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Tea Party Is Partying and Martyring Like It's 2009
Fri, 24 May 2013 16:18:27 +1200 | Bill Berkowitz
A recent headline at the reliably conservative web site WND.com may say it all: "IRS Targeting Brings Tea Party Back From Dead." After a few years in the political wilderness, thanks to the IRS scandal, the Tea Party is once again in the national ...More >>
GPG pension headache puts brake on wind-down plan
Thu, 23 May 2013 11:04:29 +1200 | BusinessDesk
May 23 (BusinessDesk) - Guinness Peat Group will have to keep on more staff than previously planned as it works with the UK regulator over its liability for the Coats pension schemes. More >>
NZ Businesses Buck Trend On Wanting More Tax Guidance
Thu, 23 May 2013 09:27:05 +1200 | Grant Thornton International Business Report
New Zealand businesses don’t want as much tax guidance as their overseas counterparts, according to the latest research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report. More >>
Tea Party "Working The Refs" in IRS Scandal
Wed, 22 May 2013 15:22:27 +1200 | Bill Berkowitz
Diogenes was a fifth century BC Greek philosopher, and a rather controversial one at that. Also known as Diogenes the Cynic, it is said that he took a vow of poverty and often lived in a barrel. He was a social critic long before social critics became ...More >>
My Tea Party 'Taliban' Comment...What is the Lesson Here?
Wed, 22 May 2013 15:06:22 +1200 | Julian Bond
I have always suspected that racists didn't like being called out for their racism. Now I have proof. When I told MSNBC's Thomas Roberts on May 14th that the Tea Party was "the Taliban wing of American politics", a firestorm erupted.More >>
Public Submissions Encouraged on Mackenzie Issues
Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:23 +1200 | Mackenzie District Council
The public are invited to have a say on issues affecting the Mackenzie District -- including a proposal to spend millions of dollars upgrading the Twizel water supply, and the planned development of the Lake Tekapo village water front.More >>
The Real Deal: Make Way for Killers & the Tax Haven Round Up
Wed, 22 May 2013 13:04:39 +1200 | Catherine Austin Fitts
There are no scandals in Washington. There is simply a turnover. We are preparing for an escalation of the global financial war. The old team are simply being told to step aside. Make way for the killers.More >>
Tax On “Private” Billions In Havens Enough to End Poverty
Wed, 22 May 2013 12:43:56 +1200 | Oxfam
Tax On the “Private” Billions Now Stashed Away In Havens Enough to End Extreme World Poverty, Twice Over More >>
Wellington City Council told to Constrain it's Spending
Tue, 21 May 2013 17:02:27 +1200 | Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce
Wellington City Council must reduce the growth in both its expenditure and its rates take, Wellington Employers’ Chamber of Commerce told councillors today in its submission on the council’s 2013-14 Draft Annual Plan.More >>
Thomson Reuters Launches New Tax And Accounting Platform
Tue, 21 May 2013 15:17:34 +1200 | Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has today launched Checkpoint® in New Zealand, a powerful online tax and accounting information service. The new platform is uniquely positioned to ...More >>
NZ targets $30M extra tax from mining tax changes
Mon, 20 May 2013 18:11:58 +1200 | BusinessDesk
May 20 (BusinessDesk) - The government's enthusiasm for mining does not run to leaving " very concessionary" tax treatment rules for mining company expenses in place, with Revenue Minister Peter Dunne tabling new legislation to raise around ...More >>
Dunne: Foreign Super and Mining Tax Rules to Change
Mon, 20 May 2013 14:10:05 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Proposals to reform the tax treatment of foreign superannuation and bring the tax treatment of gold, silver and ironsands mining into line with other economic activities are the centrepieces of a tax bill introduced in Parliament today, Revenue Minister ...More >>
Commission Identifies Companies Liable Levy
Mon, 20 May 2013 09:21:15 +1200 | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released its draft determination of the amounts telcos will pay towards the $50 million Telecommunications Development Levy for 2011/12. More >>
Petrol tax should be invested in public transport
Sat, 18 May 2013 17:27:53 +1200 | Green Party
The Green Party is urging the Government to invest revenue, raised by their increase in petrol tax, on public transport in light of evidence that car traffic volumes are decreasing.More >>
Tax Evasion results in community service
Fri, 17 May 2013 16:20:32 +1200 | Inland Revenue Department
A Hamilton man has been sentenced to 280 hours community service after admitting a charge of tax evasion. More >>
The Bogus Surplus – Massaging the Figures
Fri, 17 May 2013 14:59:36 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party
The 2014/15 surplus is not ‘wafer thin’, it comes from massaging from the numbers, rather than growth, Labour’s Revenue and Associate Finance Spokesperson David Cunliffe said.More >>
‘Budget 2013: Delivering progress and optimism’
Fri, 17 May 2013 10:08:02 +1200 | New Zealand Government
There has been a lot of talk since Budget 2013 was handed down yesterday about the new initiative where seriously defaulting student loan borrowers will be stopped at the border.More >>
2013 Budget Tool - Introducing the Tax Tracker Web App
Fri, 17 May 2013 09:20:33 +1200 | Maxim Institute
Did you know that your tax pays more towards subsidising tertiary education than for the Police and foreign aid combined? More >>
Budget 2013 - functional, not flashy
Thu, 16 May 2013 17:18:57 +1200 | Chapman Tripp
Finance Minister Bill English's approach to Budget 2013 was "to spend well, not to spend up". Flashy, no. Functional, yes. If last year's budget had an edgy feel as the Government tried (successfully) to keep the ratings agencies at bay, this year's ...More >>
Budget missed an opportunity – Booksellers NZ
Thu, 16 May 2013 17:13:28 +1200 | Booksellers NZ
Booksellers NZ is disappointed the Government did not make a budget statement of intent to clean up the $400 million loophole in the collection of GST. More >>
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