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