Posted in NEWS by New Zealand Taxpayers' Union | August 18, 2015
Greg Harford, the General Manager of Public Affairs at Retail New Zealand has drafted the following on proposals to reduce the threshold for GST for imported goods purchased online. Many people agree that tax is a necessary evil that we need to provide core Government services. Many...
Read more about Guest post: GST on online purchasesPosted in NEWS by David Farrar | May 27, 2015
On One News, they found someone to complain that they won’t be getting a free $1,000 KiwiSaver contribution from the taxpayer. She claimed that the contribution “kind of feels stolen” from her. Her name is Alexa Rae Johnson. The same one who only moved to NZ this month to start...
Read more about Why abolishing the KiwiSaver $1,000 kick starter makes sensePosted in NEWS by Larry N Mitchell | January 12, 2015
In the last year there has been a lot of discussion regarding efforts by Auckland Council to fund its yawning funding gap, a gap that mostly relates to its transportation (roading) budgets. New tolls for existing motorways are a possibility, as well as distorying the Auckland...
Read more about Guest Post: Larry Mitchell on Auckland Council’s “Elephant in the Room”Guest Post: Larry Mitchell on Auckland Council’s “Elephant in the Room”Posted in NEWS by New Zealand Taxpayers' Union | July 14, 2014
Auckland Ratepayers “Wake Up” at last Bernard Orsman's analysis last week of Auckland Council's financial trouble got right to the heart of the matter. The section headed "Hey Big Spender you’re in a deep financial hole" accurately nails the central issue facing Auckland’s overtaxed...
Read more about Guest Post: Larry Mitchell on Auckland Council's financesPosted in NEWS by New Zealand Taxpayers' Union | July 8, 2014
About two weeks ago Labour released its tax policy programme that it intends to implement if elected Government come 20 September. Predictably the increase in personal tax rates by 3% to 36%, and the confirmation of a capital gains tax, was widely criticised by...
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