All posts tagged "business"

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  Government makes right decision on CGT

  The Government’s decision to not adopt the proposed capital gains tax (CGT) is the “right decision given the impact it would have...

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  Fast Facts

  Partnership approach to immigration

  Proposals for new requirements for work visas need fine-tuning, says BusinessNZ.

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  Fast Facts

  Innovation spend celebrated

  Increased spending on research and development by businesses is cause for celebration, says BusinessNZ.

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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  730

  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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  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...