Tax Working Group
Tax Working Group head Michael Cullen doesn't expect a CGT in his lifetime
The former chair of the Government's Tax Working group says he's disappointed but not surprised that its proposal for a capital gains tax was rejected outright. Lisa Owen interviews Sir Michael… Video, Audio
Govt defends paying Sir Michael Cullen $1000 a day
The government is defending paying Sir Michael Cullen $1000 a day as the head of the Tax Working Group, two weeks after it delivered its final report.
Broadcasters go OTT on CGT
There has been an overload of opinions about capital gains tax in the media lately from economists, lobbyists, politicians and business people who are part of the story. But plenty of the broadcasters… Audio
Kiwi way of life and the CGT
The Tax Working Group has delivered its recommendations to the government with a Capital Gains Tax rising to the fore. It's suggested a CGT rate of 33 per cent .In the UK it's 28 per cent, in France… Audio
Capital Gains Tax
The Tax Working Group has today announced its recommendations. The least surprising thing is the long-anticipated Capital Gains Tax - which is the tax on the profit from the sale of an asset. The… Audio
Are we headed toward a Capital Gains Tax?
The Tax Working Group is recommending a Capital Gains Tax. Gyles Beckford joins us to explain what the Group's recommendations mean for ordinary New Zealanders. Audio
Tax shakeup: details revealed
Sir Michael Cullen, chair of the Tax Working Group on the highly anticipated final report into how to improve our tax system. The changes would be the biggest shake-up to the tax system since GST was… Audio
Tax Working Group report release
The country will finally get to see what the Government's Tax Working Group has come up with later this morning. Sir Michael Cullen and his team of financial experts have been working for more than a… Audio
Tax breaks for quake strengthening raised
Tax deductions for people who strengthen their buildings against earthquakes has been raised as a possibility in the interim report from the government's Tax Working Group.
Simple capital gains tax unlikely after report
The possibility of a straight capital gains tax is looking even less likely with the release of the Tax Working Group's interim report, which included a range of proposals for environmental taxes, and… Audio
John Shewan: 'System's not broken, but it can be improved'
The Tax Working Group has signalled New Zealand should tax emissions more, leave GST alone, and offered suggestions on a capital gains tax. John Shewan is a former chair of PWC and a member of the… Video, Audio
Working group hints at broad reform of capital tax
We got the first peek into the thinking of the tax working group today as it delivered its interim report. Audio
Tax review head Cullen has 'huge integrity'
The government says it's unfair to say the head of its tax working group, Sir Michael Cullen, will just toe the party line. Audio