Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne says it is time for communities to name, shame and boycott businesses that prey on young people with unethical marketing of legal highs.
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New Zealand will be strongly aligned with the OECD in tackling the issue of fairly taxing multinationals, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today praised Telecom for leading the way for large corporates in supporting payroll giving, as the Telecom Foundation hit $1 million in donations to New Zealand charities, schools and community groups.
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Proposals in an Inland Revenue officials’ issues paper released today would bolster the taxation of highly leveraged investments made by foreigners, through changes to the thin capitalisation rules, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said.
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The Government will move to simplify the rules relating to financial arrangements that are agreements for the sale and purchase of property or services, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne said today signalled the launch of Rising to the Challenge, a new national five-year plan for mental health and addiction.
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Associate Minister of Conservation Peter Dunne has welcomed the report of the Local Government and Environment Select Committee on the Game Animal Council Bill sent back to the House today.
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Changes to the tax treatment of employer-provided car parks, lease inducement payments and lease surrender payments, and including more non-cash benefits in income calculations for social assistance entitlements are key proposals being added to a tax bill before Parliament, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today.
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New Zealand and Japan have signed a new double tax agreement to replace the existing 1963 treaty, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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Tax systems around the world are adjusting to corporate giants with huge internet footprints, but very little physical presence, Revenue Minister Peter said today in addressing issues around the tax treatment of large multinational companies.
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Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne today announced that he will establish an independent expert committee early next year to set the approval standards legal highs will need to meet.
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Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne has ruled out the controversial LD50 animal test as part of the pending psychoactive substances testing regime, and said no decisions have been made on whether animal testing will be needed at all.
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Labour Revenue spokesman David Clark is making a habit of going off half-cocked, with the latest example of his comments on the tender process for updating Inland Revenue’s computer system, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today launched two new tax scholarships named after Robin Oliver, a leading light in New Zealand tax policy in recent decades.
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Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne today announced a Temporary Class Drug Notice banning a substance found in tested samples of the K2 synthetic cannabis product.
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Labour’s Revenue spokesman David Clark has scored an own goal with his attack on Inland Revenue staff turnover rates, mixing up call centre rates with those for the overall organisation, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today signed a protocol to amend the existing double tax agreement with Malaysia, which will now better equip both nations to exchange tax information to combat tax evasion.
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KiwiSaver membership hit two million, with almost one in three children and two-thirds of young adults signed-up by the end of the 2011-12 year, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has welcomed the Social Services Committee report to Parliament on the Child Support Amendment Bill, saying the Committee’s recommendation that the bill be passed, was “a step closer towards a fairer, more efficient scheme for the parents and children involved”.
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Evading paying tax has just become significantly more difficult, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today in announcing that New Zealand has signed the multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.
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New Zealand and Papua New Guinea have signed a double tax agreement, Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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New Zealand will look to negotiate a FATCA tax information agreement with the United States, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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Low-income working families who are eligible for the minimum family tax credit will receive a small increase from 1 April next year, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has congratulated Inland Revenue for making it easier for customers to file GST returns online.
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Health Ministry statistics released today show that thousands of New Zealanders with depression are using The Journal – an online tool on the depression.org.nz website and aimed at managing mild to moderate depression, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne said today, in marking Mental Health Day in Mental Health Week.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today announced that New Zealand will be signing a multilateral convention on tax assistance later this month, as he dismissed claims that New Zealand is a tax haven for foreign trusts.
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Claims by Labour’s David Clark about Inland Revenue’s computer system are “simply mischievous, ill-informed and downright ignorant”, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today.
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Lease inducement payments by commercial landlords to tenants will be made taxable, but with some important changes as a result of the recent consultation process, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today that the Government will move swiftly to tighten the rules relating to financial arrangements.
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Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne today marked World Suicide Prevention Day, saying that it was an occasion to recommit to the battle against suicide.
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Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today welcomed significant progress in reducing the cost of student loan lending.
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Provisional suicide statistics released by Chief Coroner Judge Neil MacLean for the year ending 30 June 2012 show an overall fall in the number of deaths, but demonstrate the need to keep focusing on Māori and youth suicide prevention, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne said today.
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KiwiSaver has hit two million members, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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“The student loans scheme is a generous one by world standards and the Government is committed to its future, so it is important to improve the value, efficiency and fairness of the scheme and encourage personal responsibility for loan repayments” Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today announcing the introduction of the Student Loan Scheme Amendment Bill (No.
