The Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between Australia and New Zealand has come into force and will be applied with the new financial year, having been passed into legislature by both Governments. After much public anticipation the New Zealand Government released a media statement on March 22nd announcing that New Zealand and Australia have given legal effect to the DTA and passed legal notes which to that effect, allowing the agreement to come into effect soon. The newly established withholding rates will apply ... Read More

The upcoming Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between New Zealand and Australia has taken one step towards to coming into effect after a Governmental signing of an Order of Council for the document. The New Zealand Government has begun to incorporate the DTA into the country's law system through a signing of an Order in Council on February 17th, according to Peter Dunne, New Zealand Revenue Minister. Once the legal incorporation is complete for both nations the DTA will come into full effect. Australia ... Read More

The On December 7th, Governments of New Zealand and Belgium signed a second protocol amending their currently active Double Taxation Avoidance (DTA) agreement. The second protocol to the New Zealand-Belgium DTA was created to ensure the standing agreement's relevance and applicability to the current tax laws of both countries. The DTA agreement is required to be amended in both countries before the second protocol can come into legal effect, in New Zealand this is done by Order in Council. Peter Dunne claimed ... Read More