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Tax UpdatesTax Updates: 17 June 2024
Welcome to this week’s review of tax issues where Richard comments on what’s been happening in the world of tax over the past week. If you have a question or would like a second opinion on any national or international tax issues, please contact Richard via email at richard@gilshep.co.nz. Main home – which one? With July 1 fast […]
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NZ Foreign Trust Disclosure Regime – two years on – are you complying?
A number of you will no doubt remember, the release of the Panama papers in early 2016, which suggested that NZ might be considered a tax haven, due to its taxation rules with respect to foreign trusts. Naturally the resulting public outcry saw the appointment of an independent reviewer by the Government, whose task it […]
Richard's Tax Updates: January
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 […]
Sit back and relax – attracting skilled talent to NZ
Packing up and moving to another country, will often involve multiple decisions needing to be made, some of which can have material consequences for you if you make the wrong choice. The process is often made harder, by the numerous emotions that will usually accompany the shift – leaving family and friends, new cultures and […]
Ring-Fencing Rental Losses
Presently, if you own a residential investment property, and it costs you more to operate for a particular income year, than the rental income you receive from your tenants, you make a rental loss which can then be offset against any other income you earn, thereby reducing the overall amount of tax you need to […]
Richard's Tax Updates: December & January
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 […]