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Andrew Little does U-turn on fiscal drag tax bracket
Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the Labour Party’s indication that if elected in September it would quash the Budget 2017 tax relief package, due to come into effect in April next year, and instead raise Working for Families and introduce new ... More >>
National Party candidate backing 'Cat Tax' - petition launch
Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Prime Minister should rule out moves by Local Government New Zealand to implement a Council “Cat Tax” – following comments by LGNZ head, and National Party Tukituki candidate, Lawrence Yule on this morning’s AM Show. Responding to Mr Yule, Jordan ... More >>
Taxpayers' share of Auckland transport spending to skyrocket
Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 9:21 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is shocked at the gall of Auckland Council relying more and more on taxpayers across the rest of the country to prop up Auckland Council’s shortfall in transport infrastructure. Reacting to the Ministerial briefing papers ... More >>
Dave Cull’s cat platform nuts
Monday, 10 July 2017, 6:46 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
10 JULY 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Dunedin Mayor’s pitch to local councils in his campaign to be elected the new president of Local Government New Zealand is nuts says the Taxpayers’ Union . “Despite the vast majority of ratepayers considering ... More >>
Cost of Winston Peters’ ‘Carpet Policy’ $120 million
Monday, 10 July 2017, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
10 JULY 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NZ First’s ‘carpet policy’ announcement this morning, to line all Government offices with woollen carpets, would cost approximately $120 million, based on the Government Property Group’s estimate of Government floor ... More >>
$50m Hospital Donation Welcome
Monday, 10 July 2017, 11:52 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The incredibly generous $50 million donation by Mark Dunajtschik to build a new children's hospital highlights the value of allowing immigrants into New Zealand to thrive and become valued members of our communities. New Zealand should welcome ... More >>
NZ First's "carpet policy" refreshing step back to 1970s
Monday, 10 July 2017, 11:23 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Clearly Winston Peters has had a flashback to the 1970s when he was MP for Hunua under Rob Muldoon with this 'Fortress New Zealand' proclamation that under his watch no civil servant would walk synthetic again. More >>
Green’s New Tax is Short-Sighted & Unfair
Monday, 10 July 2017, 10:57 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
10 JULY 2017 - The Green Party’s water tax on exports is a cheap vote grab without any apparent consideration for the practical implications. Responding to the policy announcement , Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union, said: ... More >>
659,000 Kiwis now paying top rate of tax
Sunday, 9 July 2017, 8:32 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
9 JULY 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that the number of New Zealanders paying the top marginal rate of income tax has grown to 659,000, equivalent to 18.1% of the working population. In 2010, when National last changed ... More >>
Treasury self-congratulates on ‘diversity’
Thursday, 6 July 2017, 1:19 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
MEDIA RELEASE Treasury self-congratulations on ‘diversity’ indicative of its lost focus on objective excellence More >>
Vic Crone agrees to debate Jordan Williams
Thursday, 6 July 2017, 11:37 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming Callaghan Innovation CEO Vic Crone’s acceptance of a head to head debate against Jordan Williams of the Taxpayers’ Union, following her criticism of the Union’s report on corporate welfare prior to actually having ... More >>
High petrol prices? Blame the Government
Tuesday, 4 July 2017, 1:18 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Government’s report claiming that fuel margins in New Zealand are not reasonable is a bit rich when fuel taxes account for about 78 cents per litre compared to petrol company margins of less than 30 cents. More >>
Accommodation supplement based on 2005 housing market
Tuesday, 4 July 2017, 12:37 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The accommodation supplement increase in Budget 2017 was based on research findings that differ from every other major economic research report on the subject of landlords absorbing increases in accommodation supplements through higher rents. In addition, ... More >>
Inequality Campaigners Living in Echo Chamber
Monday, 3 July 2017, 12:02 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
It's time for left-wing lobby group ‘Closing the Gap’ to admit that income inequality is not getting worse in New Zealand, as shown by two substantial reports recently published by economic researchers. More >>
Perceptions of local government at all time low
Monday, 3 July 2017, 10:54 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Despite specific commitments by heads of local government to increase the levels of performance, the 2017 "Local Government Survey" reveals that the public's opinion of the performance of local government continues to decline since the last ... More >>
$100 thousand spend to rename road a disgrace
Friday, 30 June 2017, 12:06 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The $100,000 being spent on renaming the old SH1 in Kapiti is disgraceful - as is the local Mayor's approach that the costs don't matter because it's taxpayer, not ratepayers' money. More >>
Napier City Council hikes rates at twice the rate of Aucklan
Friday, 30 June 2017, 11:54 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“Rate hikes twice the size of Auckland’s are totally unjustified”, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union , responding to Napier City Council’s 4.9 percent rates hike, agreed by Councillors yesterday. “Don’t be fooled by the Council’s ... More >>
Napier City Council hikes rates
Thursday, 29 June 2017, 4:13 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“Rate hikes twice the size of Auckland’s are totally unjustified”, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union , responding to Napier City Council’s 4.9 percent rates hike, agreed by Councillors yesterday. “Don’t be fooled by the Council’s ... More >>
Vic Crone "responds" to report she has not read
Thursday, 29 June 2017, 12:36 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Callaghan Innovation's head, Vic Crone, would be more authoritative in defending her corporate welfare empire if she bothered to actually read the reports she is giving interviews on in the media. More >>
Socialism for the Rich
Thursday, 29 June 2017, 11:54 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The annual cost of corporate welfare is now $1.6 billion, according to a new report published today by the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. ‘Socialism for the Rich’, by Jim Rose, collates the costs of all the corporate welfare expenditure in Budget ... More >>
