Tax

The tit for tat tariff exchanges are heating up with Donald Trump responding to Canada's latest trade threats on social media. Audio

It you're actively avoiding your tax obligations, expect the spotlight of an auditor to shine brightly on your books Audio

This week’s sitting of Parliament began with two finance bills that have deadlines attached. Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Anti-smoking researchers are promising a healthy fight against the new government's moves to repeal world-first legislation on tobacco sales. Audio

National’s tax plan is a clever political document but raises questions about “heroic” numbers. We look at how much government spending doesn’t change and what’s up for grabs in coalition deals. Plus… Video, Audio

The National party's unveiled a tax plan worth $14.6 billion dollars over four years, that it says is targeted at the squeezed middle. National says a family with children and on the average household… Video, Audio

The National Party has unveiled its long-awaited tax relief plan, which could see some families $125 better off, per week. National is promising to introduce four new taxes to cover the cost… Video, Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

A reprieve from the rising cost of food can't come soon enough, but an economist is warning that removing GST is not the answer. National claims Labour plans to remove GST from fruit and vegetables if… Audio

National has accepted there's a blow-out in its tax policy - but is blaming the government for not getting inflation under control.

The Council of Trade Unions says the policy will cost $1.5 billion… Audio

Do the wealthy pay their fair share of tax? Three recent reports have come to very different conclusions. An Inland Revenue investigation has found New Zealand's wealthiest families pay less than half… Audio

Tax is inherently values-based - what one person thinks is fair could be unfair to someone else. Is that why changing the system is so hard? Audio

New research conducted by Inland Revenue has found New Zealand's ultra-rich pay tax at less than half the rate of the average person.

National's leader Christopher Luxon says the solution is not a… Audio

One of the country's rich listers surveyed in a government report on who pays the most tax says he supports a capital gains tax as do most of the ultra-wealthy.

A two-year investigation by Inland… Audio

The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions is staggered by figures that show the country's richest families pay about half as much tax on their income as an average New Zealander.

The IRD investigation… Audio

The richest NZ families are taxed at less than half the rate of your average New Zealander, according to new research.

And the Green Party says the simple fix is a comprehensive capital gain tax. The… Video, Audio

Max Rashbrooke is a senior associate of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University of Wellington and has written extensively on income inequality in New Zealand.

He talks… Video, Audio

An Inland Revenue investigation has found New Zealand's wealthiest families pay less than half the amount of tax, across all forms of income, than most other New Zealanders.

RNZ political editor Jane… Audio