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Budget 2019
Budget 2019 sees New Zealand enter the eye of the global tax storm
Despite dominating the political agenda for much of the year, tax was barely mentioned in the budget. That doesn’t mean the work there is over, writes Greg Thompson of Grant Thornton New Zealand.
Growth insights
Charitable industry at risk if standards reduced
Questions raised regarding basic registration requirements in the Department of Internal Affairs’ call for Charities Act 2005 submissions need careful consideration. There are 27,000 charities in New Zealand; they spend $17 billion and manage $58 billion in assets, so a basic level of standards is essential.
Business innovation
Beyond box ticking: How to produce true value from procurement
The traditional procurement process is a tried and true one. We see it in government and in industry and across projects, services, and goods. For many years, it has been fairly mechanical: put out an RFP, make sure the proposals tick all the boxes, then pick the vendor in the middle, or the one with the lowest price, or the one you wanted to begin with.
Technical guides
MBIE options paper about the conduct of financial institutions released
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)recently released a paper for public consultation which includes various options for improving the conduct of financial institutions in New Zealand. The key focus of the paper is to ensure that conduct and culture in the financial sector is delivering good outcomes for all customers. Those wanting to make a submission will need to act quickly as submissions close on 7 June 2019.
Governance
Engagement beyond the boardroom
How can boards build wider stakeholder views and expectations into the strategy and management of the business?
Diversity & talent
The business case for gender diversity in senior leadership
Gender diversity in business leadership is a no-lose proposition, yet progress is still slow. Grant Thornton International has been surveying thousands of businesses annually since 2004 about the levels of gender diversity in leadership roles globally.
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Budget 2019 Jarrod Kerr: Budget 2019 presentation
Fiscally sound and seeking growth... we need more infrastructure.
Budget 2019 Budget 2019 sees New Zealand enter the eye of the global tax storm
Despite dominating the political agenda for much of the year, tax was barely mentioned in the budget. That doesn’t mean the work there is over, writes Greg Thompson of Grant Thornton New Zealand.
Budget 2019 The tax empathy gap: Why Kiwis don’t want others to have a share
Budget 2019: Unless we can find some way of taxing wealth as well as incomes, New Zealand is headed for an intergenerational economic meltdown, writes Grant Thornton tax partner Murray Brewer.
Budget 2019 We need to completely rethink what ‘fairness’ means when it comes to tax
Budget 2019: Should the collection of taxes be the point at which we talk about fairness, or should fairness be part of a completely different conversation, asks Grant Thornton tax partner Oksana Simonoff.
thought leadership Charitable industry at risk if standards reduced
Questions raised regarding basic registration requirements in the Department of Internal Affairs’ call for Charities Act 2005 submissions need careful consideration. There are 27,000 charities in New Zealand; they spend $17 billion and manage $58 billion in assets, so a basic level of standards is essential.
Budget 2019 What the Wellbeing Budget needs to succeed: trust, support and understanding
Now that we know what the Wellbeing Budget is, the question is how we can create the right political and social environment to support it, says Grant Thornton’s Barry Baker.
Budget 2019 The digital divide is creating two New Zealands. The budget must help bridge it
If the wellbeing budget is going to do something about the long-term productivity of the country, it must address the growing gap between digital haves and have-nots, writes Grant Thornton’s Helen Fortune.
Technical guides MBIE options paper about the conduct of financial institutions released
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)recently released a paper for public consultation which includes various options for improving the conduct of financial institutions in New Zealand. The key focus of the paper is to ensure that conduct and culture in the financial sector is delivering good outcomes for all customers. Those wanting to make a submission will need to act quickly as submissions close on 7 June 2019.
Insight Businesses must now identify extra costs in onerous contracts
Some areas of accounting have what could be described as geography issues; you’ve got a map of an area, but there might be two versions showing slightly different boundaries. This is currently the case for onerous contracts, however, the standards for these types of contracts are currently being updated to improve consistency and replace the variations in accounting practices that currently exist.
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