Hone Heke meets Robin Hood? Financial transactions tax gains new support
Alliance Party Co-Leader and GST off Food Tax Justice campaign co-organiser Kay Murray says the new Mana Party’s Hone Heke financial transactions tax (FTT) is a great idea. Ms Murray commented today in...
View ArticleA big day for a tiny tax on 22 June
Wednesday 22 June 2011 has been declared a “big day for a tiny tax”, highlighting the need for a worldwide financial transactions tax to curb financial speculation and provide the necessary funds to...
View ArticleLabour are welcome to borrow Alliance capital gains tax policy
The Alliance Party has congratulated the Labour Party on adopting its capital gains tax policy. Alliance Party co-leader Kay Murray says Labour should have introduced the capital gains tax during its...
View ArticleNo GST on Food petition goes to Parliament with 40 000 signatures
40,000 signatures calling for GST to be removed from food and a tax placed on financial speculation instead will be presented to Parliament at 12 noon on Tuesday 16 August. The Tax Justice petition...
View ArticleWhy New Zealanders are backing no GST on food campaign
A petition signed by 40 000 New Zealanders asking for GST to be removed from food will be presented at Parliament at noon tomorrow Tuesday 16 August 2011. The petition also requests that a financial...
View ArticleTax justice petition presented at Parliament
Representatives of many supporting groups and unions attended the presentation of the Tax Justice petition to take GST off food and introduce a financial transactions tax, at Parliament Buildings in...
View ArticleAlliance backs “Robin Hood” day for global tax reform
The Alliance Party is backing the Robin Hood Tax international day of action on Saturday 29 October 2011. Alliance Party co-leader and Dunedin South candidate Kay Murray says the goal of the global day...
View ArticleAlliance tax plan would rebuild a civilized New Zealand
The Alliance Party is calling for a major overhaul of New Zealand’s taxation system to assist low to middle income earners, and to pay for free access to high quality public goods including health and...
View Article$207 Million Per Day in Share Trading And No One’s Thinking About A Financial...
The NZX has reported that average trades increased in value in October by 56% to an eye-watering $207 million – per day. That is $207 million worth of share transactions each day that no GST is paid...
View ArticleTransnational Corporate Tax Shenanigans Need To Stop
It’s official. Many big transnational corporations are not paying their taxes. And the government doesn’t intend to do anything about it. These corporations inflate the value of the goods and services...
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