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:

    Worked with great tax lawyers this year? Seeking nominations!

    August 19th, 2010

    Outstanding tax lawyers to be recognised in New Zealand’s ‘client choice’ awards

    TAX LAWYERS now have their own separate accolade at the premier awards for the New Zealand legal profession, with the introduction of the CCH Tax Law Award for the upcoming 2010 New Zealand Law Awards™ (Law Awards). Now in its sixth year, the New Zealand Law Awards™ recognise the “cream of the legal profession” and are the highlight of the local legal calendar as the only event in New Zealand that celebrates and rewards excellence in client service by law firms and barristers as judged by their clients, and by in-house legal teams as judged by their legal peers. Read the rest of this entry “

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    RAP on RAP: marching to a different beat?

    June 3rd, 2010

    Received 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:–

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    ‘In Vicki you can Trust’…

    February 9th, 2010

    Congratulations to Vicki Ammundsen one of TalkTax’s respected authors. Her new book ‘Taxation of Trusts’, published by CCH, is out now…

    Taxation of Trusts

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    TalkTax winners…

    October 7th, 2009

    Congratulations 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.

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    Win a copy of Tax Avoidance Law in New Zealand

    September 1st, 2009

    Fancy 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’…

    Tax Avoidance

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