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309
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Aug 2026
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Tax changes how business and people live and work. Each week we discuss tax news and how it affects you. Tax is an important policy lever for Government and cross-border tax for global corporations is an issue for Tax and Fairness.
This week Inland Revenue cracks down on the horticultural sector. Meanwhile the election campaign hots up as Labour pitches to small businesses while National promises no new taxes on working people. Finally Inland Revenue gets mob-handed with an 85-year-old.
This week, we look at the OECD’s 2026 Corporate Tax Statistics report, The Taxation & Charities Review Authority confirms the Commissioner’s denial of deductions was correct and how a 70% effective marginal tax rate applied on just $2,000 of income
This week, the High Court in Podium Investments Ltd upholds a Taxation & Charities Review Authority decision regarding the deductibility of seismic strengthening expenditure, but how does that decision fit within wider policy. A Technical Decision Summary highlights the perils of poor record keeping and as the election campaign ramps up we take a look at the contrasting tax philosophies emerging.
This week tax reform moves front & centre in the run up to the election as scrutiny week highlights issues with global tech companies and a Green Party tax policy that might get adopted regardless of who forms the next Government.
This week does the new $100,000 threshold for the FIF regime mean FIF investors are wealthy, Inland Revenue's major consultation on GST and Ford Motors loses its battle with Inland Revenue over transfer pricing
More on the Budget as the detail emerges, including changes to FBT, foreign investment fund, thin capitalisation and more. Also a new double tax agreement with the United Kingdom is signed
More on the Australian Budget and changes to the taxation of discretionary trusts, is New Zealand a tax haven, Google’s 2025 results highlight the Big Tech, Little Tax problem and what might be in the Budget next week.
This week, the OECD suggests a major overhaul of our retirement savings system, the 2026 National Climate Change Risk Assessment identifies ten significant risk areas needing "focused action" (i.e. money) and controversial Australian Budget changes to Australia’s capital gains tax may have a silver lining for Kiwis.
This week, Inland Revenue consults on the roles and regulation of tax agents and other tax intermediaries, the capital gain problem for UK based beneficiaries of trusts and how migrants are an increasingly critical source of taxation.
This week, Inland Revenue “reminds” crypto-asset investors that they need to get tax compliant, a report for the Finance Minister reveals how much extra tax has been paid because of fiscal drag and the European Commission publishes a major report on Wealth Taxation
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