In the next few days, the Taxpayers' Union will be launching one of our most important briefing papers to date, but before we can get to that, I need to clear the air and bring you up to speed on a seperate matter. I've had calls and emails about the...
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the Green Party’s callous proposal for a 33 percent inheritance tax. The Union warns the tax would force the break-up of nearly every family farm in the country.Taxpayers’ Union spokesman James Ross said:“The Greens’ war on farming continues. Either this policy was written...
The Taxpayers’ Union has called out the barrage of new taxes proposed in the Green Party’s alternative Budget presented today.A Spokesman for the Taxpayers’ Union, James Ross, said:“Even Marx would be blushing at this manifesto.”“Taxes for dying, taxes on entrepreneurship, taxes for savings, even higher taxes on nurses’ income. Controlling more of...
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that KiwiRail has not paid a single dollar in dividends to the government in any year since being designated a State-Owned Enterprise in 2012, with Kiwirail’s own corporate documents confirming the state-owned rail operator returned $0 to the Crown in every year from 2012 through to...
The Taxpayers’ Union has today slammed Tauranga City Council for its proposed 12 percent rates increase, saying more needs to be done to protect ratepayers. Sam Warren, Local Government Campaigns Manager for the Taxpayers’ Union, said: “Rates capping is desperately needed to rein in reckless council spending—ratepayers are...
The Taxpayers’ Union is today celebrating a significant policy victory following Public Service Minister Judith Collins’ announcement that she intends to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) requirements from the Public Service Act. Appointments would be made on the basis of merit, not identity, bringing the focus back to competence and...
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