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New ‘Clear the Air’ campaign launched
Thursday, 31 May 2018, 1:37 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
31 MAY 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is marking World Smokefree Day by launching 'Clear the Air' - a campaign and website for sensible regulation and zero excise tax on alternative nicotine products. More >>
Eugenie Sage confirms Government to hike waste tax
Thursday, 31 May 2018, 11:09 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
First it was the fuel taxes, now the Government is hiking the tax on household waste as another example of breaking the ‘no new tax’ pledge, says the Taxpayers’ Union . This morning on Radio NZ’s Morning Report, Associate Minister for the Environment ... More >>
Government on right path to amalgamate city water services
Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 4:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Government on right path to amalgamate municipal water services The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming Local Government Minister, the Hon Nanaia Mahuta’s comments today on the need for ‘step change’ to the provision of municipal water and signalling ... More >>
Paying tribute to Dick Quax
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 1:08 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union and Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance respond with sadness to the passing of Cr Dick Quax. More >>
Bill to improve LGOIMA welcomed
Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
22 MAY 2018 The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming Maungakiekie MP Denise Lee’s private members bill to increase local representatives’ access to official information. Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke says, “We have been ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union welcomes end of Callaghan Growth Grants
Monday, 21 May 2018, 12:15 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The decision by Megan Woods to end Callaghan Innovation’s Growth Grants is fantastic news for taxpayers, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Government ignoring blight of fiscal drag
Monday, 21 May 2018, 12:13 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Grant Robertson’s statement on Q&A that lifting tax thresholds is not on the Government’s agenda is bad news, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Arts is a ‘nice-to-have’, NOT essential Budget spending
Friday, 18 May 2018, 12:32 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Prime Minister’s assertion that arts and culture funding is ‘not a nice-to-have’ will leave taxpayers dumbstruck, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Just wait for the advisory group, Minister
Friday, 18 May 2018, 10:34 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Government’s decision to pre-allocate $15 million for any recommendations made by an advisory group on public media is putting the cart before the horse, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
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 >>
