New Zealand’s Inland Revenue announced that New Zealand taxpayers with interests in foreign investment funds (FIFs) or foreign stocks, with a total portfolio value (excluding select Australian stocks) over NZ$50,000, will be imposed an annual tax at the rate of 5% on the value appreciation of these interests.
This tax is payable on a provisional basis three times annually.
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