The amount of lost tax revenue from "under-the-table" activity is likely to be roughly the same size as the 2013 Govt deficit, writes Thomas Pippos.

The Christmas holiday break is a great time to take stock, regroup and think about the shape of your business for the year ahead. Tax risk management should form a part of those reflections.

A High Court judge has rebuked the IRD, calling its application to freeze $462,000 in the bank account of a Rotorua woman "misleading".

Hundreds of thousands of Kiwis are up for a tax king hit. And many of them have no idea it's coming.

British expats in New Zealand have been warned to transfer their pensions to New Zealand soon to avoid losing big chunks of their savings to the taxman.

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

It's time to make Google, Apple and other multinational companies pay more taxes, say G20 leaders.

A former restaurant owner found guilty of illegally claiming nearly $380,000 is sentenced to 10 months home detention and a reparation order of $7500.

New Zealanders who have money saved in Australian superannuation schemes should think carefully before choosing to bring their money home, says a financial adviser.

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

A major new global plan aimed at forcing multinationals to pay more taxes has been described as underwhelming and disappointing by a Kiwi tax expert.

One of the country's main bicycle retailers says stores will go out of business unless the Government finds a way to charge GST on overseas online purchases.

NZ's current tax system doesn't stack up as either fair or efficient because it doesn't tax the full benefits provided by housing and other types of wealth, writes Gareth Morgan.

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

A subsidiary of Allied Farmers has been served with a liquidation notice from Inland Revenue for $4.2 million.

IRD has this morning obtained freezing orders over property in a company directed by Paul Webb, a former Dragon's Den judge.

Two-thirds of the way through the Government's financial year tax revenue is running 6.3 per cent above the same period last year, while spending is flat.

The Government might reconsider plans to tax employers on inner-city carparks they provide to employees if it finds the additional costs on businesses would outweigh the revenue raised, Finance Minister Bill English said yesterday.

In the second column examples were given on the strategies used by some American multinational companies to reduce their profitability in Britain.

The debate around the level of tax paid by multinational corporations, and where they pay them, has morphed into a drama involving protagonists.