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![What's coming up in final days of Luxon’s action plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
What's coming up in final days of Luxon’s action plan
Several items were mere formalities. Others were easy ticks. Anything substantive?
![Relief and rising rates costs: July 1 brings financial changes for Kiwis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Relief and rising rates costs: July 1 brings financial changes for Kiwis
If you’ve been struggling with the cost of living, there is some good news in store.
![Minimum tax on billionaires would raise up to $408b a year, says report](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Minimum tax on billionaires would raise up to $408b a year, says report
Financial Times: Levy on total wealth of super-rich is 'feasible and enforceable'.
![Five reasons you might get a tax bill this financial year](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Five reasons you might get a tax bill this financial year
IRD is sending out bills to those taxpayers who have underpaid tax.
!['Stressed' new parents hit with unanticipated tax bills](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Stressed' new parents hit with unanticipated tax bills
Employees on maternity leave appear to be the hardest hit by surprise tax.
![Simon Wilson: Seven ways we could be like Scandinavia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Simon Wilson: Seven ways we could be like Scandinavia
OPINION: Seven things that work well in Scandinavia that we could do too.
![US Supreme Court sidesteps wealth tax question in closely watched case](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
US Supreme Court sidesteps wealth tax question in closely watched case
Financial Times: Campaigners against a wealth tax 'got half a loaf'.
![Letters: Auckland Airport’s inter-terminal ‘fix’ a bridge too far](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Auckland Airport’s inter-terminal ‘fix’ a bridge too far
OPINION: Also in today's letters: Luxon's 'C-listers' comment and AT parking permit woes.
![No more freebies to complete Census; Govt considering harsher fines](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
No more freebies to complete Census; Govt considering harsher fines
The Statistics Minister said the incentives would be 'very unlikely' in the next Census.
![How some lower-income households could end up with a 128 per cent tax rate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How some lower-income households could end up with a 128 per cent tax rate
Lower-income families may face an effective marginal tax rate of more than 100 per cent.
![Labour leader Chris Hipkins sets out hopes for a one-term National-led Government](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Labour leader Chris Hipkins sets out hopes for a one-term National-led Government
Hipkins was speaking at Labour's regional conference in Wellington.
![Thousands of first-home buyers have deposits wiped out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Thousands of first-home buyers have deposits wiped out
More than 80 per cent of first homes bought during the peak are now worth less.
![Inside Economics: Winners and losers in the interest rate game - and why it matters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Inside Economics: Winners and losers in the interest rate game - and why it matters
OPINION: We need to stop self-pathologising, because NZ's not that special.
![Letters: Cancer patients don't have time to wait; why I marched down Queen St](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Cancer patients don't have time to wait; why I marched down Queen St
OPINION: 'The Government would be wise to stop prioritising potholes.'
![New poll: National drops post-Budget, Hipkins pulls ahead of PM](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New poll: National drops post-Budget, Hipkins pulls ahead of PM
A new poll has shown no great affection for the Budget.
![PM says low- and middle-income Kiwis get 'emphasis' of tax package, Treasury figures say the opposite](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
PM says low- and middle-income Kiwis get 'emphasis' of tax package, Treasury figures say the opposite
About 130,000 households receive nothing from the package and 8000 are slightly worse off.
![Ministry of Justice proposes over 150 job cuts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ministry of Justice proposes over 150 job cuts
The Ministry of Justice is the latest to announce workforce cuts.
![Tax minimisation strategy sees billions shifted ahead of trustee tax hike](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tax minimisation strategy sees billions shifted ahead of trustee tax hike
Trust-owned companies appear to have flushed out excess retained earnings to save on tax.
![Letters: Another family caught up in ridiculous red tape](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Another family caught up in ridiculous red tape
OPINION: Immigration NZ delivers 'a brilliant gem of bureaucratic lunacy'.
![Ministry for the Environment to cut 303 jobs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ministry for the Environment to cut 303 jobs
The environment ministry's workforce is proposed to be slashed by one third.
![Surge in 'unclaimed money' managed by Inland Revenue](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Surge in 'unclaimed money' managed by Inland Revenue
Increased amounts of money available are due to changes to the Unclaimed Money Act.