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Charges to winegrowers 'unjustifiable'
The ministry is reviewing how it recovers the costs of its biosecurity and food safety systems across the country's primary industries, after under-recovering for several years.
The ministry is reviewing how it recovers the costs of its biosecurity and food safety systems across the country's primary industries, after under-recovering for several years.
More than a third of Kiwis believe fizzy and other sugary drinks should be taxed. Does NZ need a sugary drinks tax? Vote here and leave a comment.
If teachers were unpaid, they would be reluctant to do the job and, in the end, children would be worse off, writes Jamie Whyte. Yet the same goes for those who supply the capital.
Taxpayers will pay $1.9 million to bankroll the next two New Zealand Open golf tournaments despite the predicted economic return.
Peter Lyons writes: When we eventually achieve the budget surplus we need to recognise it has been paid for by many of those who had the least to start with.
SkyCity's bid to build the convention centre was accepted for one reason: it did not need public money. Unless it can meet its side of the bargain, all bets are off.
Can Bill English continue to keep all of National's fiscal balls in the air? And for how long before he drops one?
The Government's widely touted return to surplus is likely to take a further 12 months and is largely reliant on cuts to spending.
Opposition parties say new Treasury forecasts that the Crown's books will not return to surplus this year as promised by the Government are an embarrassment.
Our political leaders have shown how resolute they can be by ignoring calls from the narrow-minded and selfish to deny outsiders access to our El Dorado, writes Peter Lyons.
Key Auckland transport projects - including some on which work has already started - face long delays unless new funding can be found from road tolls or higher rates.
An architect of the Trinity forestry tax scheme has failed to convince the High Court to halt bankruptcy action against him.
John Key drew criticism over an OECD report which estimated that growth in income inequality over 20 years has knocked 10 percentage points off NZ's economic growth.
The New Zealand government's operating deficit was wider than expected in pre-election forecasts as income tax lagged.
One of the features of KiwiSaver is you can take a holiday from contributions.
Australian retail billionaire Solomon Lew has declared war on his Government's failure to charge GST for overseas goods bought online.
Tax compliance costs have increased for New Zealand small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the sector shoulders a disproportionately higher compliance burden than larger firms, according to an....
The Inland Revenue Department is taking aim at the use of New Zealand trusts by foreigners to shield their income and assets from tax in their own countries following pressure from its overseas....
Normally what a new Opposition leader can do is limited by the debts he owes supporters and the need to repair the damage his challenge has done to caucus cohesion.
KiwiSaver tax credits cost around $800 million a year but careful analysis by Treasury economists on household finances can find no evidence it has boosted accumulation of wealth.
Tech giants like Apple keep looking for overseas tax loopholes as their foreign cash has piled up to almost absurd levels.
Aucklanders are facing more rates pain and the prospect of a $2 motorway toll, which could go to a referendum.
Trustpower, the energy company controlled by Infratil, posted a 16 per cent gain in first-half profit after lifting retail electricity sales.
The US attempt to stop companies from leaving for tax reasons won't stop Pfizer, which is still considering a deal to move.
Voters in San Francisco will decide next month whether to tax sodas and other sugary drinks to reduce ailments including obesity and diabetes.
Auckland's Heart of the City, allegedly ripped off by its former chief executive, has not ruled out civil proceedings or complaints to the Serious Fraud Office if irregularities are found.