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BusinessTax Updates – 24th August
When an employee dies: what employers, executors and families need to know about tax The death of an employee is difficult enough for colleagues and family without the added complication of working out the tax treatment of any payments that follow. On 17 August 2026, Inland Revenue released Interpretation Statement IS 26/13, Income tax – […]
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Tax Updates – 17th August
Horticultural sector non-compliance on IR’s radar Inland Revenue has issued Revenue Alert RA 26/02, signalling a significant escalation in its compliance focus on the horticultural sector. The Alert identifies a cluster of practices the Commissioner considers pose a real risk to the integrity of the tax system, and confirms that growers, contractors and subcontractors across […]
Tax Updates – 10th August
Court Awarded Costs & GST IR has released Interpretation Statement IS 26/11, setting out when court-awarded costs and disbursements — and equivalent out-of-court settlement payments — attract GST. The short answer for most litigants: they don’t. But there are important exceptions, and the GST status of the party receiving the award can still affect how […]
Tax Updates – 3rd August
Can you have a Bare Trust when property is mortgaged The Revenue has released a new Question We’ve Been Asked (QWBA), addressing a question that arises frequently in family and cross-border lending arrangements: can a bare trust exist under section YB 21 of the Income Tax Act 2007 where the property held in trust is […]
Tax Updates 27 July
Getting a cashback payment from the Bank – Taxable or not? I’m a little surprised it has taken this long however finally IR has released a draft Question We’ve Been Asked (QWBA), reference PUB00504, addressing a question many mortgage holders have likely wondered about: is the cash incentive payment (also known as a cashback payment) […]
A game of ping pong with the IRD and the Bank
It’s Income Tax filing time, and many are now completing their returns for the year. As a client, you will see the finished product: a return, filed on time, numbers reconciled, nothing left out that shouldn’t be. What happens behind the scenes, however, is never really witnessed: the checking, the chasing, and the refusal to […]
