One was an income tax rise - when actually Labour was promising only to undo the cut National had put in its budget families package. Yet a land tax called local body rates does tax the family home. Logically, a broad-based income tax would require everyone to pay it on all their income. A broad-based tax system would also tax pollution and other ``bads'' - things better not done than done. And the riding instructions will include keeping changes tax-neutral: not adding to the total tax intake.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 06, 2017 16:07 UTC