Bright-line tax rate won't be used on storm buyouts, Labour pledges
The Labour government says the bright-line test will not apply to severe weather-affected property buyouts.
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The Labour government says the bright-line test will not apply to severe weather-affected property buyouts.
Homeowners who sell their weather damaged properties to local councils will not be subject to the bright-line test, Revenue Minister Barbara Edmonds says
The Government is ensuring that owners of flood and cyclone-damaged properties who take up voluntary buy-out offers are not inadvertently caught by tax rules applying to profits on the sale of their land.
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