Legislation/In Parliament

Interim report on Financial Advisers Bill
The Finance and Expenditure Committee has considered the Financial Advisers Bill, particularly the definition of financial adviser and the institutional arrangements for supervising them, and has released its interim report.

Significant changes to New Zealand's tax regime
Enactment of the Income Tax Act 2007 and some recent changes and proposed future changes to the Income Tax Act that apply to financial arrangements, partnership tax rules, stapled-stock instruments, the controlled foreign companies regime and the associated persons regime.

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