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Budget 2017: Why not cut the over-taxation of savings?

National Party principles should mean any tax reform should focus on savings in next week's budget.

Thu, 18 May 2017

If Finance Minister Steven Joyce wants a target for tax cuts next week – aside from threshold adjustments to allow for inflation – he should provide some relief for New Zealand savers. 

There is a longstanding savings problem in New Zealand: In aggregate, the country is not doing as badly as it

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