I’ve heard our Prime Minister is preparing law to enable the Commerce Commission to have a sweeping set of powers to investigate fuel businesses and collect information on their profit margins. Did you know that this information is already freely available in the company’s annual report? You can access this information without the need for law changes that will force new compliance costs and ultimately the cost of doing business in New Zealand up higher than it has been recently. More importantly, you are guaranteed the information is accurate, since if a public company lies to its shareholders it gets sued.
Tag: Petrol
Articles discussing petrol.
Regressive Tax Calculator
I always find it difficult to communicate to people why regressive taxation is bad policy.
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The Levin Petrol Price Conundrum Calculator
I know that many people in Otaki are currently making the trip each week to Levin to refuel their vehicles because of the cheaper prices that are available up there.
So I’ve created a calculator so people can see for themselves whether the trip is really worth it.
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Is it worth travelling 16km for cheaper petrol?
Otaki is 16km away from Levin, and Levin has cheap fuel. Is it worth making the 16km return journey to score petrol at a significantly lower price?
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