New Zealand tax reform - where to next?

A two and a half-day conference featuring insights from top international and New Zealand tax researchers and reformers began today in Wellington. Hosted by Victoria University of Wellington's Centre for Accounting, Governance and Taxation Research and the New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation, conference participants will be debating what steps New Zealand should take in designing the best possible tax system for the 21st century. Speeches by Finance Minister Bill English and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne are available at www.beehive.govt.nz. Papers and summaries from the conference are available free of charge at: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sacl/cagtr/tax-policy-2009.aspx.