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Income tax case puts spotlight on professionals
A court decision could allow the IRD to prosecute professionals using company structures to avoid high personal income tax rates.
IRD may hit commercial fit-outs
The Government has embarked on a path to abolish building depreciation on virtually every building type and could hit depreciation claims on commercial building fit-outs in future, says Bayleys Valuations director John Freeman.
470 public service jobs expected to go
The Labour Party says the Government "seems determined" to eliminate the staff who make public services work.
Taxman caught short
Inland Revenue Department applications to liquidate troubled companies plummeted to almost zero at one point last year.
Bankruptcy is for cowards, says Henderson
David Henderson, the Auckland property mogul who created about $1b of real estate, says agreeing to bankruptcy would be "cowardly" and way too easy.
Fury over $550m scam
Investors owed millions of dollars by a NZ man want to know why he appears to have gone unpunished, despite being charged with fraud in the US.
Women students demand action over pay gap survey
Women students are demanding government action after a survey showed men with the same tertiary qualifications start earning more after one year.