Labour denies a tax it had in the ballot!

Simeon brown points out:

After National alerted New Zealanders to the 11 new taxes on the table between Labour and its coalition partners, Chris Hipkins claimed that two of the taxes are not Labour Party policy.

Chris Hipkins and the Labour Party cannot be trusted on tax, and today they’ve again proven why, National’s Campaign Chair Simeon Brown says.

“After National alerted New Zealanders to the 11 new taxes on the table between Labour and its coalition partners, Chris Hipkins claimed that two of the taxes are not Labour Party policy.”

“Hipkins told media yesterday and again this morning that the Streaming Tax was never Labour policy.

“If that is the case, then why did senior MP Willie Jackson have a Members’ Bill to introduce a streaming tax in the biscuit tin as of this morning?

“Hipkins has tried to mislead the public and the media on the Streaming Tax. And it’s the same with the Ute Tax and the Capital Gains Tax.

“In September 2020, Labour said the Ute Tax was not their policy. Labour won the election in October 2020 and by June 2021 it introduced the Ute Tax. So that promise lasted eight months.

“Chris Hipkins ruled out a Capital Gains Tax under a government he led. Labour is campaigning on one now.

If there is a Lanour-Green-Te Pati Maori-TOP Government after the election, the only question is how many of the 11 new taxes get implemented.

Stuff reports:

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has admitted he wasn’t aware of a member’s bill proposing to introduce a tax on streaming companies when he ruled the policy out.

Leader Chris Hipkins last week confirmed to Stuff that his party was not campaigning on introducing a streaming levy, despite his broadcasting and media spokesperson, Reuben Davidson, confirming in January that the party would seek advice on one if elected.

So the party leader was unaware that one of their very few polices was a streaming tax.

Hipkins said the party had made final decisions on the streaming tax “in the last few weeks,” but the bill had remained online due to an administrative oversight.

“We became aware of it, it was dealt with,” he said.

So it was never their policy, they simply had a bill to make one law!!