
Name: Dione Kimpton, TalkTax Editor
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Web Site: http://www.talktax.co.nz
Bio: Dione is Product Development Editor at CCH NZ and is responsbile for new product development for the tax, accountancy and legal markets. She is also the Editor for TalkTax. She would be interested in hearing from anyone who is interested in writing for TalkTax or if you would like to contribute written commentary or articles or have an idea for a new title. We are always interested in hearing from potential contributors who are specialists in Tax, Accounting and Financial Planning, HR, Employment, Conveyancing, Corporate or Business Law.
Posts by Dione Kimpton, TalkTax Editor:
Business Recovery Centre – Christchurch
March 8th, 2011A business recovery centre has been set up to help small business get back on their feet. It is situated at 21 Opawa Road, Christchurch and will give users access to a boardroom, meeting rooms, telephone conferencing, 8 computer terminals with internet, Free Wifi, Microsoft applications and a kitchen. For further information and advice on what help is available to you and your business visit www.businessrecoverychristchurch.co.nz or call 0800 BEYOND.
Our thoughts are with Christchurch
February 23rd, 2011Like the rest of the country, we are all shocked and saddened by yesterday’s earthquake and the devastation and loss in Christchurch. That this should happen again, with such force, to a city still recovering from the September quake and the 4,900 or so aftershocks they have had to deal with since, is tragic and our hearts go out to the people of Christchurch. Here at TalkTax and CCH we have a number of Christchurch-based authors, and in particular we would like them and all our Canterbury-based subscribers and customers to know that our thoughts are with them and their families and friends at this time.
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RAP on RAP: marching to a different beat?
June 3rd, 2010Received anonymously:
The Rewrite Advisory Panel (RAP) was established to advise rewriters of the Income Tax Act 1994. The Income Tax Act 2004 saw the RAP becoming the arbiter on possible unintended legislative changes and the Income Tax Act 2007 saw it becoming the overseer of the clarity of that Act (see: www.rewriteadvisory.govt.nz)
In 2009, a submitter raised with the RAP the definition of ‘revenue account property’ (the second RAP referred to in the title but, to avoid confusion, I do not use that acronym in this note). The submitter said:–
‘In Vicki you can Trust’…
February 9th, 2010Congratulations to Vicki Ammundsen one of TalkTax’s respected authors. Her new book ‘Taxation of Trusts’, published by CCH, is out now…
TalkTax winners…
October 7th, 2009Congratulations to Sybrand van Schalkwyk and Terry Baucher our TalkTax competition winners for September. They each win a copy of James Coleman’s new book Tax Avoidance Law in New Zealand.
TalkTax has been running just a little over two months now and we’re really pleased with the response to date. We’ve had over 2,500 visits and 8,110 page views in that time.
Do you have something to blog about…? If you are interested in contributing to TalkTax we’d love to hear from you. Please contact us on info@talktax.co.nz.
Win a copy of Tax Avoidance Law in New Zealand
September 1st, 2009Fancy a free book…? Post an article or comment on a posting on TalkTax in September and you could win one of two copies of James Coleman’s new book ‘Tax Avoidance Law in New Zealand’…


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