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

New Zealand has signed new Tax Information Exchange Agreement with three countries. New Zealand has signed Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEA) with the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and Gibraltar. The Gibraltar agreement was signed in a London ceremony, while the other two were signed in Washington DC. Peter Dunne, New Zealand Revenue Minister, announced these new agreements on the 14th of August. He commented "Recent months have seen a flurry of TIEA signings internationally, as low-tax offshore financial centers seek to ... Read More

The New Zealand Government and Guernsey have signed an OECD standard agreement for the sharing of information for taxation purposes. In a London ceremony on the 22nd of July, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement with Guernsey on behalf of New Zealand. In a Government released statement, Peter Dunne said "The Tax Information Exchange Agreement with Guernsey will help to encourage greater co-operation between tax authorities," and "I am very pleased with this important addition to New Zealand’s network ... Read More