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Luxon escapes having to pay $70,000 in ‘brightline’ capital gains taxes
Kia ora. Long stories short, here’s my top six things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Wednesday, October 2:
* PM Christopher Luxon was able to escape having to pay ‘brightline’ capital gains taxes of up to $70,200 on the sale of his Kate Sheppard apartment in Wellington because the sale was delayed until after his Government changed the rule by the PM’s requirements for the refurbishment of Premier House, as reported last night by NZ Herald’s Thomas Coughlan and The Post-$$$’s Thomas Manch.
* In the scoop of the day, Health NZ is looking at…
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