Who is eating your Tax

The aim of the below is not to debate the morality of the New Zealand taxation system but merely to show visibility to where your hard labour is going and then it is up to you to decide if that is fair or not.

Millions Per Person ($) Fair
Individuals $150k+ 6826 101,126 340
Individuals $100k-$149k 5200 38,519 680
Individuals $60k-$99k 9425 18,617 2,550
Individuals <$60k 11050 5,037 11,050 Individuals Zero 0 0 0 GST 19054 14,620 Corp 11613 17,881 Custom Duties 2442 23% Petrol Excise 1176 Transport 59% Road User 1361 Transport Tobacco 345 Health Alcohol 666 Health Other 580 Resident Withholding 2233 Interests, Revenues and Interests 3254 Child Support 274 Social Court Fines 111 MOJ Other 1413 Sales of Goods and Services 1521 Annual individual taxable income ($) Number of people (000) Number of people % Tax paid ($m) Tax paid % Zero 260 8 0 0 1 - 10,000 374 11 171 1 10,001 - 20,000 704 21 1,234 5 20,001 - 30,000 469 14 1,539 6 30,001 - 40,000 341 10 1,756 7 40,001 - 50,000 293 9 2,001 8 50,001 - 60,000 234 7 2,232 8 60,001 - 70,000 188 6 2,340 9 70,001 - 80,000 138 4 2,138 8 80,001 - 90,000 95 3 1,791 7 90,001 - 100,000 65 2 1,427 5 100,001 - 125,000 99 3 2,689 10 125,001 - 150,000 42 1 1,488 6 150,001+ 75 2 5,590 21 All 3,375 100 26,397 100 Expense Millions PerTax Payer District Health Boards 13317 3946 Pensions 12912 3826 Finance Costs 3682 1091 Primary School 3097 918 Core Government Department Costs 2576 763 Tertiary Tuition 2491 738 Secondary School 2337 692 Other Welfare Benefit Expenses 2262 670 Defence 2177 645 NZTA 2136 633 Early Childhood 1812 537 Family Tax Credit 1797 532 Core Gov Other 1775 526 Jobseeker Support 1677 497 Police 1523 451 Supporting Living Payment 1515 449 Social Security Department Costs 1379 409 Economic and Industrial Services Other 1257 372 Sole Parent Support 1199 355 Disability 1166 345 Accommodation Assistance 1149 340 Education Department Expenses 1131 335 Corrections 1125 333 Heritage, Culture and recreation 855 253 Income Related Rents 827 245 Kiwisaver 824 244 Tertiary Student Loans 789 234 Environment Protection 716 212 Primary Services 709 210 Health Payments to ACC 658 195 Official Development to Core Government 592 175 Housing/Community 568 168 Tertiary Other 537 159 Tertiary Student Allowances 510 151 Law and Order Other 505 150 MOJ 484 143 Health Other 482 143 Economic and Industrial Services Department Costs 408 121 Purchasing Public Health Services 401 119 Special Needs 400 119 Social Security Other 283 84 Social Rehabilitation 219 65 GSF Pension 212 63 Health Department Costs 190 56 School Transport 190 56 NZ Customs 174 52 Transport Other 170 50 Professsional Development (education) 94 28 Education Other 85 25 Transport Department Costs 49 15 Child support impairment 5 1 Schooling Improvements 5 1 Employement Initiatives 4 1 Rail 3 1