Labour

The Revenue portfolio is in disarray following the departure of distracted former Minister Peter Dunne, Labour’s Revenue spokesperson David Cunliffe said today.

“New Minister Todd McClay will have his work cut out catching the egg that is IRD before it hits the floor.

The 2014/15 surplus is not ‘wafer thin’, it comes from massaging from the numbers, rather than growth, Labour’s Revenue and Associate Finance Spokesperson David Cunliffe said.

“The Government has had to resort to contortionist accounting tricks, overcharging for ACC and hiking petrol tax to scrape back into surplus.

The Prime Minister is further distancing himself from Revenue Minister and United Future Leader Peter Dunne as IRD’s customer service gets worse, Labour’s Revenue Spokesperson David Cunliffe says.

A mounting crisis in IRD’s customer service is unfair to honest New Zealanders who are trying to comply with their tax obligations, Labour’s Revenue Spokesperson David Cunliffe says.

The near-daily revelations of major privacy breaches dogging this Government raise serious questions over plans to radically increase sharing of taxpayers’ private information, say Labour’s Revenue spokesperson David Cunliffe and Police spokesperson Kris Faafoi.

More than a week after the Prime Minister put the public kibosh on Peter Dunne’s uncosted and dangerous new car park tax, the controversial revenue raiser is still on the Parliament bill, Labour’s Revenue spokesperson David Cunliffe says.

The National/United Future Government’s plans for its petty iPad and cellphone tax should be dumped following Revenue Minister Peter Dunne’s appalling admission that due diligence for it hasn’t been completed, Labour’s Revenue Spokesperson David Cunliffe says.

The car park tax u-turn is excellent news for New Zealanders ranging from city workers to city cleaners, although not for Peter Dunne, says Labour’s Revenue spokesperson David Cunliffe.

“John Key has cracked under overwhelming pressure and applied the hand-brake to Peter Dunne’s latest petty tax.

While Revenue Minister Peter Dunne was overseas today, his National frenemies have been setting him up to carry the can for the car park tax, Labour’s Revenue spokesperson David Cunliffe said.

“In the past 24 hours “very senior” National Party sources have told news media their aim is to shift the heat on the tax onto Dunne.

National’s pathetic car park tax is running into such overwhelming opposition Peter Dunne should drop it, says Labour’s Revenue spokesperson David Cunliffe.

“Everyone from ACT to the Property Council to unions has united against this petty parking tax. This opposition shows how desperate and penny-pinching this Government is.