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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 >>
Taxpayer-funded health activists bully Youthline
Monday, 16 April 2018, 11:18 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayer-funded health activists ignored advice from the Ministry of Health, Auckland Council, and Auckland Transport, to bully a company into dropping a promotion to raise money for Youthline, reveals the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Crisis of underinvestment means Govt must reconsider bribes
Wednesday, 11 April 2018, 12:18 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Claims of underinvestment in health and education should naturally lead to the Government reconsidering its expensive non-essential election bribes, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
National’s fuel tax ad misrepresents their policy
Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
National’s new campaign and TV ad against fuel taxes is disingenuous, considering the Party refuses to make any commitment to repeal the taxes if elected government, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
Waikato DHB shows how to flush money down the drain
Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 12:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The cancellation of Waikato DHB's ‘SmartHealth’ app and online service proves how easily public agencies can waste taxpayer money on IT white elephants, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Bill spells disaster for ratepayers
Friday, 6 April 2018, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A new bill to amend the Local Government Act should alarm all New Zealand ratepayers as it would remove the last remaining fiscal restraint on Council spending, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . The relevant proposed law change is as follows: ... More >>
Another Taxpayers’ Union victory for transparency
Friday, 6 April 2018, 2:03 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Wellington City Council’s commitment to proactively release sensitive spending figures is a win for transparency and the Taxpayers’ Union . The first round of figures, including a $98,000 banquet , were released in response to a Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Please stop changing the names of things. Please.
Wednesday, 4 April 2018, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The $220,000 bill for changing the name of the Education Council is just another example of a needless, expensive public sector rebrand, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke says, “We thought the lesson ... More >>
Hawke’s Bay ratepayers disregarded with 19% rate hike
Wednesday, 4 April 2018, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s monumental 19% rate hike is simply not necessary, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke says, “Good fiscal practice would be to set a budget first, and then work within ... More >>
PM breaks promise with dumb transport policy
Tuesday, 3 April 2018, 6:40 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union says the Government's proposal to increase fuel levies breaks Jacinda Ardern's promise of ‘no new taxes’ and the widening of the Regional Transport Fund (paid for by petrol taxes) to include funding for cycleways ... More >>
