Dulux took a $15.2m provision to settle its tax dispute with the IRD over subsidiary Alesco NZ's use of optional convertible notes.

A South Auckland Church Minister who ripped off thousands of taxpayers' dollars has been sentenced to nearly a year in home detention.

Inland Revenue could chase you for tax if you've sold goods on Trade Me, now that it has obtained the personal and trading details of tens of thousands of customers.

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.

A leading retailer has welcomed moves towards charging GST on online purchases from overseas.

The $163 million cost of changing the child support rules will increase further when the IRD implements a completely new computer system.

Labour says former Revenue Minister Peter Dunne should answer for a blowout in the cost of implementing child support changes to $163 million.

After months of maintaining his innocence ex-Heart of the City boss Alex Swney phoned his parents to say he was going to plead guilty to nearly $1.8m in tax evasion.

The former boss of Auckland's Heart of the City organisation has this morning pleaded guilty to tax evasion of nearly $2 million.

A Taihape woman had a shock on Saturday when she received a $359.02 bill for outstanding income tax.

New Zealand's super-rich were found liable for an extra $77 million of tax in the last financial year.

A woman has been told she would not receive paid parental leave as she failed to chase up her lost application.

The ten largest amounts of wrongly acquired benefits totaled more than $2.14m last year - but advocates say most of the $23 billion paid out was genuinely needed.

Students are borrowing more than ever as tertiary fees rise - and those who head overseas after study are likely to take much longer to repay their loan.

Costs associated with the Christchurch rebuild account for the bulk of $214 million of unauthorised public spending in the past year, according to a new review.

Inland Revenue is not everyone's favourite government department. But its officials deserve a pat on the back in at least one respect, writes John Armstrong.

Creditors have accepted a 20c-in-the-dollar proposal from one of Orcon’s former owners but a court has yet to approve the deal.

A courier driver who blamed a non-existent tax agent for mishandling his affairs has been ordered to pay $180,000 to Inland Revenue.

If the house always wins, then the taxman isn't far behind - at least not during the last year - when IRD won almost 85 per cent of the litigation it was involved in.

Bankrupt former property developer and reality TV star Terry Serepisos didn't have approval to be out of New Zealand for as long as he was away, his lawyer says.

A High Court judge will look at Terry Serepisos' financial affairs to decide when the former reality TV star and football club owner is to be released from bankruptcy.

A Wellsford man who lied about having five children to receive $120,000 in tax credits has been jailed.

One of the former owners of internet company Orcon who has debts of $3.57m has avoided bankruptcy and will attempt to appease creditors with a $343,000 deal.

A 79-year-old accountant who owes Inland Revenue more than $400 million has successfully stalled it from trying to bankrupt him.

A rise in casual and contract work is stifling the number of people applying for paid parental leave because they don't fit the criteria.

Allied Farmers, which is rebuilding from a disastrous takeover of the Hanover and United Finance loan books has returned to profit.