A new nationwide poll commissioned by the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union shows New Zealanders do not believe the Cook Islands should continue to enjoy automatic access to New Zealand citizenship, healthcare, and education if its government pursues a foreign policy contrary to New Zealand’s – or fails to even consult...
The Taxpayers’ Union is urging the Government to fast-track legislation to cap council rate hikes, following new figures from Stats NZ showing runaway local government spendingand the risk of even higher rates next year if action isn’t taken now.Sam Warren, Local Government Campaigns Manager, said:“Council spending is out of control...
PM's intervention to kill Simon Watts' Ute Tax 2.0 welcomed by taxpayersThe Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the Prime Minister’s intervention to rule out the Inland Revenue Department’s proposal to apply Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) to all utes worth $80,000 or more and other work vehicles — a plan directed by...
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the National Party's leadership to rule out Simon Watts' proposed changes to the Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) regime that amount to a new, harsher version of Labour’s infamous “Ute Tax”.Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says, “National campaigned against Labour’s Ute Tax....
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming Local Government Minister Simon Watts’ commitment to rates capping made last night in Wellington but is urging him to expedite the policy. The Union warns that continued delays will undermine public confidence and emboldening opponents of reform such as Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ).Taxpayers’ Union Local Government...
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming IRD and Statistics NZ after the Government announced it’s scrapping the Census and replacing it with a mass data-harvest from across government departments without public consent.IRD will share sensitive personal data like income and benefit details that must be linkable back to individual taxpayers to be...