Economy & Tax

Tax simplification welcomed Business tax changes will make compliance easier for most enterprises, BusinessNZ says.The Prime Minister announced improvements to several areas of business tax in a pre-Budget speech to business today.BusinessNZ Chief Executive Kirk Hope said the changes were incremental, and spread across a number of tax areas, and...

New Zealand’s services sector experienced increased levels of expansion in February, according to the BNZ - BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index....
New Zealand's manufacturing sector experienced a slower rate of expansion in February, according to the latest BNZ - BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index....
New Zealand's services sector began 2016 with a solid level of expansion. The PSI for January was 55.4, while this was 3.1 points lower than December it still represented healthy activity in the sector....
New Zealand's manufacturing sector started 2016 with continued strength, according to the latest BNZ - BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index...
Business and export groups have written to the Prime Minister in support of the Trans Pacific Partnership....
ExportNZ is concerned that the consensus between the main political parties on trade may be over....
New Zealand's manufacturing sector recorded its highest month of expansion for 2015, The sector has now been in continued expansion since October 2012....
The case for more foreign investment in NZ business is strong...
Looking forward to 2016 for business and the economy...