22 Feb 2019

Live: Listen to Morning Report debate on tax proposals

8:19 am on 22 February 2019

A fairer tax system for New Zealand or complicated, expensive changes with a lot of pain for taxpayers?

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Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King

The Tax Working Group's proposals to extend capital gains tax to land, shares and business assets, introduce environmental taxes, consider congestion charges and reduce the income threshold for low and middle income earners, have caused intense debate.

Former Green MP Sue Bradford, Newsroom Pro managing editor Bernard Hickey and NZME business editor Fran O'Sullivan discuss the proposed changes with Guyon Espiner:

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