inheritance tax News

UK Launches Review To Simplify Inheritance Tax Rules

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Thursday, May 3, 2018

On April 27, 2018, the UK's Office of Tax Simplification launched a public consultation on measures to streamline and enhance the country's inheritance tax regime. Read Full Story

New Zealand's Tax Reform Consultation Ends This Week

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

New Zealand is to soon begin formulating new tax reform measures, aimed at improving the balance and fairness of the tax regime, based on the feedback to a public consultation that ends April 30. Read Full Story

OECD Urges International Tax Reform Of Savings, Investments

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, April 13, 2018

"While countries do not necessarily need to tax savings more, there is a lot of room to improve the way countries tax savings," according to Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration. Read Full Story

UK Tax Advisers Welcome Inheritance Tax Review

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Monday, February 5, 2018

The Chartered Institute of Taxation has welcomed the announcement that the UK's Office of Tax Simplification is to undertake a review of inheritance tax. Read Full Story

UK Launches Inheritance Tax Review

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Thursday, February 1, 2018

The UK's Office of Tax Simplification has been tasked with investigating options for reform of the UK's inheritance tax. Read Full Story

New Zealand Finalizes Plans For Tax Advisory Panel

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

The New Zealand Government's new Tax Working Group will begin to meet starting next month, Revenue Minister Stuart Nash and Finance Minister Grant Robertson said December 20, 2017, announcing the appointment of members. Read Full Story

UK Guides On Tapping EIS Tax Scheme Investment

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Thursday, December 14, 2017

The UK Government has recently issued guidance on the conditions that companies must satisfy in order to raise additional funds from investors using the Enterprise Investment Scheme, which provides tax relief to investors in higher-risk small companies. Read Full Story

NZ Agrees Mandate, Leadership For 'Fairer Tax' Working Group

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

New Zealand's Government has agreed to the formation of a Tax Working Group, to be chaired by Sir Michael Cullen, which will consider changes to the structure, fairness, and balance of the country's tax system. Read Full Story

NZ Singled Out For Praise By Tax Foundation Think Tank

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

In introducing its new 2017 International Tax Competitiveness Index, the Tax Foundation, a US tax policy think tank, notes the importance of simple but effective tax regimes and highlights New Zealand as the country that has implemented particularly positive reforms. Read Full Story