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title: "Getting closer to becoming a place where talent wants to live: Comments on \"Effect of the FIF rules on immigration - proposals for amendments\""
description: This submission responds to the proposals set out in Inland Revenue Department (2024), which seeks to address a fundamental disconnect between New Zealand immigration and international tax policy objectives outlined in Wilson and Fry (2024).
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# [Getting closer to becoming a place where talent wants to live: Comments on "Effect of the FIF rules on immigration - proposals for amendments"](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/getting-closer-to-becoming-a-place-where-talent-wants-to-live-comments-on-effect-of-the-fif-rules-on-immigration-proposals-for-amendments)

 Written by [The NZIER Team](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/author/the-nzier-team) | January 27, 2025

This submission responds to the proposals set out in the Inland Revenue Department's Consultation on FIF rules.

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