IRD yet to decide if it will oppose a bid from Graeme Hart's auto parts business to have its US bankruptcy protection recognised here.

A High Court judge has thrown out a defence put up by two Masala restaurant bosses to a liquidators' claim.

The Prime Minister was too quick to declare his confidence in this country's treatment of foreign trusts following the "Panama papers".

New Zealand is not a tax haven, says the man who reviewed the country's foreign trust regime in the wake of the Panama Papers document dump.

A similar policy is currently in force in Australia.

Tribeca Homes collapsed last May, leaving dozens of Auckland home-builders in the lurch.

The long-planned information technology project aims to completely overhaul the country's taxation system.

Liam Dann writes the 2016 Budget is the greens before the treats, but Bill English has delivered his promise of boring and stable.

The average Kiwi tax refund has increased 23 per cent over the past three years, research has found.

We should be reducing debt faster while the good times last, not talking about tax cuts.

COMMENT: Last week Bill English poured cold water on the idea of tax cuts, writes Barry Soper. This week John Key tells a different story.

COMMENT: The Panama Papers big reveal proved better in prospect than reality.

COMMENT: Foreign trusts don't come without a cost, writes Rachel Smallley. Don't kid yourself by thinking no-one loses from this. Millions lose. If people don't pay tax, economies suffer.

COMMENT: There's an old political saying that knowledge is power and for once John Key didn't have the knowledge leaving a group of journalists with the power, writes Barry Soper.

COMMENT: The time has come for the New Zealand Government to take similar action to close the profit-shifting loopholes that these corporations are exploiting in our country.

Tax officials formally scheduled a review of NZ's foreign trusts regime a month before the PM's lawyer began lobbying, the Labour Party says.

The New Zealand branch of the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer sent tens of millions offshore while paying virtually no tax.

COMMENT: Now that the Prime Minister has let the land tax genie out of the bottle we should all have a good close look to see which version suits us best.

PM John Key this week proposed a new tax on offshore purchases. Could the Government be doing more?

We need data on the activity and influence of foreign property investors before committing to the risks and costs associated with a selective land tax, says Bob Buckle.

COMMENT: The Panama Papers have renewed calls over the last few years to make all tax returns public. This is already so in Sweden and Norway.

27 properties - some worth nearly $3m owned by those linked to the Masala restaurant chain will stay frozen.

What are some smart ways to put a looming tax refund to work?

COMMENT: The signs of wealth are easy to see in Panama - but how did it get that way, and is there a New Zealand connection?