Significant BEPS-related reforms coming for New Zealand

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Significant BEPS-related reforms coming for New Zealand

March 23 2017
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New Zealand has been active in implementing measures to address BEPS. Brendan Brown and Joshua Aird of Russell McVeagh in New Zealand explain the latest proposals that include measures to address permanent establishment avoidance, significant changes to the transfer pricing rules and an interest rate cap (among other measures) to limit related party interest deductions.

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