New Zealand Government releases program of tax policy work

Darshana Elwela, John Cantin and Rachel Piper provide an overview of the NZ Government’s priorities for the tax system.

The New Zealand Government’s one page 2021-22 Tax Policy Work Program signals its immediate and longer term priorities for the tax system. Short on detail, it nevertheless contains important directions for travel. Some might be more apparent than others – e.g. the residential housing tax changes, which use tax levers to try to achieve non-tax objectives. The interaction between tax policy and other policy objectives is a key, but not the only, focus. Integrity, general maintenance of the ...

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Authors: Darshana Elwela, John Cantin,

Published Date: 31 August 2021