Why do you pay income tax?
Inland Revenue collects taxes on behalf of the Government.
Your taxes help pay for the things that make our New Zealanders who they are - by funding agencies like Creative NZ and NZ on Air, which pay for NZ music videos, bands and theatre.
Your taxes also fund these services:
- education
- medical and hospital services
- public roads
- police, the courts and justice systems, the defence force
- sickness and unemployment benefits.
Allocated government spending for the 2008/2009 year
Other social security and welfare includes the accommodation supplement and the domestic purposes, unemployment, sickness and invalids benefits. (Source NZ Treasury)
If people don't pay their fair share, everyone misses out.
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