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Paul Little: Profits ahead of people
Remember the halcyon days of the nanny state - universal free health care and education, a fair go for all, semi-decent public broadcasting?
Remember the halcyon days of the nanny state - universal free health care and education, a fair go for all, semi-decent public broadcasting?
Public health campaigners have made quite an effort this year to persuade the Government to introduce a selective tax on sugar.
Up isn't down, black isn't white, and higher taxes on the rich don't do nothing about inequality, writes Matt O'Brien.
Two home-based childcare businesses have been caught overcharging the Government for thousands of dollars of taxpayer subsidies.
Why not cut out all the hypocritical noise about tax freeloaders and just declare big corporations' profits tax-free?
OECD will tomorrow release final recommendations on the biggest change to international tax rules since WWII.
High Court has rejected the only proposal that stood between 80-year-old accountant and bankruptcy
Inland Revenue cites international tax agreement as it refuses to hand over documents, judge is not persuaded that's a good reason to enforce secrecy.
New Zealanders appear to be developing a taste for a sugar tax on soft drinks, according to new poll results.
New Zealanders are being taxed on their own capital because of unfair rules covering shares in demerged companies, but the Government argues the Inland Revenue Department does not have the resources....
Sell-off critics do not realise how well the Crown has done.
Z Energy is warning it's facing a potential multi-million dollar bill from NZ Customs - backdated to 1986.
A tradesman has been sentenced to 10 months home detention and ordered to pay $92,400 reparation for tax evasion offences.
Australian steel products group Bluescope is to review its steelmaking operations in Australia and New Zealand, saying it needs "game-changing" savings in operating costs.
If Australia's initiative works well enough, this country should be quick to follow suit.
A pharmacist probed by IRD for "possible tax evasion" has lost a bid to keep his identity secret.
Barry Soper: Buying over the Internet, or online, is a no brainer. It comes down to two things, choice and cost.
The government has announced plans to start collecting tax on online services including music, movies and e-books.
Contact Energy chief executive Dennis Barnes says the firm now has the chance to steer its own course.
The Government's move to extend GST to digital products is a common sense idea, says Alex Malley.
Justices John Wild, Ellen French and Helen Winkelmann delivered their decision to dismiss the appeal, saying it was an "abuse" of the court process.
Changing the GST threshold of overseas online goods won't deter Bella Katz. Here's why.
Consumers appear set to pay 15 per cent more for nearly all foreign products bought online.
Online shoppers will be paying more for goods overseas if New Zealand follows moves by Australia to slash the GST threshold to raise tax money and protect local retailers.
IRD staff are being hauled before their manager if they have even one day off ill, as the tax agency grapples with its high level of sick leave.
Consultancy firm EY says new rules aimed at tracking offshore property buyers could end up increasing compliance costs to taxpayers.
Prime Minister John Key has opened the door to possible restrictions on foreign buyers if information gained shows high numbers of foreigners are buying in New Zealand.
An Auckland real estate agent says "some groups of buyers" are trying to beat the Government's new restrictions on foreign property purchases due in October.