If so ,
Aborted media rationalisation. $23,000,000 +
Aborted Cycleway , Harbour Bridge, $55,000,000 +
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If so ,
Aborted media rationalisation. $23,000,000 +
Aborted Cycleway , Harbour Bridge, $55,000,000 +
That's small change compared to the $20 Billion we would have lost by 2031 from the NZ Superannuation fund, if National had won the 2020 election & implemented their policy to halt contributions to the Superannuation fund.
National's always short sighted, looking for short term gains & pass the costs on to future governments, never look long term, thats why the hospitals, roads, water infrastructure needs so much money spent on it now.
Remember they increased the allowable weight limits for freight trucks & look at the damage that's caused to our road network.
Zero increase in hospital budgets for several years, despite big immigration & buildings desperately needing maintenance.
And so on...
Luxon says that healthcare is wasteful spending though and he won’t increase it by more than CPI (despite all the new migrants he wants to bring in).
It’s all going towards income tax cuts.
A person working full time on the new minimum wage and a few weekends in overtime, now gets into the 30% bracket. The Government constantly increasing minimum wages on businesses, that then run right through to all other employees of the business and from there into prices of goods & services, while not adjusting tax brackets. This is just a clever (some say dishonest) increase in the tax take paid for by all businesses and consumers.
Lets not forget that everyone else in the organisation also has to have a pay increase of similar magnitude. It is inflationary and is going to bite them on the bum big time. I know plenty of people that were earning above minimum wage and were happy about it. Not anymore. They are going to have to have a commensurate increase and the cost is going to be borne by the consumer ultimately. Not a good thing. (Tax take will go up like you say. Tax increases by stealth. No one ever said this Labour govt were not sneaky)
Who is the consumer? The one getting the wage rise.
Or the beneficiary who's pay is directly linked to CPI.
Wouldn't it be nice if food and electricity went up by CPI only (rather than 10%).
Many businesses raise their prices by more than inflation.
I wouldn't bet my last $ on it, but I suggest that Robertson, Hipkins & Co are 'keeping the powder dry'. They are cynical & 'consummate' politicians who will do whatever is required to hold on to power.
As a result don't be surprised if sometime within the next 6 months, an upward adjustment is made to the first 3 tax tiers/brackets. Making the sheeple feel good again.
The powder in the northern regions must be all but sodden, if not washed away
But the muddied masses probably still have their brickbats ready to wave at any stupid or
untoward central Govt politician or nearer targets, without much further provocation ..
Going to take a fair bit more than tinkering with the lowest wage or any bracket sweeteners to keep those
ones happy & content now .. Labour's largest audience washed out on their lilo's with a further
instalment on the way and years ahead of even returning many to previous normality
King sized lollypops from Gobbo Robbo's larder of taxpayer funded goodies on order soon or
is everyone still kitted out in their Beehive bunkers sweetly dreaming about Oct 2023 ? ;)
Income tax cuts without higher tax elsewhere, or govt spending and public services cuts, are not necessarily a good thing. The right wing ideologues in the UK tried that, and their beloved "free market" showed them what it thought. The British people then ended up with no tax cuts yet suffered fewer public services, and even higher interest rates.
The bracket creep over the last few years means we are literally getting income tax increases each year. It is getting ridiculous that an average salary for a person 2-3 years out of Uni is hitting the top tax rate, the one introduced to "tax the rich".
Even worse is the fact that someone working full time on the minimum wage and a few hours of OT a year, is about to hit the 30% tax rate.
So maybe it is time to seriously cut out wastage in the system and there is plenty to select from.
Balance is the Majorie Taylor Greene of ShareTrader. "LIAR!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An86W8YvriM
I remember a time when our tax rates were similar (although different) when I was fresh eyed out of Uni and new grads started on $29,000 per annum. That is $15 per hour give or take. We were in the tax bracket below 30% or 33% or whatever it was. Now days, straight out of uni and you are already in the 30% bracket. That is just sillyness. The amounts need to be adjusted pronto. I would suggest:
0-$25 0%
$25k-$80K 17.5%
$80k-$200k 33%
$200k+ 39%
That would make things simpler (eliminating the stupid 30% and 33% rates and combining in one and realign for the effects of inflation.)
