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The Week In Tax

The Week In Tax

Hosted by The New Zealand Tax Podcast

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Episodes

305

Latest episode

Jun 2026

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EN

About the show

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.

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June 15, 202621 min

Are FIF investors wealthy, Inland Revenue consultation on GST issues and Ford Motors loses transfer pricing fight with Inland Revenue

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

June 8, 202623 min

Budget 2026 - the Devil is in the detail more on the Budget's various tax measures

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

May 22, 202622 min

More on the Australian Budget, is New Zealand a tax haven, Google's 2025 results & looking ahead to next week's Budget

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.

May 15, 202622 min

OECD suggests overhaul of retirement savings & KiwiSaver, 2026 National Climate Change Risk Assessment & the Australian Budget

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.

May 3, 202622 min

Inland Revenue consults on changes for regulation of tax agents, the capital gains tax problem for UK beneficiaries & more

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.

April 24, 202622 min

Inland Revenue "reminds" cryptasset investor of their obligations, what is the effect of fiscal drag & a major EU report on taxation of wealth

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

April 16, 202651 min

Tax Justice Aotearoa's recently released Tax Policy Statement - what changes would it like to see?

This week I'm joined by a team from Tax Justice Aotearoa including Glenn Barclay, the chair , Bill Rosenberg, a member of the last tax working group, Nick Miller a former Inland Revenue officer, and Kate Stone who is also campaign manager for the Better Taxes Campaign. We discuss Tax Justice Aotearoa's just released Tax Policy Statement.

April 10, 202613 min

Inland Revenue adds another tool for its crypto-asset activities, & beware the hidden traps of the financial arrangements regime

Inland Revenue gains another tool for its crypto-asset activities, a useful case highlighting the hidden traps of the financial arrangements regime and Iran and the All Whites might have a bigger opponent in the US Internal Revenue Service

April 2, 202614 min

Happy New (Tax) Year, Government's fuel relief package, 1st April changes and more

Government’s "timely, targeted and temporary" fuel relief package comes into effect but other changes effective from 1st April bite into that package and problem of low abatement thresholds remains. With terminal tax payments coming up new tax bill provides more options around tax pooling and Inland Revenue warns of cyber attacks.

March 22, 202622 min

Changes to thin capitalisation and student loan debt relief announced and some suggestions for responding to the surge in petrol prices

Changes to thin capitalisation and student loan debt relief announced, Inland Revenue issues warning over employers failing to pass on tax deductions and some suggestions for providing timely targeted and temporary relief for those most affected by the surge in petrol prices.

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