On death, taxes and the government

On death, taxes and the government
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Simon Robertson
One of the United States' founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, famously said nothing is certain in life except death and taxes. This statement couldn't be truer and applies to your working life in New Zealand today, whether as an employee or a business owner. We also live in a world where we work for most of our lives and pay an astronomical amount of tax to the government over its span, only to be met with an untimely death at the end of it all. Death and taxes, indeed. On deathA good friend often tells me, "Simon,...

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