New Zealand has signed Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEA) with St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Dominica. On March 17th Peter Dunne, New Zealand Revenue Minister, announced that New Zealand had signed two new TIEA agreements, bringing the national total to 15. The newly signed bilateral agreements are Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) model documents which provide a internationally agreed upon standard for the exchange of tax data between participating nations in civil and criminal investigations. The new TIEAs will come ... Read More

New Zealand’s service sector showed signs of expansion during the month of February, both in comparison to the same period in 2009 and January 2010. According to the newest NZ Performance of Services Index (PSI) report released by BNZ-BusinessNZ, the New Zealand service sector has seen two periods of expansion in 2010, following overall contractions in 2009 and 2008. The BNZ report includes a compiled index which quantifies sector growth and sentiment, the February figure stood at 53.7. Scores of over 50 signify ... Read More

The New Zealand Revenue Department (IRD) has issued a warning to customers regarding hoax emails they might receive with offers of tax refunds. In a media statement released March 10th, the IRD revealed that it has received multiple customer-reports of a suspicious email being circulated to its clients. The email allegedly bears the IRD logo and informs recipients that they are entitled to a tax refund. It later directs readers to visit a website which requests an array personal details, including usernames and ... Read More