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Your front door is open and your property investments are hanging out - by frog
Labour MP Rick Barker and the people he says he’s been talking to just don’t seem to get it that when you work hard and save you should still pay tax on your earnings! Why should one form of income be tax free? Why not wages too? read moreFebruary 6, 2010 8:14 am - 112 Comments -
Tax working group supports universal child benefit - by frog
Russel Norman is right to criticise the TWG for its main recommendation of aligning top personal tax rates with a corporate tax rate of 30% as creating a chasm of social inequality between the richest and poorest in New Zealand and for its shyness on taxing capital gain. But the TWG’s suggestion of reintroducing a universal child benefit deserves serious consideration. read moreJanuary 21, 2010 10:27 pm - 73 Comments
