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Taxpayer-funded agencies join Budget Day propaganda
Friday, 18 May 2018, 10:00 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayer-funded agencies are disgracing their neutral role by delivering press statements in praise of Budget Day funding announcements, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
New Green-tint corporate welfare scheme mistaken
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 3:00 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Putting aside $100 million for a “Green Investment Fund” to compete with investment bankers is a mistake, says the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union. More >>
Why just bloodstock?
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 2:59 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the underlying principle in the only tax change announced as part of today’s Budget 2018 to promote economic growth: full capital expensing of bloodstock. More >>
A billion dollars a year for 900 fewer tertiary students
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Treasury has ripped off the political veil and exposed the Prime Minister’s flagship ‘free’ tertiary education policy with Budget showing that the numbers in tertiary education set to decline by 900 in the 2018/19 year. More >>
Budget win for the Taxpayers’ Union
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 2:54 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is celebrating that a policy it has pushed for since 2014 has been adopted by the Government. More >>
Labour delivers predictable budget in sweet economic times
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 2:52 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
From the Budget 2018 lock-up, the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming Labour’s adherence to its pre-election ‘fiscal rules’ despite delivering significant Labour-Party style sweeteners in the Budget delivered today. Taxpayers’ Union Chairman, Barrie ... More >>
Megan Woods breaks word – gives into Callaghan self-interest
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
17 MAY 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Taxpayers’ Union is fuming that Minister for Research, Science and Innovation Megan Woods has broken her word and capitulated to Callaghan Innovation’s pressure to keep its precious corporate welfare grant ... More >>
Treasury predict average working paying top tax rate by 2022
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 2:47 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
17 MAY 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Budget 2018 projections show that the average worker will be in the top income tax bracket by 2022 unless urgent changes are made to tax thresholds to adjust them to wage inflation. Taxpayers’ Union Economist Joe Ascroft ... More >>
Interest free mortgage scheme is bananas
Wednesday, 16 May 2018, 11:39 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Government's plans to provide interest free mortgages to low income, first home buyers is the sort of nutty government intervention which led to the GFC, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
Government to blame for worsening cost of living
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 12:26 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
With Stats NZ data showing housing costs, tobacco taxes, and petrol costs are driving up the cost of living for low income households, it’s clear the Government is worsening poverty, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Government u-turns on transparency for taxpayers
Monday, 14 May 2018, 4:09 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The abandonment of Labour’s commitment to reform the Official Information Act makes of mockery of the Government’s commitment to be the ‘most transparent and open’ in New Zealand’s history. Responding to Minister of Justice Andrew Little’s backdown, ... More >>
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 >>
