Originally published by the National Business Review on Friday, 10 June 2016 Too much of tax policy is debated with pistols drawn at 10 paces. Each side accuses the other of ignorance or being steeped in moral turpitude, and preferably often both. Far too much time is spent feuding over the...
Central and local government agencies are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers' money every year on subscription TV services. The data for the last financial year shows some agencies such as KiwiRail and Auckland Council spending close to $50,000 each on TV subscriptions. The total for the agencies surveyed equals...
Originally published by the National Business Review on Thursday, 26 May 2016 The one thing we knew wouldn’t be in the Budget this week was tax cuts. The Government has said not today, probably not next year but maybe at some stage before 2020. While National has done a good job...
Originally published by the National Business Review, Monday 23 May, 2016 Centre-right political parties have a moral duty to lower taxes and allow people to take home more of their own money. The National Party’s values – limited government; individual freedom and choice; competitive enterprise and reward for achievement –...
No tax cuts announced, no surprise there. No tax cuts flagged for the future, very disappointing. No roll back of fiscal drag, or bracket creep, for people paying more tax simply because their pay has increased with inflation — unfair and deserving more attention than the brush off the Minister...
This year Budget Day falls on "Tax Freedom Day" - the first day that New Zealanders stop working for the Government and begin working for themselves. According to OECD figures general government total outlays now equal 40.0% of the New Zealand economy. That means, for the average Kiwi, when the clock ticks...
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