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Fairness – A Requirement of Taxation
Owen Jennings Owen Jennings is a former ACT MP. “Dear sir, your tax bill this year is $15,000. Please pay immediately. Kind regards IRD”. Imagine getting that demand, out of the blue. One of your first questions would most certainly be, “Just how much income are you assessing that
What Labour Hid From Us
When National became government in 2008, Finance Minister Bill English’s determination to understand the extent of benefit-dependency led them to commission Taylor Fry to produce annual actuarial reports. These were duly published at the MSD website every year but ceased when the government changed in 2017. Now however, an
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If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Predictions for 2024 and How Did I Go For 2023 In March of this year, I made a number of predictions for election year, despite conceding it was probably unwise to
If You Scratch Our Back We Will Scratch Yours
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Is Luxon Going to Sell Us Out?
It appears that Christopher Luxon is going to sell us all out to Maori radicals and agitators. It is very hard not to come to that conclusion, after his dancing on the head of a pin over support for David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill. It would seem that he
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Govt to Axe Auckland Regional Fuel Tax
Hon Simeon Brown Minister of Transport Transport Minister Simeon Brown has confirmed that the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax will end on 30 June 2024. “Today, I can confirm that the Government has agreed to remove the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax in line with our coalition commitments, and legislation will be
View from Your Window
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