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Focus: Leaders respond to potential 'flood tax'

PM Chris Hipkins, Christopher Luxon and Grant Robertson react to a potential new 'flood tax' that could be used to pay for the Cyclone Gabrielle recovery. Video / NZ Herald

Dos and don'ts of duty-free: Can airports ask for items back?

Tax-exempt shopping isn't a discount outlet for luxury goods. There are rules.

Opinion: National's unwise double down on 'trickle down'

Panic's set in about tax cuts in the UK, but not in NZ's National Party.

TOP eyes Parliament with $6.35b tax cut, and tax on land

TOP wants to slash the 10.5 per cent tax rate to zero.

Thomas Coughlan: Can Labour promise to cut taxes?

OPINION: Labour hasn't ruled out tax cuts - but it hasn't exactly ruled them in either.

Focus Morning Bulletin: 1 September, 2022

PR disaster blows up the Government’s tax plans, the housing market downturn accelerates and a break in royal tradition as the Queen prepares to appoint the new British Prime Minister in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Editorial: GST plan on Kiwisaver fees implodes

OPINION: Our editorial on the heated response to proposed GST charges on managed funds.

Focus Morning Bulletin: 31 August, 2022

The Government introduces a tax on Kiwisaver, the new plan to stop the crime wave and remembering Princess Diana 25 years on in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Why pay your tax - when it's cheaper to wait?

Rate hikes, and removal of interest charges on late tax payments, triggers perfect storm.

Focus: Wealth tax explained

PM Jacinda Ardern has faced a flurry of questioning on the likelihood of Labour introducing a wealth tax, so NZ Herald Business Editor at Large Liam Dann explains what this could mean for Kiwis. Video / Mark Mitchell / NZ Herald

Focus Morning Bulletin: 03 May, 2022

Wealth tax confusion, the pressure on our nurses during lockdown revealed and how much more women could earn from pay gap reporting in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Jack Tame: Is a fairer tax system on the way?

OPINION: Tax ultimately needs to appeal to Kiwis' sense of fairness.

Peter Davis: New Zealand's health system isn't under-funded

OPINION: 'We could pay for a lot more health care if we wanted - and could afford to.'

Thomas Coughlan: We've lived an entire election in four days

Announcing National's tax policy on Sunday, Christopher Luxon goaded Grant Robertson.

'Don't be caught like we were' - parents snared in tax trap after helping daughter

'It never occurred to us we would be liable for tax' - father of family caught.