Mike's Minute: This Government is simply dishonest about tax

Best of Business · Aug 30, 2022 · 1m

Once again, I find myself a bit confounded by a government that seems, at heart, basically dishonest.

Can they argue the GST treatment on KiwiSaver fees is not a new tax, given they said there would be no new taxes?

Yes they can, because GST is not a new tax.

But are you paying more tax because of the Government's move on KiwiSaver fees?

Yes you are.

So has the tax take gone up because you are paying more tax?

Yes it has.

And so we dance, I guess, on the head of a pin.

We all know what this is - it's just a matter of whether we can be bothered, yet again, with dealing with a bunch of…