Comments on: What will you do with your tax cut?

By: Magnanomis

Magnanomis — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:17:43 +0000

Typical Socialist: can’t you do arithmetic? I pay over $25k pa in PAYE – by my carefully considered calculation, I’m not getting a “…reduction of up to 26% on the income tax [I] pay”. I’m putting my ‘tax cut’ towards air fares. I say ‘Ditch the Bitch’!

By: NZ Tax cuts are coming: Time for calculators « The visible hand in economics

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:21:22 +0000

[...] The Standard asks a good question “what are you going to do with your tax cut”. Me, I’m not aiming to change my [...]

By: Draco T Bastard

Draco T Bastard — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:37:55 +0000

Burt and MP:

These people are among us.

Yes, Yes they are. There's a reason pulse jets never made it in to the big time - they're bloody noisy.

By: Sven Olsen

Sven Olsen — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:23:48 +0000

Better still why not send your comments directly to http://www.giveitup.org.nz

By: T-rex

T-rex — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:13:23 +0000

Matt – that specific reference to jet engines opens up some awesome possibilities.

It makes me want one of these even more, and I already wanted one a lot. I mean if you had a slingshot launch system on your roof or something you could fire it up, and when noise control came to visit you’d have a real life honest to goodness opportunity to cackle “you’ll never catch me” as you light up and soar out over the harbour.

Ok, so maybe i just want to soar out over the harbour. Or those mountains in the vid would be pretty sweet.

I might spend my tax cut on one. Can you use cheese instead of resin in carbon fibre?

By: Vanilla Eis

Vanilla Eis — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:10:14 +0000

Brett: You don’t support NZ business because our elected leader is a woman? I’m struggling to find a correlation here…

By: Disengaged

Disengaged — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:34:47 +0000

Well I was planning on uping my contribution to Kiwisaver. However, after MPs comments above I am going to buy some jet engines and Datsuns so that I can drunkenly race jetpowered Datsuns around a figure 8 circuit in my back yard while enjoying hookers and blow.

By: Brad Heap » Blog » Can you cut tax much more?

Brad Heap » Blog » Can you cut tax much more? — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:16:47 +0000

[...] http://www.thestandard.org.nz/what-will-you-do-with-your-tax-cut/ If your annual income is over $14,000, your tax will decrease by $12 to $28 a week from Wednesday. That’s a reduction of up to 26% on the income tax you pay. By 2011, people will be paying up to 31% less income tax. With boosts to Working for Families, many people with children will be paying no net tax (already the average tax paid by a single earner family with two kids is only 2%). [...]

By: Brett Dale

Brett Dale — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:17:51 +0000

My Tax cut will be saved for a few months and invested in the share market, lots of Bargins!!! I don’t invest in the NZ market, thanks to Aunty Helen, but I do invest in the Aussie market.

In terms of Charity donations, as the old say goes, “If you do charity work and then tell everybody about it, its not really charity”

By: Anita

Anita — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:47:56 +0000

Go The Right,

Now that the last 3 polls have shown that National is climbing again right when it needs to.

Which last three polls? By my count you’re wrong, but you might about three different last polls.

when you consider the last Election Labours vote fell away on polling day

Reference? My memory is that the polls were all over the place just before election day so Labour’s vote would have been up on some and down on others.

By: uroskin

uroskin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:35:40 +0000

I’m going to have to give it to Infratil as its subsidiary Fullers is creaming off every Waiheke commuter’s tax cut. Plus we can look forward to higher residential rates and public spending since the ferries will be full of oldies who will be travelling free. Cheers, Winston, another reason to blow NZF out of parliament.

By: 123

123 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:49:19 +0000

I’d like to repeat the call that all of you who have been saying for 8 years we don’t need tax cuts, donate yours back to either
* The IRD
* Charity

By: MikeE

MikeE — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:47:15 +0000

Put it towards my increased power and fuel bills due to the ETS.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:12:31 +0000

Ianmac, the 88,000 figure is outflow to the world not just NZ.

By: Ianmac

Ianmac — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:56:48 +0000

MP: It just seems to me that a great deal has been made of the Key Tax cuts, and if he keeps his word on this he will be rewarded with applause. However, should it be a much smaller offer, for whatever excuse, this would be a serious blow to the trust of the people.
And if the exodus to Australia this year is even the 33,000 (rather than the John Keys claim of 88,000) could that be that those leaving are not seeking lower taxes, but fleeing from what Go t Right claim that National is onto a sure win. If the National prospects,tax cuts and all are significant, wouldn’t “they” stay???
Go the Right: Interesting that the TV 3 showed only 13% the difference between the two parties. Not 28% or 24% or 18% ? And Duncans maths is not too hot. 6-7 Maori seats that he says they should win, does not equal 4 seats in his totals. Perhaps you are not being very accurate either.