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NZ Government Research and Development Tax incentive – NZRise submission

Posted June 22, 2018 NZRise Chair1 CommentPosted in News

MBIE recently sought consultation on the proposed Research and Development (R&D) tax incentive scheme. NZRise members are all New Zealand owned and operated, many fall into the SME category of business and our membership includes many startup and early stage companies. Our submission therefore reflects the impact of this scheme on this segment of the […]

Submission to Inland Revenue from the Digital and Technology sector – IRRUIP10

Posted October 4, 2016 NZRise ChairLeave a commentPosted in News

Inland Revenue (IR) are seeking to review the taxation treatment of software. NZRise, NZTech and AMS jointly submitted feedback as did Catalyst independently with a further emphasis on the treatment of Open Source software. Specifically IR are looking to review 3 key “issues”: When does software development expenditure give rise to “trading stock”? What treatment […]