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Calls for the Government to amend the Foreign Investment Fund regime

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Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 8:15pm
A couple's money-printing venture in a motel was sprung by the maid who found scrunched-up fake bank notes when she cleaned their room. Photo / 123RF
A couple's money-printing venture in a motel was sprung by the maid who found scrunched-up fake bank notes when she cleaned their room. Photo / 123RF

Calls for the Government to amend the Foreign Investment Fund regime

Author
九一星空无限talk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 8:15pm

Revenue Minister Simon Watts this month unveiled plans to change the Foreign Investment Fund (FIF) regime to give some foreigners with illiquid investments offshore an additional, possibly more advantageous, way of paying tax.

He said the Government would also consider exempting more Kiwis from the FIF rules, which incentivise domestic investment, but can be an administrative nightmare.

NZ Herald Wellington business editor Jenee Tibshraeny unpacked the current concerns - and explained why people are calling on the Government to go further.

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