Xero will pay no corporate tax at the moment as they are loss making. (I.e in simple terms, their total expenses are greater than total sales). There is no money for anyone to tax. However as soon as they earn $1 of profit they will pay corporate taxes. In...
Must be a typo where Donald Trump is the establishment candidate.
Interesting graph CV. I was wondering if there was absolute wealth comparability between the different geographies wealth deciles? (i.e. would a decile 1 absolute wealth in Africa = decile 1 absolute wealth in North America) Or is it relative within the ...
So it's just a case of tough cookies for the thousands of other people who have repaid their obligations?
I have been fortunate enough to have late last year paid off my Student Loan over numerous years of chipping away at it. Don't you think it would be absolute garbage that people who have not been paying it back just magically have theirs written off? Will ...
Appreciate the constructive response Naturesong. Agree with the fact that 180,000 is a number far to high. Are the any trends on this or has this data only just being collected? However 180k is lower than "a quarter of all children" in NZ. Why don't we ...
Your example shows how unequal incomes equal poverty. Is this "actual poverty"? The left say poverty is "inequality". The right say poverty is "when people/families go without essentials". The argument will just go around in circles until an agreeable ...
What happens if Turnbull wins? Is there another election for Prime Minister or would Turnbull become PM?
I agree, Labour should propose a fiscal discipline act where governments must run budget surpluses. That should start lowering the national debt and be a vote winner.
Shameful comment from a bitter and twisted person
Cheers rob!
Thanks John! Appreciate it Would you say that increased carbon emissions has been the major contributor to the disruption to the hydrological cycle? Interesting about the insurance payouts, people are obviosuly feeling these related events and hence more ...
Meant as a very genuine question as I'm intrigued to learn more on the topic, does anyone have links to websites/research that show how heavy rainfall like that in Dunedin over the past day happens as a result of climate change? Any recommendations are ...
Hard left/right parties only thrive in tougher economic and social times. This is simply not the case in NZ. Therefore there is no chance of Kiwis rustling feathers and picking an extreme party. (In NZ's case 'extreme' is anything but the centre) Also why ...
Agree with you Pedant. While the Police are not perfect, (neither is any government department), they do a fantastic job and I support them 9 times out of 10. Blaming Police for car chases is absurd. Police do a lot to avoid chases and pull out of ...
Why Scales Corp?
In recent articles on the Minimum wage increases over the last two years: In April 2014, the min wage rose to $14.25, CTU economist Bill Rosenberg said "...More than 100,000 people were on or close to the new minimum wage..." http://www.stuff.co.nz/...
Do you know whose speech/speaking it was in? Cheers
Morning Phil, where did you get the info for your second fact? It is interesting...
Greens continuing to be Labour's lapdogs. The Greens are fully dependent on Labour, however the feeling is not mutual.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11403351 Not so much down and gloom on dairy prices anymore
This document tends to disagree with you comment http://www.treasury.govt.nz/budget/2013/estimates/est13trans.pdf Specifically: $130 million is a loan to the Auckland Council to assist with the funding of the Electric Multiple Unit package $58 million is ...
It will be the same 'rent a crowd' protesters who turn up to every protest and that will put the majority of Aucklanders most off. The only thing the police should bring is water hoses to give 'rent a crowd' its first shower in months
Three more years! Three more years! Three more years!
John Hattie has done a 'Meta Analysis' of all the research on what influences educational outcomes. Hattie, John A. (2008). Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement. He compiled a list of 138 outcomes that influence ...
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