Sales tax

Press, 12 July 1984, Page 12

Sales tax

; Sir,—This morning on the 3ZB talk-back, Mr Caygill, the Labour member for St Albans, in response to a question said that if elected Labour would look seriously at the question of sales tax. He intimated that tax on boats and cosmetics may well come down to around 10 per cent from the current rate of 20 per cent and 40 per cent respectively. Last week during the course of a question and answer session on television broadcast from Oamaru, Mrs Hercus, the Labour member for Lyttelton, stated unequivocally, in answer to a question from the floor, that Labour if elected would abolish sales tax completely from boats, boat fittings and cosmetics. I have had a sneaking suspicion for some time that one of the philosophies of the Labour Party is not to let the left hand know what the right hand is doing. Thousands of viewers saw. and heard Mrs Hercus state the above and I am interested in seeing just how quickly she will move to carry out her promise or

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