
Craig Elliffe: Others' tax tactics worth a look for NZ
International tax issues are bubbling away again with the recent revelation from the NZ Herald that multinationals operating in NZ pay just $1.8 million of tax on revenue of $10 billion.
International tax issues are bubbling away again with the recent revelation from the NZ Herald that multinationals operating in NZ pay just $1.8 million of tax on revenue of $10 billion.
Multinational tax policy isn't easy or simple and it isn't usually sexy. But, like a lot of things, the internet has livened up the debate.
Taxpayers' Union says Labour Party plans for "universal basic income" will come with hefty price tag.
COMMENT: Australia's people have been given unprecedented access into the tax affairs of the nation's largest private companies.
COMMENT: Playing field for tax calculations is far from level - subsidising some but penalising others, writes Mary Holm.
Facebook and Google were included in a list of 20 companies assessed by the Herald as being the most aggressive in legally shifting profits out of NZ.
The debate over corporate tax is moving on - and fast. Matt Nippert reports.
New Zealand's intelligence agencies would be able to access individuals' tax information if parliament backs the recent review carried out by Michael Cullen and Patsy Reddy.
The New Zealand Herald investigation into multinational tax has sparked a political scrap with Labour finance spokesman Grant Robertson.
COMMENT: Boycott those companies spending a fortune to avoid paying their fair share. What they're doing might be legal - but it's morally bankrupt.
You can dip into your KiwiSaver once you are eligible for New Zealand superannuation as long as you have been in the scheme for at least five years.
The drug giant seeking $30m from the taxpayer for its cancer drug Keytruda paid less income tax in 2014 than PM John Key.
Business is facing change on a scale it hasn't seen since the 1980s as multi-nationals are targeted with new tax rules.
United Future leader Peter Dunne said he was well aware of the "urgent" issue of the tax paid by multinational companies.
Local tech companies say we need an inquiry into the multinational tax gap - which allows rivals to pay less tax than homegrown companies.
INTERACTIVE: 20 large companies made $10b of sales to Kiwis, but paid just $1.8min tax.
INTERACTIVE: Multinationals insist they are meeting their NZ legal obligations.
Leaders of the Gloriavale Christian Community have opened up to the public after revelations the group has more than $40 million in assets.
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Crackdown on cash jobs is welcome, but IRD should not forget corporate big fish.
But increase has the Taxpayers' Union lashing out at the Government.
Inland Revenue Department prosecuted fewer people in 2015 than the year before, but the value of the frauds was bigger.
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