The Week In Tax

This week: What will be the big tax issues over the next decade? Inland Revenue cracks down on Student Loan debtors Is CGT really dead?

A look back at the big tax stories of 2019 The Tax Working Group report and capital gains tax Inland Revenue's business transformation OECD's international tax proposals

Chris Cunniffe of Tax Management New Zealand talks about tax pooling & the latest TMNZ/CAANZ survey of tax agent satisfaction with Inland Revenue

Inland Revenue's new approach to tax investigations Waste disposal levy good example of an environmental tax How being 6 minutes late could cost the ATO almost $100 million

The Week in Tax 22 November 2019 More on Inland Revenue CRS initiative The future of tax Why did the Tax Working Group's CGT proposal fail?

Property developers and a still too common GST mistake EU proposes sharing credit card data to counter tax fraud OECD proposes minimum global tax rate as part of BEPS initiative

Tax perils of being a trustee HM Revenue & Customs guidance on cryptoassets Confused by your myIR dashboard? You're not alone

Inland Revenue targets the hidden economy in Queenstown and how much additional tax has it raised from the hidden economy since 2010 Using technology to counter tax evasion - the Swedish experience Have property in the United States? You could be subject to US Estate Tax

This week I take a look at Inland Revenue's annual report - How much additional tax did it raise? Who is it sharing information with? How did it do against its own performance measures?

This week I'm joined by Geof Nightingale of PWC and we discuss: The Tax Working Group How the Budget surplus could be used to improve taxes for middle income earners The pros and cons of a Digital Services Tax and The OECD's recently announced international tax proposals

OECD proposes the biggest changes to international tax since the 1920s, The Government has a surplus but what about the cost of superannuation? Inland Revenue targets cash economy

This week Inland Revenue issues consultation on habitual buying and selling of land Two Tax Working Group recommendations on feasibility expenditure and shareholder continuity approved Inland Revenue issues Automatic Exchange of Information letters

Special International Podcast Day edition Observations of tax in the UK differential VAT/GST rates OECD on taxing energy Comparing NZ tax system with that of the UK and Germany

Why small businesses need a tax advocate More on using cryptocurrencies to pay salaries Another unknown unknown the UK regulations implementing the 4th EU Anti-money laundering directive

What are the "Unknown unknowns" of tax - the financial arrangements regime and Inheritance Tax Wage theft and missing PAYE and KiwiSaver contributions National's tax policy - indexing thresholds, changes to the bright-line test and loss ring-fencing

A free-ranging discussion with journalist, academic and author Max Rashbrooke about the future of tax and the possibility of a wealth tax

Inland Revenue's three new rulings on taxing crypto-assets paid as salary and wages/bonuses New draft determination on using smartphone for business Inland Revenue audit activity on the decline?

This week The impact of Brexit and the financial arrangements regime The Government's tax policy work programme for the next 18 months 15 years ago...

What tax do High Wealth Individuals pay Can an exemption really increase tax revenue? Simplifying provisional tax

This week in tax Inland Revenue explains the work related vehicle exemption Is insulation deductible? Should it be? Just how good is Inland Revenue's $1.5 billion business transformation?

This week Time to change FBT on cars and is that twin cab ute a work-related vehicle? Digital services tax - good politics but bad policy? Taxing cryptocurrencies

This week: What's with Inland Revenue's new use of money interest rates Inland Revenue survey on costs of tax compliance for small businesses Productivity Commission on vacant land tax

This week: Loss ring-fencing legislation passed Business mileage and business use of building rates OECD's exchange of information and Common Reporting Standards

This week ANZ Bank and David Hisco tax planning Update on Inland Revenue's business transformation progress and implications for tax agents UK inheritance tax and New Zealand residents

This week - PIE debacle gets bigger - Can you really claim expenses for wine storage - Do flat taxes work?