To kick of the pre-budget talk, National have come up with a new 'taxpayers receipt' idea.
Taxpayers would get an annual report from Inland Revenue on the money they paid and received and how their taxes were being spent - along with requiring Treasury to report annually on major spending programmes.
Deloitte Tax Partner Robyn Walker joined Mike Hosking to explain the concept.
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