It seems likely the government will focus on boosting business growth rather than raising new taxes. How it finances core operations remains the big question.
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Labour’s 2021 property tax changes were meant to lower the cost of housing. But without a proper capital gains tax it only hurt investors and renters, and made the tax system overall less coherent.
The National Party’s tax package may be a middle-income vote winner, but it avoids the core problem of tax-free wealth. And how much the new system would cost to operate is far from clear.
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Professor of Taxation and Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer, School of Accounting and Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Taxation, University of Canterbury