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Q+A Panel Discussion - Gabriel Makhlouf interview - 13 Oct

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:28:41 +1300 | TV One

We’re back with the panel. Dr Raymond Miller, Annette Sykes and Fran O’Sullivan. Well, Gabriel Makhlouf didn’t want to talk about the politics, but we certainly will. Raymond, how is it that this small faction on the far-right of the Republicans, ...More >>

Devil in the Details on Food Taxes and Subsidies

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:47:12 +1300 | University of Otago

Research teams we lead have published two papers in the last few weeks on food taxes and subsidies – both of which depend on what are called price elasticities.  Timely, in light of the launch last week of Appetite for Destruction that is focusing public ...More >>

NZPIF rejects the Financial Services Council’s claim

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:23:30 +1300 | NZ Property Investors' Federation

The Financial Services Council, a group representing Insurers and Fund Managers, is recommending government spend even more of tax payer funds to increase their members incomes.More >>

Plan to Make a Comfortable Retirement Affordable for NZers

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:30:08 +1300 | Financial Services Council

The Financial Services Council has developed a plan that makes KiwiSaver fair, accessible and affordable for everyone so that all New Zealand employees can have a comfortable retirement with savings that enable them to buy a second pension to have an income, ...More >>

Q+A John Brogden Interview Transcript 13/10/13

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:10:06 +1300 | TV One

Australia’s compulsory superannuation scheme has been ‘an incredibly beneficial policy’, says head of Australia’s Financial Services Council. More >>

Independent Liquor sellers chalk up early win vs Asahi

Wed, 9 Oct 2013 09:03:13 +1300 | BusinessDesk

Oct. 9 (BusinessDesk) - The private equity firms that sold local booze maker and distributor Independent Liquor have won the first round of a court battle to prevent buyer Asahi Holdings accessing privileged documents relating to the sale. More >>

Recommendations on Retirement Policy Make Good Sense

Wed, 9 Oct 2013 08:51:15 +1300 | Financial Services Council

Financial Services Council CEO, Peter Neilson has welcomed recommendations to address taxation, affordability and accessibility of KiwiSaver and the controversial issue of age eligibility for NZ Super contained in a discussion document just released ...More >>

European Austerity Hits America: Time to Suffer

Tue, 8 Oct 2013 16:53:15 +1300 | John Stanton

“Game Over”, so to speak. The dark times are here in America. You are on your own. The federal-state-local governments are broke. No more benefits for hungry children, homeless veterans and civilians. No more full-time employment with benefit packages.More >>

Government’s Regional Spending Is Not Investment

Tue, 8 Oct 2013 14:52:27 +1300 | New Zealand First Party

The Government is being deliberately misleading when it states that it is ‘investing right across the regions’ says Rt Hon Winston Peters. This follows the release of the Regional Government Expenditure Report today.More >>

IRD transformation project needs to be open to NZ firms

Tue, 8 Oct 2013 13:49:51 +1300 | Green Party

The Inland Revenue Department is needlessly shutting out New Zealand contractors from a slice of the biggest ICT contract in New Zealand’s history, Green Party ICT spokesperson Gareth Hughes said today.More >>

Report shows Govt investing right across the regions

Tue, 8 Oct 2013 13:48:25 +1300 | New Zealand Government

The first ever snapshot of central government spending by region shows that taxpayers’ dollars are being evenly distributed across New Zealand. Finance Minister Bill English and Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce today released the Regional Government ...More >>

Dunne Concerned Local Firms Shut Out of IRD Transformation

Tue, 8 Oct 2013 09:05:25 +1300 | United Future NZ Party

UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne is expressing concern at reports that local IT firms are being shut out of a lead role in Inland Revenue’s business transformation programme. More >>

Year End Financial Statements to 30 June 2013

Mon, 7 Oct 2013 16:59:20 +1300 | New Zealand Treasury

The latest year end financial statements are the Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the Year Ended 30 June 2013 [ Scoop copy, PDF ]published on 7 October 2013.More >>

NZ operating deficit smaller than forecast

Mon, 7 Oct 2013 16:16:38 +1300 | BusinessDesk

Oct. 7 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand government posted a smaller operating deficit than forecast in the May budget after taking in more corporate tax take and spending less than expected on the Canterbury earthquake. The government affirmed its target ...More >>

Crown accounts show surplus within reach

Mon, 7 Oct 2013 16:04:31 +1300 | New Zealand Government

Higher tax revenue and lower than forecast core Crown expenses helped to more than halve the Government’s operating deficit before gains and losses to $4.4 billion in the year to 30 June 2013, compared with a $9.2 billion deficit the previous year.More >>

Going Places With ATAINZ - You're Invited!

Mon, 7 Oct 2013 13:11:46 +1300 | Accountants and Tax Agents Institute of NZ

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” Henry Ford Positive progress is central to the Accountants and Tax Agents Institute of New Zealand (ATAINZ) and is the organisation literally ‘ going places’ around ...More >>

GST off rates would swing resources to local communities

Sat, 5 Oct 2013 12:23:28 +1300 | Vaughan Gunson

“Removing GST from rates would be a quick first step to swinging more resources back to local communities, away from centralisation in Wellington,” says Vaughan Gunson, Coastal North candidate for the Northland Regional Council. More >>

Debates put topical issues under the microscope

Fri, 4 Oct 2013 11:50:24 +1300 | Victoria University of Wellington

Arguments for and against taxing internet sales, setting up a social insurance fund to cover welfare payments and user charges for new infrastructure will be thrashed out at a series of debates to be hosted by Victoria University over the next three ...More >>

Expression of Interest for IRD's Transformation programme

Thu, 3 Oct 2013 14:55:09 +1300 | Inland Revenue Department

Inland Revenue has today released the formal Expression of Interest (EOI) process of its Transformation programme. This is to procure a service provider(s) who will help Inland Revenue design the first stage of Transformation and also provide high ...More >>

Expressions of Interest - Business Transformation programme

Thu, 3 Oct 2013 14:27:44 +1300 | New Zealand Government

Revenue Minister Todd McClay has welcomed the start of the formal Expression of Interest process of Inland Revenue’s Transformation programme. “This is the next step in transforming Inland Revenue into a more user-friendly agency that will allow New ...More >>

 

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