt must deliver on cost of living crisis, housing and health
Jonathan Coleman, Sue Bradford and Shane Jones share their wishlists for Budget 2022.

Claire Trevett: The battle to be Mr Economic Credibility
It's been a long time between drinks on tax cuts, and National wants people to be thirsty.

Companies dodge $400m tax by paying owners $9.4b earnings
Shareholders avoided as much as $400m in tax by getting $9.4 billion in dividends in 2021.

$18.7m cigarette smuggling case: Businesswoman jailed, millions in assets forfeited
More than 19 million smokes were unlawfully shipped from China over four years.

'Bank of mum and dad' caught by tax trap: National MP decries brightline catch
'It has hit many Kiwis who aren't speculators' - MP Andrew Bayly.

Hamish Rutherford: Do the rich only get richer?
IRD study is looking into how the rich get rich, but excludes some who have got poorer.

Lawyers slam 'intrusive' new Inland Revenue power
Law Society wrote scathing letter to Attorney General about rushed tax law change.

Opinion | Pandora Papers and silver-tongued evasion
OPINION: Adam Hunt says the leaked tranche of financial papers should prompt NZ to act.

Pandora Papers: Calls to end financial secrecy
Massive leak reveals how world's most powerful people hide wealth from tax collectors.

Pandora Papers: Plans to reform a NZ tax loophole stalled 'due to lack of resources'
One of the main reforms promised by National after the Panama Papers has not been enacted.

Accountants call for permanent legislative fix to work from home tax extension
Lockdown shows permanent working from home tax policy needed, say chartered accountants.

Big tech and tax: Google NZ defends 'new model'
Tech giant reports full-year financials for its local operation.

Kiwi childcare giant audit triggers $7m tax bill
Controversial charity metamorphosis of Kidicorp into Best Start triggers IRD audit.

Four businessmen deny $2.72m tax dodge in tobacco importation case
The cargo was declared as roof extension units, but Customs found millions of cigarettes.