PM John Key said one of the choices that today's Budget surplus would present was the possibility his party could promise tax cuts in the election campaign.

The Australian Govt will today start selling one of the nation's most unpalatable Budgets in decade after an axe was taken to almost every area of spending.

Two British health researchers are gearing up to challenge New Zealanders' unusually high tolerance of what many countries consider a social evil - inequality.

Florida is joining 20 other states that collect sales tax on Amazon purchases, meaning just about everything bought there will now cost 6 per cent more.

New Zealand is among the minority of developed countries where the tax burden on wages has lightened over the past three years.

A Welsh Housing Association is under fire for offering residents a “free creme egg” to make up for the financial hardship they experienced under a tough UK tax law.

Okay, as a change from being the guy who sits back and lobs grenades of cynicism at the easy targets, here's an actual idea for an election year policy that will be a winner (at least in my house): tax-free savings accounts for children.

Editorial: Housing could be the big issue in the coming election. It has been a "sleeper" for some years as young couples seeking their first home have struggled at auctions against investors.

Taxpayers are flocking to websites that promise a tax refund — even if some take up to a quarter of a payout as commission.

You'd be forgiven for mistaking this for a belated April Fool's joke. An app has launched that makes getting money from the Government a painless online process.

The New Zealand government's operating deficit was wider than expected in the first seven months of the 2014 financial year, with a smaller tax take than forecast and lower than anticipated tobacco excise duty.

The majority of New Zealanders do not fully understand KiwiSaver especially when it comes to switching jobs, tax rates and the Government's annual contribution.

New Zealanders criticising Google for the low amount of tax it pays in this country should not brand the company as "evil".

Editorial: For Act to make a fresh start it needs to come up with new and innovative policies. Reviving its flat-tax policy doesn't fit that bill.

Alesco settling its tax-avoidance stoush is likely to lead to companies in similar disputes cutting deals with the IRD, say tax specialists.

A group lobbying for a return to a 10-year passport claims New Zealand passports are more expensive per year than most other comparable countries.

Most of those who seek to reduce their tax obligations are net contributors to our society, writes Damien Grant. The only complaints against them are they do not pay enough.

The chances of GST being applied to all overseas web-based retail purchases appear more distant after the Govt changed tack on a review into tax of online shopping.

Finance Minister Bill English says he wants Google, Apple and Starbucks and other multinationals to pay more tax and hopes the issue will be raised at economic talks this week.

Name suppression has been lifted on a Wellington accountant found guilty of providing false tax returns and misleading information to the Inland Revenue.

Editorial: Tax avoidance is an easy populist button for parties of the centre-left but Labour appears to be doing some serious research of the subject.