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'Warn your grandparents': Convincing IRD scam targets Lucy Lawless
Scam artists target everyone from ordinary folks to celebrities.
Thousands of businesses yet to meet IRD's payday filing change
Some businesses are still struggling to meet payday filing requirements.
IRD claims Tongan King's lawyer owes $245k; High Court declares him bankrupt
The barrister has acted in several big cases, including for Maori TV fraudster John Davy.
Why increasing numbers of super rich leads to a tax problem
The number of super-rich in NZ has increased 75 per cent in the past five years.
Taxing the rich no simple equation
We say: The number of super-rich earners in NZ has soared. Do they pay fair share of tax?
Revealed: NZ's 350 new super-rich - and an $85m tax fight
Each high wealth individual has, or controls, wealth in excess of $50 million.
IRD refund scam alert: Tax dept warns of dodgy emails
IRD warning consumers to be mindful of emails claiming to be from the tax department.
The IRD owes an 11yo girl four cents. They say she can't have it.
Young children are income earners for tax purposes if they hold KiwiSaver or bank savings.
IRD scam: Here's what fake refund email looks like - 'I knew it was dodgy'
IRD client shows email in a bid to alert others.
$252K sits unclaimed at IRD for 8 years
Sixty people, groups or estates each have more than $15,000 waiting for them at IRD
IRD glitch sees couple work six weeks without pay
A technical glitch has left a Scottish couple stranded.
Taxman cometh: IRD hunts $80m in missing property taxes
Up to a quarter of transactions where brightline rule should apply may be non-compliant.
IRD 'morally wrong' for not paying $42m tax back, says financial adviser
When the tax department takes but does not give back.
Kiwis overpay $42m - and they won't get it back
Nearly one million Kiwis have overpaid tax on their investments.
Bid to stop manipulation of brightline tax
Capital gains made by habitual renovators are more likely to be taxed under new measure.
Kiwis paid more than $83m in IRD refunds in first week
Some Kiwis around the country are set to receive a nice surprise in their bank account.
Woman wins $42k from firm which 'didn't hire' her
The woman worked remotely for the software business from England.
Auckland woman mistakenly paid $12m by IRD
She was mistakenly paid $12m, but now frozen bank account has left woman in dire straits.
Dragons' Den star loses tax evasion appeal
Paul Webb rose to prominence in 2006 as a dragon on the entrepreneurial reality TV show.
Brian Fallow: Still waiting for wage growth
Numbers suggest labour market remains tight, but something is keeping pay rises in check.
'We've done nothing wrong': Police freeze $11m assets in alleged tax fraud
Joint probe with IRD alleges a $16m GST fraud over four years.
Hosking: 84,000 taxing questions for Sir Michael Cullen
COMMENT: Is Michael Cullen a hired gun who'll say whatever you want for a price?
Capital gains tax: A potential 'nightmare' for lifestyle block owners
Accountants the big winners of an increasingly complex issue.
KiwiSaver cash 'mistakenly' sent to IRD
A man's KiwiSaver contributions were mistakenly sent back to the Inland Revenue.
Eric Watson faces $112m bill, loses tax avoidance battle
High Court judge rules complex 2002 transaction was tax avoidance.
Scammers accuse woman of tax fraud and threaten with arrest
The scammers called from a phone number which showed up as the Gisborne police.
Hosking: Weak Govt contracting out the too-hard decisions
COMMENT: Labour chose a hard sell and ballsed it up completely on tax.
YouTube scandal: Government departments pull ads
The move follows revelations kids' videos were being targeted with unsavoury comments.
Hosking: Capital Gains Tax a train wreck driven by a naive Govt
COMMENT: The Govt is naively pursuing a CGT, despite being previously burnt in the past.
Political Roundup: The arguments supporting a Capital Gains Tax
COMMENT: The best arguments in favour of a Capital Gains Tax revolve around inequality.
Interactive: Capital Gains Tax calculator - how much could you pay?
What Sir Michael Cullen's tax working group recommends.
Capital Gains Tax plan: What's in, what would be exempt
Proposed tax changes would raise $8 billion.