新西兰政府7月底宣布的本年底(1988年7月至明年6月)预算,比去年增加了0.7％。而原定从10月开始提高的一般消费税则予以推迟。新西兰从前年10月开始征收一般消费税和产品服务税。除家具和银行汇款外,它与一律征收10％的增值税的欧共体税等相同,是世界上最简单的消费税。这个税种开征后,通货膨胀率曾一度高出 The budget announced by the Government of New Zealand at the end of July (July 1988-June 1988) is an increase of 0.7% over the previous year. The general excise tax, originally scheduled to be raised from October, will be postponed. New Zealand began in October last year, the general consumption tax and product service tax. Except for furniture and bank remittances, it is the same as the EC tax, which levies a 10% VAT, and is the easiest consumption tax in the world. After the introduction of this tax, the inflation rate was once higher