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In response to a statewide school walkout to protest California’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for schools, dozens of parents ...

By 2pm Friday more than 47,000 businesses and sole traders had applied for the subsidy.

“We currently have issues with productivity in New Zealand, and with labour shortages constantly being in the news these days, a question I have is whether the tax system is playing a role in this.” An "effective marginal tax rate" includes not only a person’s tax rate but also how a rise in wages meant they missed out on means-tested Government assistance, like Working For Families. 123rf When you earn more, your Working for Families credits reduce and that can be a disincentive to taking more hours. The advisory group recommended increases to the level at which Working For Families...

But an IR spokeswoman indicated it wouldn’t be contacting taxpayers directly as it didn’t have an easy way to tell who paid tax under the FIF regime, let alone who among them would have had losses on the quick sale of shares. The proportion of investors who may have overestimated their taxable income this year as a result of the faulty calculator is expected to be small – especially given the vast majority of foreign shares rose in value in the year to April. The proportion who may have overpaid tax last year could be higher, given the big Covid-related plunge in share prices in the ...

“But it was put back up because we couldn’t find a problem with it at that stage,” she said. “We acknowledge we should have gone back and checked the detail of the fault with Deloitte, but we didn’t,” she said. Inland Revenue took down the calculator again on Monday after On Tuesday, an IR spokeswoman apologised for the fault and said taxpayers who were unable to file their tax returns by Wednesday’s deadline because the calculator was offline would not be disadvantaged. Deloitte tax partner Robyn Walker had feared the calculator could have been overestimating people’s t...