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Income tax case puts spotlight on professionals
A court decision could allow the IRD to prosecute professionals using company structures to avoid high personal income tax rates.
Rudd digs poll hole with tax blunder
Rudd's Government may be the first Australian party in almost 70 years to fail to win a second term.
<i>Gareth Morgan:</i> One step forward, and then a stumble
Bill English has taken a step back by dropping the company tax rate precipitously.
<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Inflation makes savers the biggest Budget losers
Inflation makes savers the biggest Budget losers.
<i>Matt McCarten</i>: We're not jealous of the rich, we're just annoyed
Columnist Matt McCarten been thinking about John Key's comments around the Budget asking us not to be jealous of the rich.
IRD may hit commercial fit-outs
The Government has embarked on a path to abolish building depreciation on virtually every building type and could hit depreciation claims on commercial building fit-outs in future, says Bayleys Valuations director John Freeman.
<i>Tapu Misa:</i> Inequality bound to hurt us all in the end
Tapu Misa writes that the growing divide between rich and poor makes solidarity and a sense of community more difficult.
Rich-poor gap basically same after Budget, English claims
Bill English says his Budget will leave the gap between rich and poor "about the same".
Migrants gaining residency via scam
Immigrants are making agreements with employers to pay their own taxes and wages in a scam now being investigated by officials.