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Brian Fallow: G20 talks tough on profit shifting
The G20 group of leading industrial and developing countries was talking tough at the weekend about getting multinational corporations to pay more tax.
The G20 group of leading industrial and developing countries was talking tough at the weekend about getting multinational corporations to pay more tax.
The New Zealand government had a smaller than expected first-half operating deficit after Treaty of Waitangi settlement costs didn't eventuate in the period.
Editorial: A contributor to our website today suggests an interesting way to make houses more affordable for young people seeking their first homes.
"Does anyone in Parliament now represent poorer consumers who spend proportionately more on fruit, veg and other foods than richer voters?" asks Norman Gemmell.
In the second column examples were given on the strategies used by some American multinational companies to reduce their profitability in Britain.
Many have written about the impact of the internet and e-commerce on business.
Editorial: Ultimately, this revenue-raising exercise may be less significant than the check on the Government's spending programme.
Draft legislation aimed at introducing fringe benefit taxes on staff carparks is broader than expected and contains some "nasty fish hooks to look out for".
The New Zealand government's operating deficit was wider than forecast in the first four months of the financial year.
New Zealand is going to find it increasingly difficult to tax multinational companies like Google and Facebook, says a specialist tax consultant.
A Bay of Islands businesswoman has been sentenced to home detention and community work, and ordered to pay $45,000 in reparation for failing to pay her taxes.
Better attitudes towards saving and debt reduction in New Zealand are being driven by fear and are unsustainable, says the head of a major bank.
An Auckland accountant has been struck off and ordered to pay more than $31,000 after he used 60 clients to get tax rebates on donations for his own benefit.
New Zealand is an attractive destination for foreigners who want to make their taxes disappear.
Editorial: The affordability issue will not be tackled effectively until the Government also looks at the other side of the market equation and seeks to reduce demand.
Tax-dodging Kiwis cheated the country out of at least $80 million in undeclared income last year - and the scale of the problem remains unknown.