May 1, 2023 | Business & Economics, Featured
Photo by Thomas Coker on Unsplash Craig Elliffe, University of Auckland If nothing else, the just released Inland Revenue study of the tax rates paid by the wealthiest New Zealanders should put to rest the notion we have a progressive tax system. We don’t. A...
Nov 17, 2021 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Ellis Simani, Robert Faturechi & Ken Ward Jr. IRS records reveal how Gov. Jim Justice, Gov. Jared Polis, former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and other wealthy political figures slashed their taxes using strategies unavailable to most of their constituents....
Oct 20, 2021 | Business & Economics
By George Turner The Pandora Papers show how the tax industry uses ‘special purpose vehicles’ to avoid stamp duty – despite repeated legislation to prevent this. The Pandora Papers shed light on a UK property market that operates under two parallel structures. The...
Jul 26, 2021 | Business & Economics
The question of how to tax multinational companies that operate highly digitalised business models is one of the most contested areas of international taxation. The tax paid in the jurisdictions in which these companies operate has not kept pace with their immense...
Jul 20, 2021 | Business & Economics
By Victoria Plekhanova Australia and New Zealand are signing up for an international tax on the tech giants — but will it be enough? Australia, New Zealand and many other countries are losing hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue each year by not adequately...
Apr 14, 2021 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
Is tax the ticking time bomb of our generation? That is the focus of this lecture hosted by the University of Auckland Law School. Featuring a panel of tax experts, this seminar will discuss current and pressing tax issues such as tax and the property market, wealth...
Apr 7, 2021 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Alison Pavlovich “If we want a fair and prosperous future, we need a tax system that helps to redress market inequalities.” ACT leader, David Seymour, and National Party leader, Judith Collins, have both labelled the extension of the bright-line test...
Mar 9, 2021 | Business & Economics
By Chuck Collins The US’s billionaires have amassed democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and power as millions have been thrown into poverty, says Chuck Collins. What should good societies do when a wealthy few reap enormous financial windfalls during a...
Aug 10, 2020 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Craig Elliffe The recent announcement by the Green Party of a proposed wealth tax raises many important questions about the taxation system in New Zealand. The recent announcement by the Green Party[1] of a proposed wealth tax raises many important questions about...
Nov 14, 2018 | Business & Economics
By Marco Springmann Marco Springmann explores the benefits of implementing a tax on meat. By now you’ve probably heard that eating too much red and processed meat is bad for you. Not only is it associated with increased rates of coronary heart disease, stroke,...