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Irshad Ali, Senior Lecturer in Accounting, Auckland University of Technology

Why the tax NZ never wanted to talk about is back on the political agenda in 2026

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New Zealand has long stood out among comparable economies not for what it taxes, but for what it doesn’t.

Perhaps nowhere is that more apparent than in its lack of a comprehensive capital gains tax: a measure used by counterparts including Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.

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