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721 exchanges, or UPREITs, can be an excellent tax mitigation strategy for real estate investors, though they’re not perfect for everyone.

Stock indexes are weighted collections of stocks whose aggregate performance is used as a benchmark for the stock market or some portion of it. The S&P 500, for example, is a collection of the 500 largest American stocks weighted by market capitalization and is one of the most popular ...

It is inexcusable for banks to lend on ‘businesses’ incapable of outperforming a risk-free return without speculative capital gains, argues Michael Rehm

Inland Revenue report finds New Zealand’s 311 wealthiest families pay 8.9% of their income in tax, compared to 10.5% paid by minimum wage workers

Revelations the wealthy pay half the tax rate of ordinary Kiwis will pour gasoline on what was already a fiery debate heading into the election, writes political editor Jo Moir

Kitted out with new research into the shares, property and trusts of nearly 400 of the country's richest families, the Government will today discuss how to level the taxation playing field. Jonathan Milne reports.

It’s bad enough when your mutual fund’s assets lose value, but owing unexpected capital gains taxes after those losses is doubly frustrating.

PM Chris Hipkins' economic focus will not be on extracting more tax from wealthy ageing moguls, but increasing productivity from young workers

Exclusive: Incorrect reporting of rental property income and expenses, and failure to declare capital gains are all in the spotlight