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Tax cuts, 2008 Budget

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Tax cuts, 2008 Budget

This poster outlining the major points of the 2008 Budget promised tax cuts. Both the Labour and National parties promised tax cuts as major campaign platforms for the 2008 general election.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-LABOUR-2008-01-front

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Paul Goldsmith, Taxes – Labour government reforms – 1984 to 1990, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/21557/tax-cuts-2008-budget (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Goldsmith, published 27 October 2009, updated 2 September 2016.