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Business Tax Rate Killing Investment, Productivity And Wages
Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 11:44 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
New Zealand's corporate tax rate is now one of the highest in the world with the expected passing of a massive reduction in business taxes in the United States, says the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union. It is calling on the Government to put corporate ... More >>
Auditor General report highlights wasteful spending
Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 12:34 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Heads should roll over an Auditor General report slamming school spending decisions around the country, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
Costing advice should be available pre- not post-election
Friday, 15 December 2017, 4:02 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Independent policy costings should be made available to political parties prior to elections, and not limited to when negotiations occur to form a Government, says the Taxpayers’ Union. Today’s release of advice and correspondence between political ... More >>
Barrie Saunders new Chair of Taxpayers' Union
Friday, 15 December 2017, 10:56 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Barrie Saunders has been welcomed as the new Chairman of the Taxpayers' Union, replacing the organisation's founding Chairman, John Bishop, who has stepped down after four years in the role. More >>
Tax working group should be tasked with fiscal neutrality
Thursday, 14 December 2017, 1:40 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
With the Budget Policy Statement indicating fiscal restraint, and the Government not signalling increases in revenue over and above nominal growth and fiscal drag, the Tax Working Group should be tasked to offer fiscally neutral solutions says the ... More >>
Winter Energy Payment is universalism at its worst
Thursday, 14 December 2017, 1:34 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Government’s plan to give everyone over the age of 65 hundreds of dollars to pay for heating over Winter is an expensive mistake, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. The Union’s Executive Director, Jordan Williams, said, “A ... More >>
Labour’s mini-budget delivers fiscal restraint
Thursday, 14 December 2017, 1:33 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“Grant Robertson’s pre-Christmas spend-up appears to tie his hand in years to come, and offers a welcome dose of fiscal restraint,” says the Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, reacting to today’s Half Year Economic and ... More >>
KiwiBuild spending mostly crowds out what would be built
Thursday, 14 December 2017, 1:32 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
By the next election the Government will have spent two billion dollars on KiwiBuild, but only a little more than a third of that will have translated into additional houses according to Treasury analysis pointed to by the Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
Hipkins correct to target bureaucrat pay
Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 3:40 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union welcomes the Minister of State Services’ new focus on restraining the wage growth of top bureaucrats. More >>
Abandoning PPPs will hit taxpayers for the sake of ideology
Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 12:21 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Labour’s plan to abandon public-private partnerships is an expensive display of ideology, says the Taxpayers’ Union . “It’s nuts to put hospitals and schools in charge of building projects when you have private developers are queueing up to ... More >>
Costs flying further than the fox
Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 12:37 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
It would be incredible if Christchurch City Council spent $1000 removing a flying fox, but spending $26,600 at Muka Park to remove a flying fox because of noise complaints displays an impressive approach to wasteful spending, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Government name calling doesn’t help vulnerable kids
Monday, 11 December 2017, 5:34 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
MEDIA RELEASE Government name calling doesn’t help vulnerable kids 11 DECEMBER 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE More >>
Tax indexation just as important as welfare increases
Monday, 11 December 2017, 1:00 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Judge Andrew Becroft's comments on TVNZ's Q&A that child welfare payments should be indexed to inflation apply just as much to tax thresholds says the Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
Rotorua Councillors Left With Mud On Face
Friday, 8 December 2017, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Rotorua's Mud Festival had combined ticket sales of $117,000, barely covering 8% of the $1.48 million that the event cost to put on, according to preliminary financial figures provided to the Rotorua Lake District Council yesterday. More >>
Commission’s challenges not met by free tertiary policy
Friday, 8 December 2017, 11:03 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the release of the Tertiary Education Commission’s briefing to the incoming minister, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, said, “The Government is putting ideology over sound advice." More >>
Statement on Otorohanga Council's financial performance
Thursday, 7 December 2017, 3:45 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
In a media release issued on 5 December 2017 the Taxpayers’ Union pointed out that Otorohanga District Council’s personnel costs per ratepayer are much higher than both the national average and the average for similar rural councils. More >>
Auckland DHB’s Updated ‘Values’ Not Worth $170,000
Thursday, 7 December 2017, 8:33 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Auckland DHB’s decision to spend over $170,000 on a new set of ‘values’ is a classic case of bureaucratic self-indulgence, says Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union . The Taxpayers’ Union revealed the expense ... More >>
Government just as much to blame for motorists’ pain
Wednesday, 6 December 2017, 3:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the MBIE report released today that investigated surging fuel prices, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Economist, Joe Ascroft, said: More >>
New Campaign Launched for Otorohanga District Council
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 10:42 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Otorohanga District Council is now one of only two New Zealand councils not to have an Audit and Risk Committee overseeing how the District's money is being spent, according to research by the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union. More >>
Wintec CEO using public money to hide from media
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 10:37 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
In response to reports that Wintec CEO, Mark Flowers, spent $175,000 hiring lawyers to protect him from media questioning, Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers' Union said: More >>
