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Jenee Tibshraeny: IRD proposal to tax company loans to shareholders being shut down

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 11 Mar 2026, 7:53pm
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Jenee Tibshraeny: IRD proposal to tax company loans to shareholders being shut down

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 11 Mar 2026, 7:53pm

A proposed crackdown on companies that give shareholders loans, rather than pay them taxable income, appears dead in the water.

Inland Revenue has been eyeing the whopping $29 billion shareholders currently owe companies, questioning the extent to which companies are issuing shareholders loans, rather than paying them dividends or wages.

NZ Herald Wellington business editor Jenee Tibshraeny explained further.

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