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Article: Capital gains tax winning over public
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- Sunday Star-Times
- Article date:
- March 18, 2007
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Support grows for property tax, but politicians don't want to know
STRAWS IN the wind maybe, but there are signs a capital gains tax on
property may be gaining some ground against previous fierce political
and public opposition to the idea.
Certainly, the finding last week that 80% of New Zealanders oppose
a capital gains tax on property will reaffirm politicians' belief
that proposing such a tax will prove a short-cut to electoral
oblivion.
But the level of public opposition is halved to 41% if first homes
are excluded from such a tax.
Research New Zealand director Emanuel Kalafatelis said he was
surprised by the "radical change" in his company's poll result when
the family home was ...