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David Tua v Inland Revenue – now this will be an interesting fight…

Posted by Daniel Hunt, on October 12, 2010

One of the great unknowns when you enter the boxing ring is how hard your opponent will be able to hit you. In recent times, the Inland Revenue has just delivered a couple of powerful punches to the face of David Tua, claiming he owes a whopping $2.2 million in unpaid taxes. Read more

Penny and Hooper

Posted by Vicki Ammundsen, on June 8, 2010

The appeal in Penny and Hooper has been decided in favour of the Commissioner in a 2:1 majority decision of the Court of Appeal released on 4 June 2010.

In the first instance the decision could be considered to have been rendered largely nugatory for the time being given the recent reduction of the top marginal rate to that of the trustee rate. However, with the new company rate now significantly below these rates, the matter of below market salaries will likely be a live issue for some time.

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