Name: Daniel
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Web Site: http://www.dhatax.co.nz
Bio: Born and raised in Auckland, Chartered Accountant, Business Mentor and advisor Daniel Hunt has dedicated his professional efforts to the field of Business, Taxation and Education. Graduating from AUT, he joined the ranks of the world's largest accounting firm, Pricewaterhouse Coopers 2005. As his interest in business and education grew, Daniel has keenly involved himself with several Universities and Institutions throughout Auckland, becoming a vocal activist in the field of Business and Taxation. Dan has over five years experience advising on Taxation and business issues and has been involved in providing tax consulting, compliance and training services to a wide range of clients, from individuals to multi-national companies and across most business sectors. Dan has a very broad base of experience across most areas of tax and has significant experience in presenting Tax technical seminars to CA firms, Companies and Universities throughout Auckland. Dan has a particular interest in Land Transactions, International Taxation and Goods & Services Taxation. In January 2010, Dan founded his own Tax Training and Consulting practice, DHAtax which has grown strongly since its inception. He is a frequent writer and speaker on New Zealand Taxation and is currently completing his Masters in Taxation P: +64 21 023 62482 E: dan@dhatax.co.nz
Posts by Daniel Hunt:
J G Russell 30 years on – is the IRD ever going to give up?
August 6th, 2010…and so the battle continues between a tax “genius” and the IRD. Since the 1980s, Mr J G Russell (Mr Russell) has been involved in legal disputes with the IRD over various schemes designed to reduce liability for income tax on companies he consulted to. The IRD claims that he owes millions of dollars in back taxes, which has since grown, with penalties and interest, to a whopping $138m. Read the rest of this entry “
Tax Avoidance – it all comes down to statutory interpretation
July 11th, 2010In recent times, we have seen several tax cases being lost by Taxpayers. Analysing the judgments, I believe we have seen a fundamental move when dealing with tax avoidance – a move back towards statutory interpretation. The Newton and Elmiger cases are the policy basis for our anti-avoidance rule as they focus on statutory interpretation and I believe the courts are showing a move back to this ordinary approach (as can be seen in the Banks cases).
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