Inland Revenue could chase you for tax if you've sold goods on Trade Me, now that it has obtained the personal and trading details of tens of thousands of customers.

The former owner of Christchurch preschool chain Chesterfields Preschools, will lodge a new judicial review at the High Court against the IRD chief executive.

Is it fair big companies extract hundreds of millions of dollars of profit each year from the economy, yet contribute little or nothing to fund a civil society?

Lawyers representing a company which funded the animated comedy series Bro'Town and the IRD have reached a confidential out-of-court settlement.

John Key's decision to weigh in on the debate about taxing of foreign online purchases seemed to come out of left field last week.

Luxembourg's status as a fortress of wealth in the heart of Europe is in peril.

Bernard Hickey writes: John Key grappled this week with one of the toughest tasks any modern government has to deal with - how to tax the new economy.

Lowering the threshold is easy but tax take for small items may not to be worth it.

Local retailers welcome Prime Minister’s stance on need for GST on overseas shopping on the web as chance to level playing field.

Eight of the biggest US technology companies added a combined $69 billion to their stockpiled offshore profits.

The legislation to alter the KiwiSaver first home withdrawal scheme is going through parliament. What does this mean for first home buyers?

Seven years on from the global economic meltdown, New Zealand businesses are quietly optimistic, but the tide can turn quickly, warns an insolvency expert.

The Taxpayers' Union's trenchant criticism of the NZ Superannuation Fund, over its poor investment in Portugal's Banco Espirito Santo, shows the dangers of viewing problems through ideological goggles.

The decision by Stuart Gulliver, CEO of HSBC Holdings, to park money in Switzerland puzzled lawyers who didn't see a clear tax benefit from the move.

Food giant Sanitarium appears safe from a Government crackdown on charities that has some sporting bodies worried they may lose their charitable status.

Oil companies may pass on a new tax at the petrol pump even though it is likely to be a barely perceptible fraction of a cent.

Systems are now in place to bring superannuation savings across the Tasman but there is some fine print, particularly for first-home buyers, writes helen Twose.

Rising New Zealand commercial and house-building could buoy this week's Fletcher Building result as analysts highlighted domestic activity as a big profit driver.

Contestants in Television New Zealand's new hit DIY reality show may face tax bills of many thousands of dollars.

Trinity tax-scheme architect Garry Muir has avoided bankruptcy after Bank of New Zealand was repaid and the action against him withdrawn.

Councils have been pleading for a new source of money for as long as ratepayers can remember.

Can you tell me if mobility scooters are permitted to drive on the roads like cars?

Country should ponder new funding solutions such as paying coal and gas royalties to cash-strapped councils, local government bosses say.

Former Act Party leader John Banks will face a retrial for filing a false electoral return, Solicitor-General Mike Heron, QC, has confirmed.

New Zealand's super-rich were found liable for an extra $77 million of tax in the last financial year.

Making his sixth State of the Union address today, US President Barack Obama will look straight past his party's rout in November's congressional elections to throw down the gauntlet to the Republican majority on raising taxes on the rich.