New Zealand Herald - TaxationLatest Content for TaxationPetition underway to remove GST from food- September 20, 2008 Finance minister Michael Cullen did not even offer the courtesy of a reply when asked to publicly debate removing the goods and services tax from food, says the organiser of a petition. Grant Morgan is working his way down the...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=335&objectid=10533253&ref=rss Mary Holm : Stay the course and reap rewards- September 19, 2008 You have been a champion of KiwiSaver especially for people over 50. I am 57 and earn $65,000 per year. As soon as it was available I immediately enrolled in KiwiSaver last July at the maximum 8 per cent contribution rate (I...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=335&objectid=10533164&ref=rss French govt - going green no picnic- September 15, 2008 Plastic forks, disposable nappies, draughty houses - if it hurts the environment, make it cost more. That's the message France's Government wants to send with a raft of proposed new taxes. France's ecology minister said yesterday...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=335&objectid=10532357&ref=rss National sticking to $50-a-week tax cuts- September 15, 2008 Despite global financial turmoil, National's finance spokesman, Bill English, has indicated the party is still considering tax cuts of $50 a week. Asked on Radio New Zealand whether cuts of that magnitude were still on the table,...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=335&objectid=10532375&ref=rss |