KiwiSaver changes called 'great tax switcheroo'
For savers who earn more than $58,000, the Government is taking more of previously tax-free employer contributions than it pays out.
For savers who earn more than $58,000, the Government is taking more of previously tax-free employer contributions than it pays out.
In bad news for zombies the Zero Budget has stripped KiwiSaver of its 'no-brainer' entry requirements.
Tax relief cut, personal rates up - critics say low-wage earners will hurt the most.
The gainers from the Budget's KiwiSaver changes are those who don't belong to the scheme....
Herald political commentators Audrey Young, Fran O'Sullivan and John Armstrong rate the 2011 Budget.
Community social services will get a $25 million boost from the Government's Community Response Fund (CRF) in this year's budget.
Bill English's Budget has done enough to stave off a downgrade from Standard & Poor's but not enough to reduce the risk of one.
The Govt is promising that NZers will be "at the front of the queue" with its plan to sell shares in the companies through a public offering....
This may well have been a good Budget - if it was delivered this time next year, Herald economics editor Brian Fallow says.
Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye on superannuation policy.
National savings will get a boost despite cuts to KiwiSaver in Thursday's budget, says Bill English.
She couldn't interest me in the specials (two luxury length chocolate bars for $4) but the Shell (now Z) girl pressed me on the benefits of Fly Buys.