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Radical reforms supported

Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 5:37 pm | Institute of Chartered Accountants

The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) has thrown the weight of its 32,000 members behind proposals for a wave of reforms to New Zealand’s financial reporting system. “Improvements to New Zealand’s financial reporting framework ... More >>

NZ first to adopt international auditing standards

Thursday, 24 September 2009, 10:03 am | Institute of Chartered Accountants

From 1 October New Zealand becomes the first country to apply the full suite of new international standards for auditing. For audits of financial statements covering periods beginning on or after 1 October 2009, auditors complying with New Zealand ... More >>

NZICA cautions over calls for property taxes

Monday, 14 September 2009, 1:19 pm | Institute of Chartered Accountants

“A capital gains tax is not the magic bullet for economic stability,” says NZICA’s tax director, Craig Macalister, in response to the Reserve Bank’s call to consider a tax on property speculation or to alter the way rental properties are taxed. Mr ... More >>

New Zealand No.1 in world for corporate ethics

Monday, 14 September 2009, 12:44 pm | Institute of Chartered Accountants

New Zealand has ranked number one in the world for auditing, corporate ethics and shareholder protection in a Global Competitiveness Report, released last week by the World Economic Forum. In the survey of 113 indicators of competitiveness, New ... More >>

Govt must maintain business-friendly environment

Thursday, 10 September 2009, 12:36 pm | Institute of Chartered Accountants

“The Government must ensure New Zealand continues its reputation as a good place to do business”, says Steven Bailey, the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants’ Director, Government Relations. For the fourth year in a row, New Zealand has been ... More >>

Accounting Sector Optimistic of Economic Recovery

Thursday, 20 August 2009, 10:19 am | Institute of Chartered Accountants

The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants revealed today that accounting professionals throughout the country are optimistic about an economic recovery in the coming months, despite continuing to experience pressures on income and expenditure. More >>

Chartered accountants scoop rare free trade deal

Friday, 17 July 2009, 12:39 pm | Institute of Chartered Accountants

New Zealand has become just the fourth country in the world whose chartered accountants are recognised as on a par with their influential US counterparts. The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) and its American equivalents have taken ... More >>

GST decision avoids carbon-fuelled headaches

Monday, 29 September 2008, 1:48 pm | Institute of Chartered Accountants

“The Government should be thanked for its pragmatic and timely solution to the GST treatment of emissions units,” said the Tax Director of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Craig Macalister, today. More >>

Significant inequities remain in our tax system

Friday, 23 May 2008, 10:17 am | Institute of Chartered Accountants

Some classes of taxpayer may be rejoicing the tax cuts announced by the Finance Minister today, but the differential between the company and top personal tax rate, and a raft of changes made to prop up the 39% rate, have left our tax system littered ... More >>

Regulatory Bill opportunity to make a difference

Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 3:58 pm | Institute of Chartered Accountants

Ensuring that laws and regulations are necessary, cost-effective and in the public interest is a goal worth working for, according to the Institute of Chartered Accountants' director government relations, Steven Bailey. More >>

Redundancy Tax Changes Miss The Real Issue

Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 12:25 am | Institute of Chartered Accountants

The Government's moves to introduce special provisions for taxation of redundancy payments does nothing to fix the more fundamental problem of New Zealand's marginal tax rate structure, according to the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants. More >>

ICA: Dump the Electoral Finance Bill

Monday, 19 November 2007, 3:07 pm | Institute of Chartered Accountants

The Institute of Chartered Accountants is joining the Law Society and others in calling for the Electoral Finance Bill to be dumped. More >>

People in Business

Friday, 2 November 2007, 4:50 pm | Institute of Chartered Accountants

At their AGM in Auckland last week the Institute of Chartered Accountants announced their office-bearers for 2008. Graham Crombie of Dunedin has been elected President. Graham is a Partner in the Dunedin-based Chartered More >>

Chartered Accountants welcome new business.govt.nz

Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 10:55 am | Institute of Chartered Accountants

The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants is welcoming the new business.govt.nz portal. Institute chief executive Garry Muriwai says, “The new portal is a great resource for people looking to start a business, or for business people wanting a ... More >>

Accountants welcome discount rate discussion

Monday, 13 August 2007, 1:11 pm | Institute of Chartered Accountants

The Institute of Chartered Accountants is welcoming news the Ministry of Economic Development is investigating the effect of the public sector discount rate on government investment decisions. The discount rate is a calculation applied to determine the ... More >>

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