The Bogus Surplus – Massaging the Figures

The 2014/15 surplus is not 'wafer thin', it comes from massaging from the numbers, rather than growth, Labour's Revenue and Associate Finance Spokesperson David Cunliffe said."The Government has had to resort to contortionist accounting tricks, overcharging for ACC and hiking petrol tax to scrape back into surplus."Forecast revenue flows show a one-off net $600 ...