Should businesses or individuals who get loans from family trusts be worried that withdrawals could now be counted as income and be taxed?

Fears of a mass investor exodus from the property market as a result of Budget tax changes have failed to materialise, but many landlords are ready to put up rents.

A court decision could allow the IRD to prosecute professionals using company structures to avoid high personal income tax rates.

Columnist Matt McCarten been thinking about John Key's comments around the Budget asking us not to be jealous of the rich.

Sovereign says it plans to mitigate impending tax increases by shaving as much as 15 per cent from the commissions received by advisers.