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Richard'sInterest deduction limitation rules: update
In our June newsletter I wrote an article that ‘attempted’ to explain the Government’s proposed new interest deduction limitation rules, which were to have an effective commencement date of October 1st, 2021. In this respect, my drafting of this commentary was only a week or so post the release of the Government’s own 143-page discussion document titled […]
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Politics or Good Policy?
Make Up Your Own Mind The 2015 Budget saw the introduction of proposals to “improve compliance in the property investment sector.” Under the new rules, from 1st October 2015, transferors and transferees of land will be required to provide certain tax information at the time of the land transfer, with registration of the transfer not […]
Richard – Our Tax Specialist
Richard has had over 25 years’ experience with NZ taxation, and particularly enjoys dealing with land tax issues and the GST regime. He deals with clients of all types and sizes and provides tax opinions on the appropriate treatment of items of income and expenditure, assists clients with IRD risk reviews and audits and can […]
Tax Residency – what's my status?
A recent TRA case (10/2013 (2013) NZTRA 10) has once again highlighted the issues surrounding tax residency, how subjective the rules are and the costs of getting it wrong. The case surrounded a taxpayer who had been in the NZ Army for over 25 years, working in both NZ and overseas. After leaving the Army […]
Foreign Superannuation – to bring back or not to bring back
That is the Question… On Thursday 27th February 2014, the Taxation (Annual Rates, Foreign Superannuation, and Remedial Matters) Bill received Royal Assent, the final part of the process that brings a new piece of legislation into effect. While also confirming the tax rates for the coming 2015 tax year, a prime focus of the Bill […]
2014 budget – "the white budget??"
While many are referring to the recently released Australian budget as the “Black Budget”, not so for our own issued by Bill English yesterday (15th May 2014). The Budget in itself was fairly tame, not surprising considering it is an election year. And being an election year, there was of course a sly mention that […]
