Fashionably late: Gucci, Louis Vuitton among tardy filers

Fashionably late: Gucci, Louis Vuitton among tardy filers
The Italian fashion brand Gucci was among the overseas-owned entities that filed their NZ financial statements late. (Image: Getty)
Oliver Lewis
What do global companies like Gucci, Universal Music Group, Coca-Cola and Louis Vuitton have in common?Their New Zealand-registered entities were among 395 companies that failed to file their financial statements for the year ending December 2022 by the statutory deadline of May 31, 2023.In other words, they were fashionably late. Or tardy.The list, released to BusinessDesk under the Official Information Act (OIA) by the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), which administers the NZ Companies Office, reads like a who’s...

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