I'm emailing to ask for your support so we can stop this outrageous tax on savings, superannuation, and retirement.

Make no mistake , this proposed change to GST is the most significant and sneaky introduction of a new tax we have ever seen. It is clearly an attempt to paper over the financial mismanagement of Grant Robertson and the explosion of Government spending in the last few years.

The tax hits the very thing New Zealand needs more of: savings and investment. That's why we need to step up and launch a campaign to force the Government to Axe this Super Tax.

So much for 'No New Taxes' – a raid on  's retirement fund

This tax came from nowhere. The Government has snuck it into an administrative taxation bill. But as the Tax Partner at Deloitte told NewsTalk ZB, this is a new tax that treats KiwiSaver (and all other managed funds!) as 'collateral damage'. It directs funds from savers into the Government's pocket.

The numbers are eyewatering

The Financial Markets Authority says this new tax, and its compounding effects will dent retirement funds by $186 billion by 2070.

That's the equivalent of more than half the size of New Zealand's entire economy this year. Remember, even small annual changes in taxes applicable to savings compound into thousand-dollar fees. That's what makes this new tax so nasty, and economically destructive.

Someone with a $100,000 Kiwisaver fund being charged a 1% fee will them lose $21,000 to Grant Robertson’s Super Tax over the next 25 years.

We've won against this Government before, and we can do it again – but we're counting on your support

Friend, the Taxpayers' Union has beaten this Government repeatedly on early attempts to introduce new taxes. In 2019, our "Axe This Tax" campaign defeated the proposed capital gains tax. Earlier this year, we forced the Government to cut fuel excise tax in response to the cost-of-living crisis.

We can Axe the Super Tax, but we can only do it with your support.

I've just left an emergency meeting of the Taxpayers' Union Board. We are 100% committed to Axing the Super Tax, but no one saw this one coming and we cannot divert funds from the important fights to Stop Three Waters and expose wasteful government spending. That's why we're counting on supporters like you chipping-in to Axe the Super Tax.

Donate to Axe the Super Tax

Right now the team in Wellington are working on a quick response campaign to fight Grant Robertson across print, digital, and (contingent on the war chest) TV advertising.

Your support means we can hold to account the Government on their broken promise of 'no new taxes'.

This Government has spent like a drunken sailor on shore leave. But instead of tightening his belt, Grant Robertson is hoping your nest egg will solve his financial hole. We can't let him get away with it. Click here to make a confidential donation.

Thank you for your support.