Doing it at this time would be inflationary and raise interest rates (resulting in even more profits going to Australian banks).
Eventually of course, it has to and will happen. In five years it should be safe to do so.
Garbage as usual - hoiw about Luxon paying no tax according to you?
What we have on ST now is the Labour poster cabal - dedicated to spreading lies, misinformation and BS like their dear leaders Hipkins and the departed political corpse Clueless Cindy.
So quickly they try now to hide her behind the spin of yesterday does not matter.
According to Robertson, no money was wasted on cancelled projects like TVNZ/RNZ merger :
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political...er-were-wasted
Of course not as the money does not belong to him or the Labour Party - it's the people's money to be squandered on wasteful spending.
Labour - the party which makes consultants rich while breeding beneficiaries.
I think your suggestion would be much fairer than the craziness we currently have. I've always been in favour of a 0% tax rate for very low income to encourage people into part time work. I brought it up at a political meeting with our MP many years ago and he suggested it could be done for the first $15 k or so without the need for a major shake up of the whole income tax system and without too much of a burden.
But as we can see in post30, Labour is not in favour of reducing tax on workers and use any excuse possible, such as the lunacy that reducing tax is inflationary but constantly increasing wages, welfare & fuel subsidies is not. No wonder this country is where it is !
double post.
Jobseeker numbers are going down since we have a strong economy under labour & you would hope that there are experts advising the govt.
It would be a start Blackcap, but realistically, even that is just 'tinkering'. If we keep doing the same stupid things, we are going to keep getting the same stupid outcomes. As a country we need to be bold, brave, innovative & revolutionary with our fiscal set-up. As dramatic as it sounds, the harsh reality is we are on the slow, winding, bumpy pathway to Banana Republic status; if we aren't careful.
- "Flatten the (tax bracket) Curve".
- Standardise Individual, Company & Trust tax rates (& Lower!)
- Implement a Gross Revenue/Turnover Tax which will capture ALL economic activity. Which through implication will also capture 'capital gains' for non-productive transactions, e.g. casual residential property speculators.
I agree that govt does rely on sly income tax increases by virtue of bracket creep, which is worse in a high inflationary environment. Increasing income tax also does not get to the rich, it just gets those who produce productive taxable incomes. To increase taxes from the “rich”, NZ would need to overhaul its tax system and introduce new taxes. Neither of the major parties have the stomach to do that.
It is ridiculous when starter salaries are already in higher tax brackets, while in the meantime property owners can receive untaxed capital gains from their homes and investment properties worth more than annual salaries. Do many of our young need to become exiles to get ahead whilst they wait to inherit their parents properties?
As Clueless Cindy is now politically a smelly corpse, her captain's call to can CGT is now invalid.
Why is Hipkins not pushing for the CGT to be introduced?
Or is he waiting for after the election to announce its introduction, win or lose?
Despicable hypocrite is the chip of Ardern block.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/financ...FBKOIDR5WCT6A/
Finance Minister Grant Robertson disputes millions spent on TVNZ-RNZ merger were ‘wasted’
Yep no waste - Robbo .. just a waste of space sitting atop the taxpayer money pile who can't work out where it disappeared to .. perhaps Willie Wonka might know which consultants got refeathered nests ? :)
Must hurt when another of your favourite hobby horse projects (aka another expensive waste of space) gets wiped off the list in the large clean out by the Schoolboy trying to cover his backside from following in another impending slide down the greasy slope that the earlier excuse for failed leadership got pushed down, to get her out of sight ;)
I think I know what you are getting at, but Mmmm no, not really.
GST/VAT is a consumption (Indirect) tax, where the 'final consumer' in the Goods/Services chain 'pays the tab'. IOW, the provider of the Goods/Services charges their price and then adds the tax (GST) to the bill; collecting the tax from the end 'user" on behalf of the State.
IMO GST is not a good tax. In fact it is hideous. For a start, the Compliance, Administrational, Regulatory costs to the broader economy are disproportionately high.
A 'Turnover' Tax on the other hand is far more straightforward/direct. If a TT was introduced, then in unison, one would best remove the GST tax regime. Plus eventually dismantle the INC TAX system. It would also allow the the nominal rate to be much lower (as in <10%) and flatter across the board. Regardless of the Turnover/Gross Income quantum of the Individual, Company, Family Trust etc.
