"The founder of a startup business that helps employers and parents with parental leave is asking whether it's fair that parents are taxed as individuals.

Stephanie Pow said she regularly helped parents navigate their entitlements, including Working for Families and Family Boost.

All of these supports are assessed on the basis of household income.

But when it came to tax, that is applied on an individual basis."

#SusanEdmunds, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/577357/should-parents-get-to-share-their-tax-bills

Benefits should be individual too.

"University of Auckland assistant professor of finance Gertjan Verdickt said there were multiple layers to it.

...

Verdickt said AI was difficult to value, but the average company was profitable and there seemed to be sustainable business ideas behind them."

#SusanEdmunds, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/575935/is-the-share-market-about-to-crash

Aaaaaahahahaha. It's like the DotCom bubble all over again. The financial experts have no idea how empty of real value #MOLE Training is.

#AI

"Massey University Dean's Chair in Management Professor Jarrod Haar said it did not help anyone to have young people on benefits.

But he said it would be better to use the money that would have been spent on teenagers' benefits on encouraging businesses to hire them."

#SusanEdmunds, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/575154/how-many-job-hunters-are-there-for-each-job-ad

This is wrong on so many levels. For a start, those benefit support those receiving them and feed money into the real economy. They're not the dead loss they're being spun as here.

Bloody dole bludgers not trying hard enough to get paid work. Oh wait ...

"An ad for an IHC Calf and Rural Scheme administrative assistant in Southland drew 998, an Idea Services support worker ad in Waikato had 753 and Farro Fresh received 740 applications for its ad for Christmas casuals.

... Ikea, which is due to open in Auckland soon, is working to hire 500 staff but media have reported that more than 15,000 people had applied to work there."

#SusanEdmunds, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565332/jobseekers-battle-not-improving-taking-a-toll

"Wellington woman was horrified when she was handed the bill for her son's uniform this year and discovered she had to pay more than $1000.

... She said every uniform item had the school's crest on it so she could not buy a cheaper generic version. The uniform was bought from the school's uniform shop."

#SusanEdmunds, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/541277/wellington-mum-shocked-at-1000-school-uniform-bill

(1/?)

#SchoolUniforms

What a relief that NatACT First fixed the economy so people aren't in danger of losing their homes. Oh wait ...

"Tatterson said opting for a non-bank lender was only a short-term solution for many but enables them to hold onto their home."

#SusanEdmunds, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538411/struggling-home-buyers-and-owners-turning-to-non-bank-lenders

I wonder how many politicians in the new government have shares in these "non-bank lender" loan sharks?

#NZPolitics #housing #finance

"New Zealand’s marginal tax rate system... works like this: The first $14,000 is taxed at a rate of 10%. Money you earn between $14,000 and $48,000 a year is taxed at a rate of 17.5%. Between $48,000 and $70,000 you pay 30%. Between $70,000 and $180,000 you are taxed 33% and every dollar you earn over $180,000 in a year is taxed at 39%. (If you earn $72,000 a year, you don’t pay 33% on the whole lot – just the bit over $70,000.)"

#SusanEdmunds, 2022

https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/money/300680359/taxation-by-stealth-inflation-means-tax-brackets-need-urgent-attention