It's not often that tax is a big talking point. But at the moment, whether it's National promising to link the tax brackets to inflation, to reduce bracket creep, or the Tax Working Group being expected to recommend a capital gains tax, tax seems to be everywhere you look.
This makes sense. Although people tend to think of it as something that's a bit dry and boring, it really makes a big difference to people's lives.
Many people may not even have considered that without inflation-indexation, they would gradually pay more and more tax as their income crept up to the higher tax brackets.
Whether you think that increasing tax take is a bad thing depends on your individual politics.
It seems sensible, though, to make it more transparent and clear to everyone exactly what is happening.