All posts tagged "business"

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  News and Views

  Feds: Put capital gains tax back in the kennel

  Federated Farmers has said from the outset that a capital gains tax is a mangy dog, that will add unacceptably high costs...

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  News and Views

  Cost outweighs benefit in Tax Working Group’s capital gains proposal

  The Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) says the key issue in the Tax Working Group’s proposal is that the cost of its...

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  News and Views

  Capital gains tax disappointing for business

  Key areas of the Tax Working Group Final Report were disappointing, says Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Leeann Watson.

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  News and Views

  Minority view on extending the taxation of capital gains

  Three of the eleven members of the Tax Working Group do not favour the Group’s recommendations on capital gains tax.

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  News and Views

  Feds calls for regulation of stock agents

  The Federated Farmers Meat & Wool Council is calling for compulsory regulation of the stock agent industry.

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  Fast Facts

  Labour productivity growth eases

  New Zealand’s labour productivity rose 0.3 percent in the year ended March 2018, Stats NZ said.

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  Fast Facts

  Businesses keen to be part of work on vocational education

  It is critical that the centralised model proposed in the Reform of Vocational Education announcement is flexible and adaptable enough to address...

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  Fast Facts

  Business interface key to education reform

  The announcement of a vocational education reform is encouraging, however there needs to be closer links between business and education, says Canterbury...

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  Must See

  Unemployment rate up to 4.3 percent

  The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent in the December 2018 quarter, up from 4.0 percent (revised) last quarter, Stats...

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  News and Views

  Inflation stuck in neutral, up 0.1 percent in December 2018 quarter

  The consumers price index (CPI) was up 0.1 percent in the December 2018 quarter despite lower petrol prices, and cheaper vegetables and...