The $17,000 club: bargain lobbying fee or good corporate citizenship?

The $17,000 club: bargain lobbying fee or good corporate citizenship?
There are four firms in the Corporate Taxpayers Group that the lobby group allows to remain anonymous. (Image: Getty)
Murray Jones
Every month in Deloitte’s offices in Auckland and Wellington, representatives from 50 of the nation’s largest corporates gather for lunch. Aside from the food, there’s a lot to chew over. Members of the Corporate Taxpayers Group (CTG), including Fonterra, Air New Zealand, SkyCity, Todd Corporation and the big four banks, will have received a dozen or so emails that month from Deloitte advisers, paid for collectively by the group, circulating details of the latest tax law developments. There are also four firms in the...

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