Capital Gains Tax ruled out

The Labour-led Coalition Government will not proceed with the capital gains tax recommended by the Tax Working Group after cabinet was unable to find a consensus.

Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, has also ruled out a capital gains tax under her leadership in the future.

Despite the focus on CGT, the Tax Working Group had made a number of other recommendations for amending the tax system which would be investigated further or added to the work programme.

The Prime Minister noted that the Coalition Government:

• had agreed to tighten rules around land speculation and work on ways to counter land banking
• would continue to work on cutting red tape for business
• would continue to crack down on multi-nationals avoiding paying their fair share of tax in New Zealand
• will shortly release a discussion document on options for introducing a digital services tax.

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