The Financial Markets Authority is refusing to disclose who paid what in its $22 million Strategic Finance settlement and says this confidentiality is appropriate.

The NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants brought disciplinary proceedings against a jailed and bankrupt finance company director - who is no longer a member.

Businesses are paying their bills in record time, with the forestry and agriculture sectors wining the prompt payment stakes while the transport industry is a distant last place, says credit checking agency Dun & Bradstreet.

Name suppression has been lifted on a Wellington accountant found guilty of providing false tax returns and misleading information to the Inland Revenue.

NZ and Australian accountants have voted in favour of a proposal to merge their two professional institutes into one trans-tasman body.

Kiwi and Australian accountants have voted in favour of a proposal to merge their two professional bodies.

An accountant has been struck off for scamming Inland Revenue out of $280,000 by doctoring his employer's tax returns to gain false donation rebates.

A Wellington businessman has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for his part in an aggressive tax evasion scheme.

Failed finance company Bridgecorp was on the path to insolvency when it issued the prospectus in 2006, the Court of Appeal heard today.

Former Bridgecorp CFO Rob Roest suggested the losses to investors were not as severe or widespread, when he appeared before the Court of Appeal today.

September 7, 2018: The sharemarket soared to another record high this week as investors continued to react positively to the phenomenal June 2018 year profit announcements.

For a man who claims to have become an accountant out of sheer laziness, Paul Chambers has a lot on his plate.

An accountant told to pay nearly $35,000 earlier this year for professional misconduct has now been suspended after his initial punishment was deemed too light.

Inland Revenue says the conviction of three businessmen for tax evasion today shows there are consequences when the rules are broken deliberately.

An accountant has been rapped over the knuckles and fined for helping family members with their tax returns without holding the necessary qualifications.

A Whangarei accountant has been suspended and ordered to pay $8000 after he misled the public by claiming to be a chartered accountant on his website.

Accountant who transformed her own business is now helping others to achieve the same thing.