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December 17, 2013 8:00am by Kokila Patel

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Viking2

IRD scolded for errors in tax case

By Hamish Fletcher
5:30 AM Wednesday Dec 18, 2013

Judge unfreezes bank account and in an `unprecedented’ move orders dept to pay costs.

The IRD, as part of its original application for the freezing orders, said that Marcus Dymock “had a poor history of tax compliance”.

However, Justice France said this was misleading. He also took issue with how the IRD presented Dymock being out of the country, which invited the inference he might have left New Zealand permanently.

And he criticised another instance of “loose use of language” by the IRD made as part of “building up a picture of funds being at risk”.

“I consider these errors significant, avoidable and troubling.”

He said the errors were “at the upper end of misleading the court”.

The judge said he did not consider the orders would have been granted “had the correct facts been presented”.

He also awarded the Dymocks indemnity costs – which means their legal costs will be paid in full by IRD.

University of Auckland Business School senior lecturer in tax law Mark Keating said the court awarding indemnity costs against the IRD was “unprecedented”.
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About time. Like the police the IRD have been able to rort the system to the detrement of the other party.All at no cost or penalty when wrong.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11174120
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December 18, 2013 6:17am
Viking2

More sleaze from Govt. departments.

The senior Customs official who said there were “brownie points” on offer for intelligence officials passing information to the FBI was running one of the most intrusive and sensitive groups in the country at the time.

Greg Davis was operations manager for the Integrated Targeting Operations Centre when he emailed colleagues at Immigration NZ to tell them the FBI was after information on internet tycoon Kim Dotcom.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11174141
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December 18, 2013 6:20am
wikiriwhis business

‘IRD scolded for errors in tax case’

conspiracy rages on competing with denial of it.
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December 18, 2013 7:04pm

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