HIGHWAY ROBBERY? AN EXAMINATION OF REMAINING GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND SERVICE CHARGES IN THE NEW ZEALAND LAND TRANSPORT SYSTEM. 13TH AUSTRALASIAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH FORUM, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND, 18-21 JULY 1988; FORUM PAPERS. VOLUME 1 AND 2

While in office the labour government has introduced two broad economic policies with implications for the roading sector. The first policy overhauled New Zealand's pervasive indirect tax system with a single broad based consumption tax, gst. Under such a regime the only justification for retaining consumption taxes additional to gst is to reflect social costs or to charge users. The second policy was the imposition of full cost charging (user pays) for government services. This extended the limited cost charging used in the past. The two economic policies outlined above have not yet been fully applied to the road sector. Thus indirect taxes on fuels and motor vehicles are still in place and government continues to subsidise the sector by funding and providing services such as safety inspections, safety regulation, traffic enforcement and urban transport. Hence its activities are not "transparent". This report examines the current pattern of government expenditure on roading services and recoveries from roading users such as taxes and excises. Significant net gains to government were made clear. The report identifies the implications for the New Zealand roading sector of a complete application of the policies of no indirect taxes and user pays. (Author/TRRL) (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • CLARK, R
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 137-59
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  • Publication of: Ministry of Transport, New Zealand
  • Publisher: Ministry of Transport, New Zealand

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Costs; Deregulation; Economics; Federal government; Financing; Fuels; Networks; Planning; Policy; Taxes; Travelers; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation networks
• Geographic Terms: New Zealand
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 144: Deregulation; 255: Economics; 244: Financing; 3850: Fuel; 183: Government (national); 1054: Network (traffic); 8079: New Zealand; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 1755: Road user; 268: Tax; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Energy; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

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• Accession Number: 00492886
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-477-05209-6
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM