US remission of penalties for reasonable cause

Like New Zealand, the United States’ penalty framework aims to encourage voluntary compliance by taxpayers with all aspects of tax administration. This includes: filing accurate and truthful returns on time, and; paying tax on time. The Internal Revenue Service...

NZ Revenue Minister Addresses Tax Conference

Minister’s address to the CA ANZ annual conference 17 November 2016 The Minister of Revenue Michael Woodhouse spoke at the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) tax conference today. He covered updates to the Government’s tax policy work...

Report from AICPA Tax Conference 2016

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen addressed attendees at the AICPA tax conference earlier this month in Washington DC. “It promises to be another complicated filing season, and not just because of our budget situation”. “Along...