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Steeper rate kicks in for students
Student loan holders will pay $11 more a week from today as the Government ramps up its repayment scheme.
Taxes to snag jetsetters
Expat Kiwis and jetsetting workers face higher taxes under a crackdown on residency rules.
IRD warns against tax refund scammers
Taxpayers are being warned not to fall for hoax phone calls from fraudsters telling them they are eligible for unclaimed money or a tax refund.
Hope in 20 year tax stoush
A businessman is confident he can win a 20-year, $4 million legal battle with Inland Revenue.
Confession offer 'a good deal'
People who have paid themselves artificially low salaries to avoid paying the top tax rate should take advantage of an offer to confess while they can, says an expert.
Disappointment at delays in child support system changes
Fathers paying child support are disappointed changes to New Zealand's child support system set to be in place by April 1 have been delayed a year.
Editorial: Ruling on tax for housing workers just madness
Auckland firms that send engineers and construction staff to Christchurch for the rebuild have just learned their projects are going to be much more expensive.
Time running out for tax dodgers
Taxpayers who dodged the top personal tax rate by paying themselves artificially low salaries have until the end of this month to confess.
Building landlords cry poor
Landlords are crying poor and seeking financial assistance in the face of proposals to strengthen thousands of old buildings.
Confusion over leaky building GST refunds
Confusion surrounds the ability of body corporates of leaky buildings to claim GST refunds, as the Inland Revenue seems reluctant to have its decisions in two leading cases stand as precedents.
Unpaid child support hits $2.6bn
At least 10 New Zealand fathers owe $1.3 million or more each in unpaid child support as the total national debt spirals into the billions with interest and penalties.
Problem gambler jailed for IRD scam
A former IRD employee has been sentenced to two years and five months in prison on dozens of fraud charges spanning nearly six years.
Editorial: Remedies for child poverty step in the right direction
Editorial: When the Children's Commissioner set up an "expert advisory group on solutions to child poverty" this year, many New Zealanders will have cheered.
Group wants extra $10 a week for sole parents
More than 80,000 sole parents, caring for 133,000 children, would get an extra $10 a week under a proposal to tackle child poverty.
Home detention for Northland tax cheat
A Bay of Islands businesswoman has been sentenced to home detention and community work, and ordered to pay $45,000 in reparation for failing to pay her taxes.
Man owes IRD $170k, will only pay $10k
Featherston man who owes Inland Revenue more than $170,000 has been ordered to repay just a fraction of his debt.
Independence key to IT fix-it firm
Industry veterans rely on selling their expertise, not hardware or software.