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Productivity Commission inquiry scope appalling
Friday, 11 May 2018, 4:42 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Productivity Commission’s latest inquiry should be about how to make Councils more efficient, not helping them gather even more revenue, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says, “Instead of ... More >>
Warning for Govt: don’t tax cigarette alternatives
Friday, 11 May 2018, 10:51 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers Union welcomes the latest New Zealand Initiative report Smoke and Vapour: the changing world of tobacco harm reduction , and endorses the report’s view [Chapter 5.5] that politicians should not apply tax to new nicotine products. ... More >>
CTU’s push-poll on tax is laughable
Thursday, 10 May 2018, 1:42 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
10 MAY 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Council of Trade Unions’ poll purporting to show a majority of New Zealanders favouring higher tax rates is a dishonest attempt to inflate support for tax hikes, says the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union . The poll, ... More >>
Petition to end funding for Clinton Foundation
Wednesday, 9 May 2018, 1:43 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Over 5,000 taxpayers have signed the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union ’s petition to end taxpayer funding for the Clinton Health Access Initiative, a subsidiary of the Clinton Foundation. In addition, 1,231 people have personally written to Minister ... More >>
Clinton Foundation gets another $5.5m from NZ taxpayers
Monday, 7 May 2018, 4:37 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
7 MAY 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A subsidiary of the controversial Clinton Foundation is set to receive US$3.9m (NZ$5.5m) in taxpayer money in 2018/19, the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can confirm. This is in addition to NZ$8m given to the organisation ... More >>
Tax Freedom Day not until 27 May
Monday, 7 May 2018, 11:12 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
7 MAY 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The premature celebration of 'Tax Freedom Day' by Staples Rodway is just festive silliness says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Reacting to coverage of 'Tax Freedom Day' Taxpayers’ Union Economist, Joe Ascroft ... More >>
Woods at risk of shattering fuel price glasshouse
Friday, 4 May 2018, 10:52 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
If the Minister of Energy, Megan Woods, is so concerned about petrol prices, she should haul Phil Twyford into her office, not executives from BP, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke says, “While ... More >>
Victory: Public money unstuck from the mud
Friday, 4 May 2018, 10:46 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The cancellation of Rotorua’s failed ‘Mudtopia’ festival is a major victory for ratepayers and taxpayers, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . The cancellation of the festival is the culmination of a campaign by the Taxpayers’ Union which ... More >>
Robertson right to ignore critics on Budget Responsibility
Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 10:25 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Finance Minister Grant Robertson is right and should be congratulated for sticking to Labour's Budget Responsibility rules in the face of criticism, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Taxpayers' Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says, “Using ... More >>
Two criteria for GST-at-the-border announcement
Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 10:16 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union says two criterion need to be meet by Revenue Minister Stuart Nash in order for today’s GST announcement to have support of taxpayers: fiscal neutrality and collection efficiency. More >>
Taxpayers’ Union to present submission to Tax Working Group
Monday, 30 April 2018, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers’ Union to present submission to Tax Working Group at 3:30pm 30 APRIL 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has finalised and will present its submission to the Tax Working Group, along with submissions from (as ... More >>
War on the poor: James Shaw’s levy on older vehicles
Friday, 27 April 2018, 12:36 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Climate Change Minister James Shaw’s proposal to tax older vehicles to subsidise electric ones is, in practice, an attack on the poor, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. “This is an enormously regressive policy. The New Zealanders currently shelling ... More >>
Tool launched to stop the Tax Working Group cash grab
Thursday, 26 April 2018, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union has released an online tool that makes it easy for taxpayers to make submissions to the Government's Tax Working Group. More >>
Why does the Government hate Rodney?
Thursday, 26 April 2018, 11:09 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Transport Minister Phil Twyford confirmed this morning that Rodney residents will pay four different ways for transport projects in Auckland. Responding to Mr Twyford’s comments , Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke says, “Residents of ... More >>
Recipe for "s…-kickers" also recipe for "s…-government"
Wednesday, 25 April 2018, 7:36 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is alarmed with Shane Jones’ bizarre comments just published in a Stuff.co.nz interview that he would like to "soften that line" between governance and the bureaucracy and allow Ministers to appoint ... More >>
Regional fuel tax coming to a town near you!
Friday, 20 April 2018, 12:56 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
All New Zealanders should brace themselves for a regional fuel tax as Christchurch City Council seeks to expand the Government’s bill, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says, “Taxes are like ... More >>
$19,000 for cultural advice is tokenism at its worst
Friday, 20 April 2018, 12:51 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Local councils need to stop wasting money on expensive ‘cultural advice’, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Questions to answer over PM’s recruitment choice
Thursday, 19 April 2018, 12:02 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers deserve an assurance that the Prime Minister’s Office followed all appropriate steps in appointing a recruitment agency linked to the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff to recruit the replacement to the Prime Minister’s Chief Press Secretary, ... More >>
Taxpayer Hero: Dr Megan Woods
Thursday, 19 April 2018, 11:49 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The eradication of Callaghan Innovation’s controversial Growth Grants in favour of a rules-based R&D tax incentive is a major victory for taxpayers, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams ... More >>
Tobacco tax zealots are now changing their tune
Wednesday, 18 April 2018, 1:45 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
It is clear we have reached a sea-change on tobacco policy, with long-standing champions of tobacco tax hikes now changing their tune, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. On the AM Show this morning, Hāpai Te Hauora CEO Lance Norman admitted that tobacco ... More >>
