Phillip, that means he most probably cannot lie straight in bed! But seriously, he comes across like a possum trapped in the headlights. Probably a decent guy, just out of his depth.
Louis. I never claimed thats why they were sacked. They were sacked because of incompetence, corruption and other performance based reasons. I said Clark repeatedly lied to the media before finally coming clean and apologising for his lies. Please re read ...
It came very very close to being a massive screwup. Geography, small and largerly well dispersed population, luck and yes, Arderns firm decision to lockdown are the reason we missed a bullet. Do you really think Clark showed a sliver of leadership, hiding ...
David Clark is now in charge? Are you joking. The former Minister of Health who is on record knowingly lying about this very same DHB, who hid under his bed in Dunedin (when he wasn't out breaching lockdown rules) during the worst of the pandemic, who... ...
No. Payments from fonterra to suppliers have tax deducted. As a ca for 30 years, I have seen precious little 'gaming'. When you have spent 4 years in uni, 3 years as a provisional accountant under supervision, attended professional accounting school, ...
Not Chch. Guess it a little colder ...
Link for my comment above. https://www.motoringnz.com/news/2021/5/27/radical-ev-push-talk-alarms-industry
Does anyone know anything about the rumour that the government will partner with an electric car maker to bring in ev's in a joint venture, cut out the distributors and sell them at hugely discounted prices? Not sure if there is truth to this or just a ...
Beating the combustion engine does not have to mean cycling lanes though. Cars are not going away, even though the combustion engine will. No way will we surrender the convenience and freedom we get from driving.
You really have a total and complete lack of understanding of the tax system. As well, you clearly have little or no direct knowledge of the industry. Ideology seems to be the sole factor underpining your posts. Very sad, I suggest you do a little reading ...
These are not 'suppliers' in the usual sense. They are 'shareholder suppliers'. They pay very large amounts to buy into the co-op based upon their milk production levels. To get an exemption certificate would be unusual, but would make zero difference to ...
Grey. Re cows standing in the open in mud with no shelter belt. 100% agree. No excuse for that whatsoever. Should be prosecuted under animal welfare laws. Now.
With the greatest of respect, your understanding of taxation is a little off. scenario 1: the tax is paid at a company level (by say Fonterra Ltd) and then that tax paid is passed down to suppliers as an imputation credit which the individual offsets ...
The shell (the co-op) is tax free. The suppliers would be very hard pressed to not pay tax on that income. Unless they are prepared to go to prison for tax evasion. It is not under the table earnings. Hard to hide! If Fonterra were a company and paid tax, ...
True, but dairy makes up almost 30% of our exports, with meat farming being the next biggest at 14%. Many of the things you describe can be and slowly are being mitigated. Scrap dairy and do what? The money for our welfare, health, education and so on has ...
Yep, Advantage did a great article, but the 12 billion is a little misleading. But he is correct that it will be 12 billion injection to NZ economy. Surprisingly, Fonterra dairy farmers do not earn a lot. More a capital appreciation game than an income one...
Fonterra is a dinosaur in its dying gasps. It is a cooperative, and the relatively few shares publicly listed are likely to be compulsory acquired by the co-op in November. That will increasingly leave Fonterra starved of capital and inward looking. The ...
Gross income, before expenses and tax though. Also not correct as you just averaged it. Some farmers will get many times that, others much less.
Yep, at long last. Hillside Workshops rebuild and then assembly of wagons. Good first step.
James Hardie group of companies are a disgrace. Remember their handling of asbestos claims in Australia? Deny deny deny, then when that failed, run offshore. When that fails, blame the victims and delay delay elay until most of the victims are dead. https...
Yes Ghost, we have been sold out to Chinese interests by both major parties for too long. Unfortunately, corruption in China is normalised and not even seen as wrong or bad by most people. And Chinese are nationalistic to a degree we could never understand...
Ad, I am not intending to. Just illustrating that some creative and bold strategies are needed. And sometimes they are not painful either.
So Jenny, you would be happy for our time sensitive exports to cease (as they are air dependent)? Time sensitive freight world wide is a huge part of the air industry. And these ferries, nasty old fossil fuelled diesel powered? To fill the gap left by air,...
Yep, we know from 2021 worldwide that toilet paper is the single answer to Covid 🤣
Jenny, Internet use (much of it on frivolous blogs and social media) tributes almost as much to global warming as all air travel combined (around 4% compared to 5% for air travel). https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200305-why-your-internet-habits-are-...
This is from public available info. Now? Well who knows.
As far as I know, three.
Yep, and just to be clear, how many properties does Ardern and her partner own now? This is the waif that 7 years ago stated she could not afford to buy a house in Auckland. And in 2009 was spouting 'comrade' repeatedly in a speech at the Youth Socialist ...
100% agree Red. this country has some serious attitude problems - employers who would rather exploit immigrants rather than train Kiwis - rental investors and dairy farmers who reply on untaxed capital gains rather than revenue - employers that spin simple...
So cynical Sabine! But I daresay you are right.
Yep Treetop. Early in the election cycle so good timing. It is necessary and just, so just do it Labour!
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