Create a 2.5 percent tax on assets worth over $10m
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Economy
New Zealand is a small economy impacted by global trends - like conflict causing a crunch in the oil supply chain - far beyond the government’s control. Inflation in New Zealand is high, despite efforts by the Reserve Bank to control the flow of money through interest rates. Big questions remain about the structure of supermarkets and electricity retailers: should there be more competition in these sectors to lower prices? Some think that artificial intelligence can grow NZ’s economy or improve productivity but many are doubtful that this technology will bring the promised changes.
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Implement a tax on wealth received over $1m
Increase the corporate tax rate to 33 percent for big corporations only
Break up the supermarket duopoly and use part of it to create a government-owned supermarket
Introduce a land value tax of 1.75 percent
Give councils more tools to invest in infrastructure
Introduce a universal income for citizens of up to $370 a week
Give the Commerce Commission greater powers and more market support to small businesses
Raise up to $60b to finance infrastructure
Implement a targeted wealth tax starting from 1.5 percent
Ensure tax fairness by raising corporate tax rate
Divide the "generation" and "retail" aspects of power companies
Separate the Foodstuffs supermarket chain into two national cooperatives
Survey all of NZ to look for minerals
Create a 28% capital gains tax on commercial and residential properties, excluding family homes
Ensure government balance sheet is in surplus by 2029/2030
Reduce New Zealand's debt levels to around 20 percent of GDP
Restore the Reserve Bank's mandate around prices and employment
Separate wholesale food businesses from the retail supermarket sector
Ensure agriculture is not part of the emissions trading scheme
Require major growth areas to have funded transport-capacity plans
Create a government surplus by 2028/29
Introduce no new taxes in the next term of government
Separate the Foodstuffs business into two nationwide cooperatives
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