Tag Archive for: charities

International Charities and New Zealand Tax Law


Are you an international charity that has recently applied for listing on Schedule 32 of the Income Tax Act 2007?  Or do you have a client in this position?  If so, we would like to hear from you.

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EUREKA! Gift Duty Applies to Donations!


Unlike the naked Archimedes’s joyful exclamation, the recent expose of the Eureka Trust comes as a more serious warning for those working in the charitable sector. Charities never need to bother with tax issues do they? Actually, yes …

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In mid-2008, the New Zealand government gave charities an opportunity to give their view on receiving a tax break. Currently charities are indirectly taxed when they invest in New Zealand companies. The government has been investigating ways to prevent this from happening. Parry Field lodged the following submission with comments on the government discussion document.

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