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The New Zealand Business Roundtable supports the underlying principles of the Bill, namely that it is in the public interest to detect and prevent serious wrongdoing wherever it occurs. However, the likely effects of fundamental changes of the kind proposed in the Bill must be carefully researched and their application considered in the widest possible context before such legislation is contemplated. Read more

The fiscal strategy outlined in the 1997 Budget Policy Statement (BPS) is, in our view, inconsistent with the government's objectives for economic growth and international competitiveness. We submit that if New Zealand is to achieve its potential, an economic strategy involving substantial reductions in government spending and taxation, flatter tax rates, an active privatisation programme and further deregulation is required. Read more

In 1996 parliament passed legislation to give effect to the government's tax reduction and social policy programme. The programme provided for a reduction in personal rates of tax in July 1996 and 1997, increases in family support and guaranteed minimum family income (GMFI), and the introduction of an independent family tax credit for low and middle income families that earn market incomes. Read more

The New Zealand economy has undergone considerable reform in the last decade. Reform of the tax system has been an integral part of this process. Read more

An important pillar of the Alliance’s economic policy is the proposal to replace the goods and services (GST) with a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT). This report examines whether FTT should be preferred to GST on efficiency and equity grounds. Read more

The present review should build on the Laking reforms in establishing an efficient regulatory framework that is appropriate for the 21st century. Read more

This submission first outlines the harmful effects of minimum wages and the considers the reasons advanced in June 1995 by the Department of Labour in favour of increasing the minimum wage. An annex considers studies of the employment impact of the minimum wage in the US and the conflicting conclusions drawn from them. Read more

The comments in this submission are based on the view that the key reform objective should be to increase economic efficiency. This is not to ignore other considerations. Read more

This submission is presented in five sections: does the draft plan meet the requirements of the Act?, expenditure and revenue, other issues, the strategic plan, and concluding comment.  Read more

The theme of this paper is comparative liberalisation. My aim is to set within a comparative historical framework the remarkable economic reforms in New Zealand which began with the change of government in July 1984. Read more