Accounting slip-ups have big costs
Simple errors made by small businesses are resulting in penalties worth thousands of dollars.
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Supreme Court decision creates 'new playing field' for tax avoidance
Today's landmark Supreme Court ruling on tax avoidance by two Christchurch surgeons shows there is a "new playing field with regard to the application of tax avoidance rules in New Zealand,
Supreme Court backs taxman in landmark avoidance case
The Supreme Court has sided with the tax department in its judgment on a landmark tax avoidance case involving two Christchurch surgeons.
Jail for accountant who fleeced trust
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<i>Tony Joyce:</i> The need to avoid tax uncertainty
Uncertainty is possibly the most unwanted and disruptive influence on business today.
<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Hotchin deserves all the heat
In olden times, the mob would deliver justice via the guillotine and celebrate the deed by parading the guilty person's head on a pike.
Andrew Krukziener bankrupt
Metropolis developer Andrew Krukziener has been bankrupted after surrendering to Inland Revenue's $6 million application.
<i>All in a day's work: </i>A pre-Christmas pay rise?
Add Christmas and the associated financial pressures into the mix, and I suspect this unfortunate trend of employee theft and fraud may continue into 2011.