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Tight finish for marathon tax bill

Thursday 30th of November 2006
Parliament’s finance and expenditure select committee met behind closed doors yesterday to finalise its report, which will be tabled in Parliament early next week.

One New Zealand First MP, deputy leader Peter Brown, is refusing to vote for the bill, describing the proposals, even in their revamped form, as a capital gains tax.

He is being backed up by Guinness Peat Group head Tony Gibbs,...

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