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Tax experts respond to GST-free fruit and vegetables: 'Populist' and 'stupid' (www.rnz.co.nz)
submitted 1 year ago by Ilovethebomb to c/politics
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A very long and very qualified list of people who think this is a bad idea.

Also, the infamous Jaffa cake lawsuit.

Just one example of working out edge cases costing a fortune.

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[–] Ilovethebomb 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd prefer to see the level of GST lowered, myself. Once this is enacted, it will be difficult to undo.

[–] Rangelus 1 points 1 year ago

I am a big fan of reducing GST across the board, absolutely. As a regressive tax, lowering GST in general should help low-income households a lot.