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IRD may hit commercial fit-outs

The Government has embarked on a path to abolish building depreciation on virtually every building type and could hit depreciation claims on commercial building fit-outs in future, says Bayleys Valuations director John Freeman.

<i>Bernard Hickey: </i> Cut the middle class welfare

It's time to kill the middle class welfare boondoggles.

<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Budget raises burden on business

Post-Budget property talk

Uni hits out at lack of funding

Telecom woes 'lesson in selling off assets'

<i>Bryan Gould:</i> Pandering to the wealthy few a waste of time

Same goal, less money for Housing NZ

<i>Matt McCarten</i>: Brutal Budget wallops the poor, pampers the rich

<i>John Roughan</i>: Taxing question of top rate put to bed

Govt puts up $104m for leaky-school repairs, checks

The number of known leaking schools is now 145, double the estimate in September last year. The worst will benefit from $82 million allocated in the Budget for remedial work in the next year.

<i>Cartoon</i>: Up!

<i>Editorial</i>: New tax rules designed to end the rorts

<i>Brian Gaynor</i>: Savings focus makes this a landmark

Tax cut threat to universal super: expert

Key says NZ first with 28 per cent tax figure