NZ Property Investor

TIME TO PLAN FOR THE TRUST TAX JUMP

YOUR ACCOUNTANT

Despite the government's promise of no new taxes in the Budget, the increase of the trust tax rate to 39 per cent did not come as a huge surprise.

With the release of the IRD report into high net wealth effective tax rates and talk of wealth taxes it was inevitable we would see some change.

I would say the top marginal rate for individuals at 39 per cent and the trust rate at 33 per cent was a ridiculous

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