New Zealand Government drops Digital Services Tax proposals

27 May 2025|Tax Alerts, Legislation & Policy, National/Federal Taxation, Global|New Zealand

On 20 May 2025, the New Zealand Government announced that it has decided not to progress a Digital Services Tax Bill that would have introduced a Digital Services Tax (DST) from 1 January 2025.
The bill was introduced by the prior Government in 2023 but remained unenacted before Parliament.

The New Zealand Government announced on 20 May 2025 that it has decided not to progress draft legislation that would have introduced a Digital Services Tax (the DST Bill). If enacted, the DST Bill would h…

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