Tax can be confusing – it seems to have its own special language, and politicians have a habit of saying things quickly and authoritatively about it that might not make much...
Category: Finance
The Conversation: Forget a capital gains tax – what New Zealand needs is a tax on inherited wealth
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The world's wealthiest people will transfer US$15.4 trillion in assets to their heirs in the next decade, according to a recent report.
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The Conversation: How NZ can close the generational gap by taxing boomers' wealth
The world's wealthiest people will transfer US$15.4 trillion in assets to their heirs in the next decade, according to a recent report.
Published by specialist data analysts...
What Britain stands to lose from trade deals with NZ and Aus
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Such is the magnitude of the issues faced by the Department of International...
Ministers ban Korean spiritual leader from buying Northland properties
Government Ministers have banned a Korean spiritual leader from buying many Northland properties for a retreat, after he sought retrospective consent for the deals already...
New Zealand shares joins Asia rally; Air NZ plummets
New Zealand shares joined a rally across Asia, clawing back some of the week's losses, despite Air New Zealand tumbling by a third after coming off a trading halt.
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NZ dollar flirts with Aussie parity; markets in freefall
Markets remain in freefall as investors continue to panic about the long-term impact of covid-19 on the global economy while the kiwi briefly touched parity with the Australian...
NZ dollar falls as investors flee to safety over pandemic fears
The New Zealand dollar fell as foreign investors cash in their holdings in a flight to safety amid the worsening coronavirus crisis.
The kiwi was trading at 59.60 US cents at...
Whitney Haring-Smith: US changes to foreign investments impact on NZ
COMMENT Along with Australia, Canada and the UK, New Zealand has been one of our closest English-speaking allies since the mid-1950s. In World War II, Kiwis and Americans fought on the same side...
RBNZ critics applaud governance changes, deposit insurance
Greater powers for the Reserve Bank to monitor banks and hold directors and executives to account are long overdue and needed to bring New Zealand into line with the rest of the world,...