Corporate Taxpayers Group

1. Business / Trading Name: Corporate Taxpayers Group (CTG)

2. Company Number: Not available; CTG operates as an unincorporated association.[1]

3. NZBN: Not applicable.

4. Entity Type: Unincorporated association of major New Zealand companies.

5. Business Classification: Advocacy and lobbying for corporate tax policy.

6. Industry Category: Tax policy and corporate advocacy.

7. Year Founded: Specific founding year not publicly disclosed; active since at least 2014.

8. Addresses:

Mailing Address: c/o Deloitte, PO Box 1990, Wellington 6140

Contact Person: Robyn Walker, Deloitte.

9. Website URL: CTG does not maintain a public website.

10. LinkedIn URL: None.

11. Company Hub NZ URL: Not applicable.

12. NZ Companies Office URL: Not applicable.

13. Social Media URLs: No official social media profiles.

14. Ultimate Holding Company: Not applicable; CTG is a collective of member companies.

15. Key Shareholders: Member companies pay an annual $17,000 fee.

16. Leadership:

John Payne(Chairperson)

Robyn Walker (Adviser / contact person), Deloitte

17. Staff:

Amella Fowler (Co-convenor)

Patrick McCalman

17a. Staff with current or previous government roles:

John Payne

Patrick McCalman

18. Past Employees:

Mike Shaw (was Deloitte’s primary advisor to CTG)

19. Clients:

List of members (2014):

1. Air New Zealand Limited

2. Airways Corporation of New Zealand

3. AMP Life Limited

4. ANZ Bank New Zealand

5. ASB Bank Limited

6. Bank of New Zealand

7. Contact Energy Limited

8. Chorus Limited

9. Downer New Zealand Limited

10. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited

11. Fletcher Building Limited

12. Fonterra Cooperative Group Limited

13. General Electric

14. IAG New Zealand Limited

15. Infratil Limited

16. KiwiRail Limited

17. Lion Pty Limited

18. Meridian Energy

19. Methanex New Zealand Limited

20. New Zealand Post Limited

21. New Zealand Racing Board

22. New Zealand Steel Limited

23. Opus International Consultants Limited

24. Origin Energy New Zealand Limited

25. Powerco Limited

26. Rio Tinto Alcan (New Zealand) Limited

27. Shell (Petroleum Mining) Company Limited

28. SKYCITY Entertainment Group Limited

29. Sky Network Television Limited

30. Telecom New Zealand Limited

31. The Todd Corporation Limited

32. TOWER Limited

33. Turners and Growers Limited

34. Vodafone New Zealand Limited

35. Westpac New Zealand Limited

36. ZESPRI International Limited

19a. Industries/sectors represented: Includes banking, agriculture, insurance, energy, telecommunications, manufacturing, transport, healthcare

20. Publicly Disclosed Engagements: CTG regularly submits to government consultations on tax policy.

21. Affiliations:

Deloitte

Inland Revenue (particularly David Carrigan)

Treasury

‘Tax policy veterans’ Robin Oliver (previously deputy commissioner of policy at IRD) and Mike Shaw.

Australian Corporate Tax Association (membership crossover)

22. Sponsorships / Collaborations: None found.

23. Events (held or organised by this organisation): Monthly lunch in Deloitte’s Wellington and Auckland offices.

24. Political Donations: CTG, as an association, does not make political donations; individual member companies may do so independently.

25. Controversies:

Members are given the option of remaining anonymous and not appearing in the list of member companies in the groups communications and submissions. Four member companies have chosen to remain anonymous. This is not mentioned in the group’s submissions which appear to list all member companies.

Unnamed CTG members attended a meeting with the IRD held to create policy around the collection information from high wealth New Zealanders.

26. Other information of note: CTG is known for its influential role in shaping New Zealand’s tax policy through advocacy and submissions.


[1] https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/Trade-agreements/UK-NZ-FTA/Corporate-Taxpayers-Group.pdf#:~:text=About%20the%20Corporate%20Taxpayers%20Group,degree%2C%20on%20international%20trade%20and%2For

[2] https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/markets/the-17000-club-bargain-lobbying-fee-or-good-corporate-citizenship#:~:text=Every%20month%20in%20Deloitte’s%20offices,also%20four%20firms%20in%20the

[3] https://thespinoff.co.nz/authors/john-payne

[4] https://www.linkedin.com/in/robyn-walker-48980b25/details/experience/

[5] https://www.linkedin.com/in/amella-fowler-9568944b/?originalSubdomain=nz

[6] https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-shaw-20821794/?originalSubdomain=nz

[7] https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/markets/the-17000-club-bargain-lobbying-fee-or-good-corporate-citizenship#:~:text=Every%20month%20in%20Deloitte’s%20offices,also%20four%20firms%20in%20the

[8] https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/markets/the-17000-club-bargain-lobbying-fee-or-good-corporate-citizenship#:~:text=Every%20month%20in%20Deloitte’s%20offices,also%20four%20firms%20in%20the

[9] https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/markets/the-17000-club-bargain-lobbying-fee-or-good-corporate-citizenship#:~:text=Every%20month%20in%20Deloitte’s%20offices,also%20four%20firms%20in%20the

[10] https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/markets/the-17000-club-bargain-lobbying-fee-or-good-corporate-citizenship#:~:text=Every%20month%20in%20Deloitte’s%20offices,also%20four%20firms%20in%20the

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