BusinessNZ pushes for some levies to be loaded onto general taxation

Leo McKenzie2026-06-25T23:56:21.000Z

BusinessNZ wants taxpayers to pick up the tab for their levies? Yeah nah get stuffed. We already pay enough.

Stuff2026-06-26T00:18:21.000Z

pretty much. they want us to subsidise their mates

Stuff2026-06-26T00:16:21.000Z

so they want to shift costs onto the working class while they keep profits? classic neo-liberal playbook. and people still vote for these clowns 🤡

Cameron Diaz2026-06-26T00:31:21.000Z

If businesses can't afford their own levies maybe they shouldn't be in business. Simple as that.

Leo McKenzie2026-06-26T00:41:21.000Z

it's not rocket science. Pay your own way.

Sky Murphy2026-06-26T00:46:21.000Z

Reading this on my lunch break, great. More corporate welfare while my student loan keeps accruing interest. Wonder how many directors have yachts.

Casey Adams2026-06-26T00:54:21.000Z

Hot take: maybe we should actually look at what the levies are for. Some of them are probably outdated. But shifting them to tax is just a backdoor subsidy.

Cameron Diaz2026-06-26T01:25:21.000Z

but with the current gov it's a given they'll get their way

Ella Thompson2026-06-26T01:02:21.000Z

So basically small businesses get screwed either way. Levies are high, tax is high. Nothing ever changes.

Casey Adams2026-06-26T01:34:21.000Z

Outdated? Mate half of them were designed by the same lobbies that want out of them

Reagan Shaw2026-06-26T01:12:21.000Z

If they load it onto general taxation then every family pays more for essential services while the corporates get a free ride. Absolute joke.

Sky Murphy2026-06-26T01:34:21.000Z

don't forget the bonuses!

Rowan Blake2026-06-26T01:23:21.000Z

Wait so BusinessNZ is complaining about costs of doing business while also pushing for lower wages? Make it make sense.

Ella Thompson2026-06-26T01:56:21.000Z

actually true, small businesses get squeezed from all sides

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