煙草在線據Scoop.co.nz報道編譯　　新西蘭第一國會要求政府解釋為什么允許在2012年底的時候大量卷煙被進口并被囤積起來，這樣，這些卷煙就可以被重新出口海外，增加煙草業要求獲得的退稅額。

　　稅務署發言人安德魯·威廉姆森說，在煙稅上提10%于1月1日生效后，煙草業的計劃將會使它獲得巨額退稅。

　　威廉姆森先生說：“它們甚至以巨額費用租用飛機，將卷煙運入新西蘭，然后囤積在倉庫里，以滿足12月31日的最后期限。這就是這個計劃如何賺錢的方式。”

　　威廉姆森先生說：“政府還沒有注意到這個將會使煙草公司不費吹灰之力就可以穩賺千萬新西蘭元的漏洞。它們甚至都不需要在新西蘭出售卷煙。”

　　“很快這些卷煙就會裝上返回亞洲的船只，而新西蘭的納稅人卻要給這些操作這個計劃的人支付巨額的退稅。”

　　“稅務部和海關部的部長必須迅速介入，查獲等待調查的商品，結束在他們的鼻子底下開展的偷稅漏稅行為。”

評論：

　　“道也者不可須臾離也，可離非道也。是故君子戒慎乎其所不睹，恐懼乎其所不聞。莫見乎隱，莫顯乎微，故君子慎其獨也。”———《中庸》。其實，不僅僅是個人要遵守這樣的道德規范，作為企業也應該遵守這樣的規范。商業以追逐最大利益為己任，這無可厚非。不過“君子愛財，取之有道”，公司行為在確保財務利益的同時，還應該確保商業倫理的需求，才是一個受人尊敬，有社會責任感的企業。一家企業如果鉆制度的空子，而損害納稅人的利益，就不能稱之為合乎商業倫理，難免會受到輿論的指責和消費者的背離，甚至會被相關部門追查相應的責任，落得“偷雞不成蝕把米”的下場！如果每家企業都能按照商業倫理要求自己，那么世界會因此而更加美好！

New Zealand: Tobacco Industry Set to Fleece NZ Taxpayers

　　New Zealand First is calling on the Government to explain why it allowed vast quantities of cigarettes to be imported and stockpiled at the end of 2012 so they could be re-exported overseas and increased taxes claimed back by the tobacco industry.

　　Revenue spokesperson Andrew Williams says the tobacco industry plan will see it make big tax gains following the 10 per cent increase on tobacco tax which came into effect on January 1.

　　"'They were even chartering planes at huge expense to fly cigarettes into the country and stockpiled in warehouses to meet the 31 December deadline. That's how lucrative this scheme is," Mr Williams says.

　　"The Government has not picked up on the loophole which will see companies stand to make tens of millions of dollars for doing nothing. They won't even have to sell the cigarettes in New Zealand.

　　"Soon they will be on ships back to Asia while New Zealand taxpayers will be paying out large tax rebates to these operators.

　　"The Ministers of Revenue and Customs need to quickly step in and seize the merchandise pending investigations, and close the tax rort that is being peddled under their noses," says Mr Williams. Enditem