New Zealand Budget 2026

2026 NZ Budget coverage

A snapshot of NZ Budget 2026

Here are the key highlights from Budget 2026 handed down at 2pm on Thursday 28 May 2026.

No sugar hits in Budget 2026

New Zealand Country Head Peter Vial FCA has a sense of déjà vu for Budget 2026 – describing it as a lean budget for fiscally constrained times.

Budget 2026 – Narrow but sensible tax changes

John Cuthbertson FCA provides an overview of the tax outcomes from Budget 2026 focusing on Fringe Benefit Tax, FIF and charities.

Budget 2026 maps path to surplus but at a cost

Budget 2026 attempts to strike a difficult balance between supporting economic growth and setting New Zealand on a pathway towards a fiscal surplus, says Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

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NZ Budget 2026 - CA Library

A selection of articles and online resources offering analysis and discussion of the New Zealand Budget 2026.

A snapshot of NZ Budget 2025

Here are the key highlights from Budget 2025

A lean Budget still delivers a boost for business

New Zealand Country Head Peter Vial provides an overview of Budget 2025 – a lean budget in these fiscally constrained times, that does what it can for business.

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Achieving meaningful tax changes on a shoestring

John Cuthbertson provides an overview of the tax outcomes from Budget 2025, with accelerated depreciation the centrepiece.

Accelerated depreciation the centrepiece of Budget 2025

The 2024 Budget indicates that the coalition Government is focused on halting the brain drain to Australia says CA ANZ NZ Tax Leader John Cuthbertson FCA.

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