TIB - November 2010

Binding rulings

• BR Pub 10/10–10/13: Local authority rates apportionments on property transactions – goods and services tax implications

Interpretation statements

• Background to Interpretation Statement IS 10/07
• IS 10/07: Care and management of the taxes covered by the Inland Revenue Acts – section 6A(2) and (3) of the Tax Administration Act 1994

New legislation

• Taxation (Annual Rates, Trans-Tasman Savings Portability, KiwiSaver, and Remedial Matters) Act 2010

Legal decisions – case notes

• Commissioner partially successful on appeal
• JG Russell unsuccessful in appeal of his personal tax assessments
• Sale of share in a company which gives right to a lease is not a going concern
• Arrangement seen as tax avoidance