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National trumpets efforts to catch tax cheats
The Government has rubbished claims it is more interested in cracking down on benefit fraudsters than tax dodgers - trumpeting a return of up to $8 for every dollar invested in chasing tax cheats.
The Government has rubbished claims it is more interested in cracking down on benefit fraudsters than tax dodgers - trumpeting a return of up to $8 for every dollar invested in chasing tax cheats.
Taxpayers are flocking to websites that promise a tax refund — even if some take up to a quarter of a payout as commission.
The start of the new financial year on 1 April 2014 also means the start of new simpler, financial reporting regime for small to medium companies - though it's not likely to slash compliance costs for most businesses.
Alesco settling its tax-avoidance stoush is likely to lead to companies in similar disputes cutting deals with the IRD, say tax specialists.
Overseas scammers using a fake website nearly identical to the Inland Revenue Department's are preying on Kiwis in one of the most sophisticated attacks NZ officials have seen.
Most of those who seek to reduce their tax obligations are net contributors to our society, writes Damien Grant. The only complaints against them are they do not pay enough.
Name suppression has been lifted on a Wellington accountant found guilty of providing false tax returns and misleading information to the Inland Revenue.
The Christmas holiday break is a great time to take stock, regroup and think about the shape of your business for the year ahead. Tax risk management should form a part of those reflections.
Editorial: If the IRD is known for unilateral and unexplained actions against its targets, Customs inhabits a peculiar twilight zone at the border.
Inland Revenue is starting to "overreach" by using "extraordinary actions" - such as freezing orders - in tax cases that are quite routine, says an academic.
A High Court judge has rebuked the IRD, calling its application to freeze $462,000 in the bank account of a Rotorua woman "misleading".
More than 5300 benefits costing $56 million a year have been cut off due to an information sharing arrangement between government departments.
Bauer Media is planning to ease Metro magazine away from current affairs when it gets the Listener in its stable.
The Inland Revenue Department's $21 billion-a-year PAYE system will be the first part of NZ's tax system to be overhauled, says Revenue Minister Todd McClay.
A Wellington businessman has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for his part in an aggressive tax evasion scheme.
Inland Revenue not legally obliged to notify companies when they no longer need to pay into KiwiSaver.
The Inland Revenue Department has clawed back more than $18 million from people who paid themselves artificially low salaries.
The amount fines and reparations owed has dropped to the lowest level in almost a decade.