Whilst New Zealand is underway with revamping its tax rules around employee share schemes, the United States has a well-defined framework for the tax treatment of such schemes, including stock options. US rules Employee stock options in the United States fall into two...
Following an officials’ issues paper released by the Inland Revenue Department in May this year, an updated consultation paper on the New Zealand tax treatment of Employee Share Schemes (ESS) was issued earlier this month. Revision of the New Zealand tax...
According to the Chief Advisor – International Audit – IRD, the top ten errors associated with international tax compliance with respect to the taxation of NZ tax residents are as follows: Error 1: NZ tax residents are taxable on income from NZ...