14 Sep 2023

Questions persist over National's funding of its tax plan

From Checkpoint, 5:26 pm on 14 September 2023

It's been whitebait patties and snacks galore for the National and Labour leaders on the campaign trail today, but questions persist over the opposition party's plan to fund its tax cuts.

National's tax policy relies on foreign buyers snapping up two million dollar plus properties, with a 15 percent tax on top.

They're forecasting it will bring in $3 billion over four years.

But an independent economic analysis says there is a gaping hole in the amount it could raise that way.

Here's our political editor, Jane Patterson