Tax

Are multi-national companies taking their earnings out of New Zealand, with barely a cursory wave to the IRD? Audio

Multinational companies operating in New Zealand found to have paid negligible tax. Audio

The Revenue Minister is considering repealing the tax exempt status of Veterinary clubs. He has been told that in many cases the practices are clubs in name only and are using their status to gain a… Audio

Tax specialist Aaron Quintal of Ernst and Young talks about the pros and cons of a special tax rate for iwi business enterprises. Audio

Facebook is the latest major corporate to bow to the increasing pressure mounting on multi-national companies to pay their fair share of tax. It will start paying tax on major advertisement revenue in… Audio

The Inland Revenue department says capital gains made on the sale of gold and silver bullion are taxable. Audio

The Inland Revenue Department is clarifying the rules around rebates for charitable donations as some donors may be breaching the law. Its concern is around the grey area when donors, particularly to… Audio

Sir Tony Atkinson has been called the godfather of inequality studies. He was a mentor to economist Thomas Piketty (author of the bestseller Capital in the 21st Century)and Nicholas Stern calls him… Audio

A survey on the black economy's found a significant number of tradies reporting under the table cash jobs, including many in the tens of thousands. Alarmingly the IRD survey said many tradies reported… Audio

A coalition of local authorities and private landlords that wants the cost of strengthening earthquake-prone buildings to be tax deductible may be making some progress. Audio

A Taranaki business couple behind a million dollar tax fraud have been jailed but IRD doesn't fancy its chances of recovering the money. Audio

Technology correspondent Peter Griffin's on how your emails are tracking you. Plus the 'Netflix tax' on digital purchases like ebooks and music is coming to New Zealand. Audio

Brooke Harrington spent eight years and more than 34 thousand dollars training to become a wealth manager - learning the tricks of the trade to keep the assets of super rich clients from the grasping… Audio

The Inland Revenue Department is looking to give the tax system quite a shake up in the way businesses deal with the department on GST and PAYE. Audio

The news that in the last financial year Apple New Zealand had revenue of $568 million and paid tax of only $6.8 million confused John Campbell. So he went on a hunt to find out why.  Audio

The European Commission has ordered U.S. based coffee shop chain, Starbucks, and carmaker, Fiat Chrysler, to pay back about 100-million New Zealand dollars to authorities in Holland and Luxembourg… Audio

Dr. Frank Chaloupka discusses the efficacy of tax control policies on tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use. He is a distinguished professor of economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago and… Audio