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Grant Thornton named one of the 50 'World’s Most Attractive Global Employers'

24 Jun 2015

LONDON -- A survey of more than 240,000 business and engineering students from 12 of the world’s largest economies named Grant Thornton one of the 50 'World’s most attractive global employers'.

Cost not a key priority in outsourcing professional services

15 Jun 2015

Human resources, payroll and accounting are the most common services that are outsourced and many companies engage external specialists to execute these cost effectively.

Budget 2015: under the tax microscope

21 May 2015

The snowball of momentum that has been building around increased information disclosure and tax audits continued in the 2015 Budget delivered by the government. The recent headline focus has been on tax changes relating to property speculation and withholding tax on certain non-resident related party interest transactions.

Budget 2015: child poverty – how can it be in a land of milk and honey?

19 May 2015

Recent announcements by the Green Party and Prime Minister John Key around child poverty in New Zealand are still just tinkering around the edges and not targeting the core of the problem.

Budget 2015: a level playing field for capital gains

18 May 2015

A heated Auckland property market has prompted the Government to target speculators and foreign buyers in this week’s Budget announcement. A capital gains tax will be introduced on property sold within two years of purchase with exemptions.

Budget 2015: student loans – does the Government dare to act?

18 May 2015

In Budget 2013 the Government made some initial moves to curb the rapidly growing student loan debt balloon.

Budget 2015: rock star economy approaching twilight zone – time for action

13 May 2015

We all know the fate of aging rock stars – sometimes they rapidly descend into the twilight zone of drug dependency and depression. But what about the immediate future of our own rock star economy?

Budget 2015: are we finally moving tax into the 21st century?

13 May 2015

A lot has been said about the cost of the business transformation project being run by Inland Revenue, and we should see an acknowledgement of the expected $1.5billion cost coming through in this year’s Budget.

Budget 2015: time for honesty in health

08 May 2015

The time has come for some honest discussions about healthcare funding. Unfortunately, fiscal pressures mean that continuing with the old ways of funding healthcare in New Zealand will not be an option.

Budget 2015: it’s time to close the productivity gap

07 May 2015

Why, in the last 40 years, has New Zealand’s GDP per capita slipped from being 20% above the OECD average to now being approximately 30% below? There are many contributing factors, but one of the key reasons is that as a country we are just not productive enough.