MEDIA RELEASE
HOW ABOUT A STOP TO RIDICULOUS SPENDING RATHER THAN A TAX ON TOURISM AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
28 NOVEMBER 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is slamming a new proposal by Auckland Mayor Phil Goff to introduce an Auckland visitor levy as a tax on tourism and entrepreneurship. Spokesperson Jo Holmes says:
“Aucklanders elected Phil Goff to tackle the Council’s wasteful spending, not find sneaky new ways to tax more. Why
isn’t Mr Goff putting as much effort into cutting ATEED’s budget – $500,000 of which was recently wasted on a new slogan – as he is in dreaming up ways to drain more money from Aucklanders' pockets?”
“Every dollar of tourism tax collected, in one dollar less for the business and organisations which Auckland Council is
claiming to help. If Phil Goff really thinks taxing tourists so that ATEED can send staff to junkets to the Olympics,
translate new slogans and appoint staff to their office in London, helps Auckland’s economy, he needs to get out more."
"Auckland Council should put an end to its ridiculous spending before it even thinks about new taxes and digging deeper
into other people's pockets," concludes Ms Holmes.
ENDS