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Commerce Commission Right To Point Finger At Regulatory Taxes
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 10:25 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the Commerce Commission’s report on competition in the grocery sector, spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “The recommendations to cut the regulatory taxes preventing more competition are exactly what the Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Labour Has No Excuse To Reject National's Feeble Tax Reset
Monday, 7 March 2022, 12:57 am | Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the National Party's proposal to adjust income tax brackets for the last four years of inflation, New Zealand Taxpayers' Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: "This small adjustment to tax brackets is more of a 'tax reset' than a ... More >>
Memo To Local Government Leaders: Stay Away From Milbrook Resort
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 1:51 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is dismayed at yet another local council leader forking out $30,000 for a leadership retreat at Milbrook Resort. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “In the wake of a 12 percent rate hike, the last thing New ... More >>
Apology To Shanan Halbert MP
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 4:39 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is issuing an apology to Shanan Halbert for unfair criticism in a previous statement. Union spokesman Jordan Williams says, “After we criticised Shanan Halbert for failing to isolate after a COVID test in accordance ... More >>
Govt MP Appears To Put Politics Ahead Of Community Safety And COVID Compliance
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 3:15 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to evidence on social media that suggests Government MP Shanan Halbert has failed to self-isolate while waiting for a COVID test in breach of the Government’s requirements, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Jordan Williams says: “If ... More >>
OCR Hike Makes Tax Relief More Urgent
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the 0.25% hike in the official cash rate, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “Higher mortgage rates are set to squeeze the budgets of households already hammered by rising living costs.” “The Reserve ... More >>
NZ Must Respond To Threat Against Ukraine By Cutting Fuel Tax
Tuesday, 22 February 2022, 12:26 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Government to urgently cut fuel excise in response to the escalating threat of invasion of Ukraine. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “ Experts have warned that the flow-on effects of war and ... More >>
Cash Refunds On Fuel Tax For Fuel Tax Honesty Day
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 11:17 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union will today be refunding the fuel tax paid by those refuelling their vehicles at Takapuna Gull, between 12:00pm and 12.30pm, to mark Fuel Tax Honesty Day. Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke says, “In Auckland, 52 percent ... More >>
Lying RAT Companies Should Be Referred To Commerce Commission For Misleading And Deceptive Behaviour
Monday, 14 February 2022, 12:49 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Minister of Consumer Affairs to report companies accused of lying about the Government’s alleged confiscation of RAT tests to the Commerce Commission for breaching the Fair Trading Act with misleading or ... More >>
Minimum Wage Workers: Meet The 30% Income Tax Bracket
Friday, 11 February 2022, 10:18 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Some minimum wage workers will find themselves in the 30% income tax bracket after the Government's decision to hike the minimum wage in line with inflation, reports the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union . Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, "Someone ... More >>
Petition Launched: Ease Living Costs By Cutting Fuel Tax
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 1:43 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has launched a petition to urgently reduce the excise tax paid on petrol at www.fueltax.nz . Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “Jacinda Ardern says she can’t control rising living costs – but that’s not ... More >>
DIA Binges On Furniture – Tinetti Must Intervene
Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 5:34 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti must make an example of her Department's $1.36 million spending blowout on furniture, says the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union . In today's Governance and Administration Committee meeting, National MP Melissa Lee ... More >>
Bloomfield Must Apologise For RAT Misinformation
Monday, 7 February 2022, 5:37 pm | Taxpayers' Union
“We told you so,” says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union whose RATs were stolen "requisitioned" by the Ministry of Health, despite the Director-General’s denials. Today the Ministry of Health admitted that the requisitioned tests included ... More >>
Minister’s Rent Control Proposal Cannot Be Serious
Thursday, 3 February 2022, 12:01 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Associate Housing Minister’s investigation of rent control is “dangerous, desperate policy” says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “Poto Williams cannot seriously be considering rent control – ... More >>
Grant’s New Tax Is A Productivity-killer
Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 11:11 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Grant Robertson’s new tax on employment is a broken promise that will punish productivity and reward the unproductive, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . The Taxpayers Union is releasing Curia polling commissioned by the Union that asked respondents: ... More >>
A Caring National Party Must Rein In Super Costs
Tuesday, 1 February 2022, 10:42 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is warning National Leader Chris Luxon that a u-turn on Super would be an abrogation of the Party’s responsibility to young taxpayers. “Luxon must not buy into the myth that fiscal prudence is at odds with ‘caring’,” ... More >>
Human Rights Commission Paying For Mayoral Campaign ‘wrong’, ‘undemocratic’
Friday, 28 January 2022, 11:03 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Human Rights Commission is once again showing it can’t be trusted with taxpayer money, this time politicising the agency by funding paid advertising for an Auckland Mayoral candidate with Facebook ads targeting Auckland . Taxpayers’ Union spokesman ... More >>
Is Inflation A Joke To Michael Wood?
Friday, 28 January 2022, 10:38 am | Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union says Michael Wood's announcement of a $14.6 billion tram will only serve to intensify the major challenge currently facing New Zealand households: inflation. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, "A day after we ... More >>
Ashley Bloomfield Should Do Better Than Lean Into Government’s ‘consolidation’ Spin
Thursday, 27 January 2022, 11:31 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has become complicit in the Labour Government’s attempt to cover up the theft of rapid antigen tests by the Government, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Union spokesman Jordan Williams says, “The ... More >>
Inflation Spike: Grant Robertson Wins, Taxpayers Lose
Thursday, 27 January 2022, 11:20 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Grant Robertson must urgently respond to spiking inflation with an adjustment of tax brackets, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union in response to Stats NZ’s latest inflation figures. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “At the Reserve ... More >>