Examples:
- Minimum Wage/Salary Earner (from 1st April) - $48,000 pa @ 7% = $3,360 TT payable. As opposed to $7,420 at the moment, but then having monetary & admin double handling happening by getting back various benefits/tax credits. e.g. WFF, Accom' Sup, etc
- Salary Earner on $100,000 pa @ 7% = $7,000 TT payable. As opposed to $23,920 currently payable, but then getting back benefits/tax credits, e.g. WFF
- Sole Trader (e.g. Tradie) - Gross T/O = $500,000 @ 7% = $35,000 TT payable. As opposed to where they currently try to make their taxable profit as 'efficient' as possible, so say $150,000, so $40,020 (+net GST collected) tax currently paid.
- SME (e.g. retail, manufacturer etc) - Gross T/O = $6,000,000 @ 7% = $420,000 TT payable. As opposed to say 10% EBITDA ($600K, so say $500K EBT) = $140,000 (+ Net GST collected) tax currently paid
- Briscoes Group - Gross T/O = $745m (FY22) @ 7% = $52m TT payable. As opposed to $34m (+ Net GST collected) Tax paid currently.
- Sale of an asset class e.g. House. Punter buys house in 2010 for $500K. Sells it in 2020 for $1.2M so hence a Gross Income (via capital gain) of $700K. @ 7% makes $49,000 TT payable. As opposed to Zilch, Zero, Nada currently.!
Turnover is gross sales. As I understand it, your TT would be tax levied without deduction of input costs and whether a business is profitable or not. Whereas you allow House owners to deduct the input cost purchase price of the property. So your system would still be biassed in favour of real estate owners, and would further discourage investment in business.
Yes, in the ideal world the State should not use tax policy to encourage/discourage economic activity for particular sectors and asset classes. Do that and the more the tax-payer will attempt to "game the system". Ultimately this leads to damaging economic distortions that in turn artificially inflate/suppress the targeted sector/asset class. Moreover, it inevitably produces a raft of 'unintended consequences" (economic & social) that politicians fail to anticipate and of course recognise & take responsibility for, when they inevitably hit.
Sadly, the current Labour Government are recidivous offenders at attempting to 'screw the scrum', through tax policy. Tremendous amounts of financial waste can be found littered in all corners of the NZ economy currently. That reckless & negligent behaviour is and will continue to negatively impact us all.
The good news is that a Turnover Tax is far more difficult to 'game', much easier to administer and treats each Gross income earner the same (No corporate socialism!).
Bjauck, you make comment about a TT system not referencing whether a business is profitable or not. Agreed, but surely you recognise that this situation already exists with the current Tax framework?
- A Salary/Wage earner currently pays PAYE on the Gross Income/"Turnover". That tax is deducted at source, at the prescribed rate, regardless of whether the taxpayer's household "P & L' is 'profitable' or not.
- A business can show a P & L loss but still be a significant net payer of tax (GST).
As an aside, I here one ask, "what about for a high-growth mode entity that may be showing large cash-burn due to having no/low income?" Simple, under a TT regime, little/no tax would be payable!
Polytechs amalgamation and how much wasted money has been spent on this ? 50 mil ?
Some kindly soul sent me this nice little poem.........
Dear Jacinda:
You may have run away
From your five years in the sun
But I will not forgive you
For the damage you have done
Our beautiful New Zealand
Can it ever be the same?
Now ravaged by division
And you alone to blame.
You've left us with so much to fix
You've made things so much worse
Your reckless overspending
Has drained the public purse.
Children still in poverty
Criminals running rife
Race based legislation
Set to ruin Kiwi life.
You grasped your socialist dagger
And you plunged it in our heart
Creating vile apartheid
Which will tear us all apart.
So I'm glad you're gone, Jacinda,
But does Hipkins wear your smile?
I fear the face of innocence
Just masks the crocodile.
I see in todays news via News Hub that the Polytech rejig fishheads have asked for a $300,000,000 interest free advance from the govt as part of a $425,000,000 costings !!
The wasteage list must include the whole Govt front bench now - surely ? ;)
Even Handy Andy is now on high level defensive chasing imaginary Russian images around the Chathams :)
The hospitals & Pikers River appear to have still haven't recovered from the handiwork imposed on them ;)