Tariff Act Repeal Bill Pulled From Ballot
ACT New Zealand Economic Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas was today pleased that his Tariff Act Repeal Bill was drawn from the Ballot, which, if successful would see the removal of all remaining tariffs on...
View ArticleTax Rates: Must Try Harder
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today questioned why the Government had not moved to align the top personal tax rate, the corporate tax rate, and the trustee tax rate. On February...
View ArticleHeather Roy's Diary
PAYE Refunds: The Right Of The Over-taxed It is said that only two things are certain in life - death and taxation. When I was a student studying to become a physiotherapist I paid my way by working as...
View ArticleGST Doesn’t Need To Go Up
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today released his latest poster criticising today’s GST increase and calling on the Government to cut wasteful spending on such programmes as the...
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Why a capital gains tax is a very, very bad idea
All taxes are economically damaging but the capital gains tax is easily the worst of the lot.Taxes on capital gains doubly tax savings and investment, they are brutally unfair, they are complicated and...
View ArticleA Time for Choice
Click here for a downloadable copy of this speech.Keynote address to the ACT Upper South 2011 Regional Conference14 August 2011On November 26 this year, New Zealanders face a choice.That choice is...
View ArticleInnumerate Greens
I honestly cannot believe that the Greens have made such a simple mistake, in a document which is intended to set out how they will finance their plans to significantly increase Government...
View ArticleACT - National Agreement Nets Significant Policy Gains for ACT
ACT New Zealand Party President Chris Simmons and ACT MP Hon John Banks today announced the details of ACT’s Confidence and Supply Agreement, highlighting a number of very significant policy ‘wins’ for...
View ArticleLabour’s Minimum Price for Alcohol Will Penalise Everyone
ACT Leader John Banks today urged Opposition Parties to dismiss Labour’s Alcohol Law Reform Bill SOP which would introduce a provision for a minimum price for alcohol. “Labour’s SOP is far too broad....
View ArticleCapital Gains Tax A Bad Idea
A capital gains tax is an inefficient envy tax that will do nothing to improve housing affordability, ACT Leader John Banks said today.“Only Labour and the Greens would try to make something cheaper by...
View ArticleScrapping Carpark Tax The Right Move
ACT Leader John Banks today welcomed National’s decision to scrap their proposed carpark tax.“This is great news for small business in central Auckland and Wellington, and better news for employees,”...
View ArticlePersonal income tax reductions most effective option: IRD & Treasury
ACT leader John Banks today welcomed the release of an IRD and Treasury paper that found that personal income tax reductions would be the most effective tax measure for boosting economic welfare."ACT...
View Article提高最低工资标准将使更多的新西兰人失去工作的权利
国家党提高最低工资的决定将导致更多的企业倒闭和更高的失业率。 在政府应当给企业发展让路的时候，国家党却把提高群众收入的包袱甩给了企业，给企业的发展制造障碍。 中小企业占了新西兰企业总数的 97%，并贡献率了40%的国内生产总值。当前大部分中小企业生存艰难， 他们与供应商的议价能力微乎其微， 也没有能力应对持续上涨的运营成本。 新西兰服务业者协会去年的一项调查显示，...
View Article放弃征收停车位税是正确决定
行动党领袖John Banks今天对国家党放弃其提出的停车位税表示欢迎。 Banks 说 “这对奥克兰和惠灵顿中心区的小企业是个好消息，对员工是一个更好的消息”。 “奥克兰中央商务区的小企业正在挣扎着生存， 他们最不需要的就是更加繁重的管理费和税，行动党已经十分明确的反对了这个提案。” Banks 表示 “国家党这次做出了正确的决定” 。-译文 / Transport / Local...
View ArticleIRD/财政部:降低个人所得税是最有效的选择
IRD和财政部发布的一份报告指出，增加经济福利的最好方法是降低个人所得税。行动党领袖John Banks对此表示欢迎。 “行动党一直都在要求更低，更平稳的所得税税率” John Banks说。 “我们希望在新西兰实行个人所得税单一税率，并且税率低于20%。加上GST的15%，应该足够政府开销和维持社会福利。...
View ArticleIntroduce a 20 per cent tax for everyone, not just exporters
New Zealand First’s policy to offer a lower tax rate of 20 per cent to exporters only is a half-baked idea best fed to the dog, ACT Leader John Banks said today. “ACT has always believed that lower...
View Article低税率应惠及全民
新西兰优先党提出给出口商设定一个较低的税率——百分之二十。该政策是一个“半生不熟”的想法，应该拿去喂狗。 行动党一直认为， 低税收是促进经济增长最好的办法，优先党的做法是政党收买特点群体的典型例子。 为什么要给出口商税收优惠，却不给与进口商品竞争的本地制造商优惠？这明显与优先党一直以来坚持的增加出口减少进口的提法相悖。 与优先党不同，行动党认为每个人都应该从低税率中受益，而不仅仅是出口商。...
View ArticleThe Freedom To Achieve
I rise on behalf of the ACT Party and the people of Epsom to support the Statement from the Prime Minister.Over the summer break I have been out-and-about talking to New Zealanders - taking stock. New...
View ArticleParker’s ignorance of Labour’s poor economic record remarkable
Labour’s David Parker has shown remarkable ignorance of his own Government’s poor economic record with his claim today that a current account deficit of 7% puts New Zealand’s economy in a ‘danger...
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