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New Zealand’s 2010 suicide statistics are 23.6 percent down on the peak of the late 1990s, with youth suicides down on the previous year, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne said today.
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Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne is rolling over the Temporary Class Drug Notices on the first 16 banned synthetic cannabis substances, banning them for a further 12 months as their notices were due to expire this week.
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Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne today announced the release of a Ministry of Health consultation document on services it proposes to purchase to prevent and minimise gambling harm over the next few years.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A tax legislation supplementary order paper will benefit Canterbury earthquake victims still facing real and ongoing difficulties, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said in releasing it today.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has welcomed the release today of an Inland Revenue tax policy consultation paper on tax issues around cash payments made by commercial landlords to tenants.
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An officials' issues paper released today contains proposals which should help new immigrants and returning New Zealanders understand their tax obligations more clearly around their foreign superannuation entitlements, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today.
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Orders in Council have been made by Cabinet affecting different aspects of the student loan scheme, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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Cabinet has agreed key details of new psychoactive substances drug legislation that will require distributors and producers of party pills and other legal highs to prove they are safe before they can sell them, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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KiwiSaver celebrates its fifth birthday today with the first of its almost two million members now able to take their retirement nest eggs out of the scheme, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today welcomed the agreement in principle to a new double tax agreement between New Zealand and Japan.
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Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne today welcomed the release of Phase III of the Key Performance Indicator Framework for New Zealand Mental Health and Addiction Services.
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Five aerially assisted trophy hunting (AATH) concessions for the Hooker-Landsborough, Adams and Olivine Wilderness Areas are to be granted by Associate Conservation Minister Peter Dunne.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today welcomed Finance and Expenditure Committee recommendations for changes to the Taxation (Annual Rates, Returns Filing, and Remedial Matters) Bill which was reported back to Parliament yesterday.
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Budget 2012 will provide Inland Revenue with an extra $78.4 million over the next four years to bolster its successful tax compliance activities in dealing with the hidden economy, debt collection, and following up on unfiled returns, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne says.
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The Government is taking a number of steps to tighten the tax system by closing loopholes and updating the tax credit system, which will generate hundreds of millions of dollars of extra revenue over the next four years.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today thanked the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) for its contribution to the wider discussion on simplifying tax for small and medium sized businesses in New Zealand.
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The Child Support Amendment Bill now before Parliament is the culmination of “the most major review of the Child Support scheme since its inception”, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne told Parliament at the Bill’s first reading today.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said taxpayers not being able to access Inland Revenue’s website for three hours today was human error, and not an issue of the system’s capacity or robustness.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today launched Inland Revenue’s new mobile web application that will allow people to manage more of their tax and social policy entitlements on the move.
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New Zealand and Canada this morning signed a new double tax agreement (DTA) to replace their 1980 treaty.
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Newly released suicide and self-harm hospitalisation data for 2009, the most recent year available, shows New Zealand’s suicide rate is being reduced, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne said today.
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GST is a tax on consumption and not a tax on business and therefore should be neutral for both resident and non-resident businesses, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today in announcing his intention to introduce measures to remove GST impediments for non-resident businesses.
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A tax policy issues paper released today outlines a range of suggestions for broadening the tax rules around salary and wage packages that include both cash and non-cash benefits, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne says legislation passed by Parliament last night will make it easier for the Government to manage and reduce the overall size of student loan debt by making borrowers more accountable for repaying their loans.
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Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne today welcomed Prime Minister John Key’s announcement of the Youth Mental Health package, saying it contained positive changes that support and enhance ongoing work in youth suicide prevention.
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Sixteen aerially assisted trophy hunting (AATH) concessions are to be granted by Associate Conservation Minister Peter Dunne under the Wild Animal Control Act.
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New guidelines for journalists reporting on suicides have been developed with the media and not imposed on them, and that should be key to their success, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne says.
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An additional synthetic cannabis substance is in the process of being banned and expected to be off the shelves late next week, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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A double tax agreement between New Zealand and Hong Kong is now in force, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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CANTERBURY — The Government has recognised the need for ongoing support of earthquake-ravaged Cantabrians and extended two temporary measures introduced after the September 2010 earthquake for a further year, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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In introducing the Child Support Amendment Bill to Parliament today, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said the changes it would bring would ensure the Child Support scheme was fairer and more efficient.
