IS THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX REALLY DEAD?

Who killed the capital gains tax proposal and why? What did that decision cost us? And is it really dead or just resting?

13 January 2020

UBER IS A CASE STUDY IN OUR COMPLICITY WITH TAX AVOIDANCE

Uber stands as a poster child for the tech industry’s aggressive, and at worst frankly immoral business activities. It’s also the exemplar of why we cooperated in that loss of control.

21 October 2019
ACCOUNTANTS ANGRY AT IR ‘CONFUSING’ CLIENTS

Inland Revenue is being told to butt out and stop communicating directly with accountants’ clients. Tax consultant Terry Baucher said it was something that accountants were feeling increasingly exasperated about.

1 December 2019
TAX CRACKDOWN ON AIR BNB OWNERS

Take care if you’re one of the thousands of Kiwis using Airbnb or other online websites to rent out a home; you could be in the crosshairs of Inland Revenue.

30 October 2019
INLAND REVENUE 5 YEARS LATE ON CRACKDOWN

IRD says it would continue to use the strategy to catch operators failing to comply with tax law, but Terry Baucher says IRD has in recent years taken its “eye off the ball”

29 July 2019

LACK OF KNOWLEDGE COSTING MILLIONS IN DISPUTED TAX

Despite more super-rich earners, the amount of disputed tax has decreased from $112 million to just over $85 million in the same period.

30th October 2019
IRD 5 YEARS LATE WITH ‘BLITZ’

The Inland Revenue is late to tackle the estimated billion-dollar “hidden economy”. It could be missing $1 billion in tax revenues.

14 October 2019
KIWISAVER OVERPAYMENTS

Terry was a guest on TVNZ Breakfast being interviewed by Hayley Holt in regard to KiwiSaver overpayments.

20th May 2019
BUILDING TAX DEPRECIATION

The background and ramifications from the removal of tax depreciation on all buildings.

29 July 2019

LACK OF KNOWLEDGE COSTING MILLIONS IN DISPUTED TAX

Despite more super-rich earners, the amount of disputed tax has decreased from $112 million to just over $85 million in the same period.

21 June 2019
5 MOST IMPORTANT TAX-REFORMING FINANCE MINISTERS

The role of a finance minister is hugely important as they set the direction for an economy. Tax is a major part of any finance minister’s responsibilities…

12 May 2019
MATT NIPPERT ON CULLEN TRIAL

Quotes “Tax consultant Terry Baucher, who reviewed the published ruling on the case, said the dispute boiled down to the spirit of the law…”

30 April 2019
MINISTER OF REVENUE SPEAKS

Tax Take Event with the Minister of Revenue, Stuart Nash, Tax Working Group member Craig Elliffe & Terry Baucher, tax practitioner and member of the Small Business Council.

19 April 2019
NO PRIORITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES

The other big Tax Working Group surprise for me is the decision to not prioritise any new environmental tax proposals for now.

18 April 2019
TAX ADVICE IGNORED

Along with no CGT, the Labour government is left with other tax headaches like what to do about sugar consumption, the environment, and tax thresholds

17 April 2019
ONE CGT TO RULE THEM ALL?

We should hear which of the Tax Working Group’s recommendations the Government proposes to implement this week.

28 January 2019
FISCAL DRAG

The trouble with Fiscal Drag as you cross a tax bracket and it’s not adjusted for inflation and so reduces your take home pay.

12 October 2018
GOVERNMENT SUBMISSION

Oral submission by video on Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018-19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Bill to Parliament’s Finance & Expenditure Committee