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Inland Revenue

Tax Policy

Published 7 April 1982

Task Force on Tax Reform (McCaw report)

Report prepared by the Task Force on Tax Reform for the Right Hon RD Muldoon, Minister of Finance, and the Hon WF Birch, Minister of National Development.

The Task Force on Tax Reform was established on 27 July 1981, with a terms of reference that included undertaking a thorough and systematic review of all aspects of central government taxation.

The report was submitted on 7 April 1982.

Members of the task force included:

  • PM McCaw (Chairman)
  • GJ Schmitt (Deputy Chairman)
  • JA Kean
  • RT Phillips
  • EG Thompson
  • HM Titter
  • BHC Tyler
  • Kerrin M Vautier
  • Sir Allan Wright.