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A further three synthetic cannabis substances are in the process of being banned this week and are expected to be off the shelves late next week, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne said today.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today called for public submissions on certain remedial matters focused on simplifying aspects of tax administration and compliance.
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The burden of gift duty that cost New Zealanders $70 million a year to comply with for a tax haul of only about a million dollars annually was today lifted off New Zealanders’ shoulders.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne says a tax bill tabled today will simplify tax filing requirements for individuals and support businesses in handling their tax obligations electronically – all in line with feedback from an extensive online public consultation last year.
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The near 40-year-old Misuse of Drugs Act will be overhauled and replaced and legislation developed to create a new regime for currently unregulated psychoactive substances, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne said today in delivering the Government’s official response to the Law Commission’s report on the Act.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has tabled new student loan legislation in Parliament to make it mandatory to provide a New Zealand-based contact person when applying for repayment holidays, which will also be cut from three years to one year for those travelling overseas.
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Health professionals will soon have access to an up-to-date, comprehensive and New Zealand-specific medicines information resource, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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The law that will get rid of gift duty got its Royal Assent yesterday in yet another milestone in removing the antiquated tax, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today.
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Two tax bills guided through Parliament by Revenue Minister Peter Dunne have now been enacted.
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Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne today said he was disappointed the suicide rate had not fallen and this again highlighted the need to be continually looking for better ways to address the issue.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision in the Penny and Hooper case.
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A discussion document released today for public consultation seeks feedback on options for addressing issues relating to goods and services tax (GST) as it applies to businesses trading with each other across borders.
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The way child support is calculated will be changed to reflect the actual cost of raising children today, the degree of shared care between parents and the income of both parents, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today welcomed new legislation allowing the student loans of serious defaulters to be recalled in full.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has welcomed the passage this evening of legislation that will make the tax system more efficient, reduce compliance costs and finally abolish gift duty.
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Peter Dunne is being granted unprecedented power to ban any substance.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today announced new, lower non-resident withholding tax rates on dividends and royalty payments under New Zealand’s double tax agreements with Chile and Mexico.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has welcomed the coming into force of the new double tax agreement between New Zealand and Turkey, saying the agreement “is good news for businesses and investors in both countries”.
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Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne has welcomed news that synthetic cannabis heavyweight Matt Bowden is quitting the industry.
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Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne today announced that he has issued the first temporary class drug notice under the Misuse of Drugs Act that was amended last week, and that all Kronic and other synthetic cannabis products will be off the market by next Wednesday.
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WELLINGTON — Law to ban synthetic cannabis products will be in place by Friday, and all 43 current products are expected to be out of shops just over a week later, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has applauded the release of Inland Revenue’s compliance focus report, released today.
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Payroll Giving donations have hit $3 million since the scheme’s inception 18 months ago, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today as he applauded Telecom for being the first major corporate to join the scheme.
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The Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill will restrict the availability of the main precursor substances used to make the Class A drug methamphetamine, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne says.
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Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne has confirmed in Parliament that “stronger additional amendments” to drug legislation to deal with synthetic cannabinoids are just weeks away and will be Parliament’s “first item of business” in its next session.
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Replacing assets lost in the earthquake will become more feasible for Canterbury businesses, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today.
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Seven in ten people responding to the Government’s consultation on the child support scheme want comprehensive changes to the system, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today in releasing a summary of more than 2000 public submissions.
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Foreign scammers might have over-stepped the mark with the latest target of their tax refund email scams, says Revenue Minister Peter Dunne.
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The synthetic cannabis industry’s “poacher turned game-keeper” offer today to suddenly self-regulate is welcome, but the Government will go ahead with law changes in the next few weeks to restrict the sale and marketing of their products, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne said today.
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Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne today announced that the Ministry of Health is recalling a second synthetic cannabis product, Juicy Puff Super Strength, within days because it contains the drug phenazepam.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today launched an updated version of the Sussed programme which gives senior secondary school students an insight into the costs of tertiary study and the financial support available to them.
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Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne today announced that the Ministry of Health is recalling one of the most popular brands of the synthetic cannabis product Kronic because contains the prescription medicine phenazepam.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today announced that businesses will be able to claim tax deductions on failed software developments because to not do so would inhibit productivity and innovation.
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