Erin Polaczuk – The Spinoff

After years of neglect, public servants want to see real tax reform, not tinkering

24 September 2018 by Erin Polaczuk

The government call for a ‘revenue neutral’ package of reform from the Tax Working Group, combined with refusal to relax the Budget Responsibility Rules, reveals a failure to pursue a fairer system that properly funds public services, writes the PSA’s Erin Polaczuk There’s a lot of good stuff in the Tax Working Group’s interim report: … Read more

Why we need to stop thinking of tax as a burden

9 April 20187 April 2018 by Erin Polaczuk

The rhetoric over the past decade or so has painted tax as a ‘burden’ from which we need ‘relief’. But PSA national secretary Erin Polaczuk argues that tax isn’t a burden nor a necessary evil, but something paid by Kiwis, for Kiwis. The Spinoff is hosting Tax Heroes – a series covering tax, who pays … Read more