Wellington, Feb 11 NZPA - Finance Minister Bill English is defending his change in heart on GST hikes, saying times have changed.

(fixing dateline) Wellington, Feb 11 NZPA - Labour is attacking Finance Minister Bill English for saying last year he wanted to maintain GST at 12.5 percent.

Wellington, Feb 10 NZPA - Labour is attacking Finance Minister Bill English for saying last year he wanted to maintain GST at 12.5 percent.

Wellington, Feb 10 NZPA - Prime Minister John Key is defending his 2008 comment that he would not raise GST.

Wellington, Feb 10 NZPA - During the election campaign John Key ruled out increasing GST. Yesterday the now Prime Minister said an increase was on the cards.

Wellington, Feb 10 NZPA - Property investors will find it hard to argue they should continue to claim depreciation of buildings that were increasing in value while not paying tax on that increase, Tax Working Group member John Shewan says.

Wellington, Jan 20 NZPA - Personal income taxes and company taxes are the worst for economic growth and consumption taxes are better, according to the Tax Working Group, which put options for a complete revamp of the tax system before the Government today.

Wellington, Oct 21 NZPA - A government working group set up to look at tax reform has been compromised because one of its members is linked to a recent court case involving tax avoidance, the Green Party says.

Wellington, May 22 NZPA - PricewaterhouseCoopers' New Zealand chief executive officer Warwick Hunt is leaving to take up a role with the firm in the Middle East.

Wellington, May 8 NZPA - A tax working group comprising of officials, private sector and academic experts has been set up to look at medium term policy options for the taxation system.