Examining New Zealand's Budget 2017
A detailed look at the key components of New Zealand’s Budget 2017, handed down by Finance Minister Steven Joyce on 25 May 2017...
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Registered charities in New Zealand making progress
Registered charities in New Zealand are making progress with more than half of all registered charities complying with mandatory requirements...
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What CAs want from New Zealand Budget 2017
Acuity interviewed a cross section of chartered accountants to find out what they want to see New Zealand’s Finance Minister Steven Joyce deliver in Budget 2017...
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Why businesses are paying higher dividends
If projects providing a healthy return cannot be found, businesses will opt to instead pay large dividends to their shareholders...
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Australia you have a transparency problem
Paul M Southwick CA offers his view on the five things Australia should do to improve its sliding transparency rating...
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New Zealand tax predictions for 2017
For several decades, successive New Zealand governments, both National and Labour, have stuck to a broad base low rate (BBLR) approach to tax. With two notable exceptions – the absence of a...
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Complacency towards corruption our biggest threat
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand CEO Lee White FCA addresses Australia’s complacency towards corruption...
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Australia, the TPP and US engagement in Asia-Pacific
What are the implications for economic development in the Asia Pacific following President Trump’s withdrawal of the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership?...
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Dog days and political leadership
Why Australian economy needs to make the best of the dog days...
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The psychology behind financial risk calculations
Acuity canvasses three very different approaches to calculating financial risk and looks at the psychology behind decisions...
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Finance transformation: 7 secrets for success
What finance transformation means, why to do it, and how to do it well. We get advice from three experts...
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Uncovering the real roots of populism
The failure of Western elites to manage the social consequences of recession puts future economic improvement at risk and invites the rise of demagogues...