Business generally
Schemes for
profit
Personal property
Land
Exclusions for
residential land
Exclusions for
business premises
Exclusions for farm land
Exclusion for
investment land
Timber
Investments
Farming, forestry, or fishing
Environmental restoration
Minerals
Intellectual
property
Transfer of
business
Stolen property
Mutual associations
Partners
and partnerships
Emissions units under Climate Change Response Act 2002
Land use
Financial instruments
Royalties
Finance leases
Hire purchase
agreements
Income
What is a dividend?
What
is not a dividend?
Calculation
rules
Attributed repatriation calculation rules
[Repealed]
Prevention
of double taxation
Returning
share transfers
Employment income
Definitions
Attributed income
Restrictive
covenants and exit inducement payments
Income protection
insurance
Tax credits
Matching rules: revenue
account property, prepayments, and deferred payments
Change to accounting
practice
Goods and services
tax (GST)
Finance leases
Avoidance and non-market
transactions
Interest apportionment
on thin capitalisation
Attributed controlled foreign company income
Foreign investment
fund income
Withdrawals
Exclusions
Transfers to or from superannuation funds and superannuation
schemes
Treatment of
amounts when superannuation fund becomes superannuation scheme or
vice versa
Treatment of
distributions when superannuation fund wound up
Treatment of
loans to members
Definitions
Introductory
provision
Income from
mining
Definitions
Income from business or
trade-like activities
Income from holding property
(excluding equity)
Income from
equity
Employee
or contractor income
Certain income
of transitional resident
Income from
living allowances, compensation, and government grants
Income
of certain entities
Partners and partnerships
Income from certain activities
Goods and services
tax
Fringe benefits
Introductory
provisions
Fringe benefits
Exclusions
and limitations
Definitions
Insurance
Petroleum mining
Mineral mining
Government grants
Government funding
of film and television
Research and development
Superannuation
and savings
Farming, forestry, or fishing
Emissions
units under Climate Change Response Act 2002
Environmental
restoration
Inflation-indexed
instruments
Share-lending
arrangements
Portfolio investment
income
Minors’
beneficiary income
Transactions
between companies in consolidated groups
Avoidance arrangements
Partners and partnerships
Taxes
Financing costs
Financial
arrangements adjustments
Share-lending
arrangements
Premises or land costs
Revenue account
property
Bad debts
Research and
development
Marketing
Theft and bribery
Pollution control
Repayments
Matching rules:
revenue account property, prepayments, and deferred payments
Adjustments
for leases that become finance leases
Change to accounting practice
Investment income
Exempt income
Use of
motor vehicle under certain arrangements
Payments to
spouses, civil union partners, or de facto partners
Avoidance and
non-market transactions
Emissions units and liabilities under Climate Change Response Act
2002
Legal expenses
Introductory
provisions
Actual records
Logbook
Mileage rates
Attributed controlled foreign company (CFC) loss
Foreign investment
fund (FIF) loss
Farming
Aquaculture
Petroleum exploration
expenditure
Petroleum development
expenditure
Other expenditure
General provisions
Superannuation funds
Other
entities
Partners
and partnerships
Introductory provisions
Standard valuation
Low-turnover valuation
Low value trading stock
Disposal of business assets
Introductory provisions
Valuation of
specified livestock
Herd scheme
National standard
cost scheme
Other methods
Partnerships: cost price
and national standard cost scheme
Definitions
Valuation of
non-specified livestock
Valuation of
high-priced livestock
Valuation of
bloodstock
Introductory provision
Meaning of own
Meaning of depreciable
property
How amounts
of depreciation loss and depreciation recovery income are calculated
Methods
Amount of depreciation
loss under diminishing value method or straight-line method
Amount of depreciation
loss under pool method
Depreciation
rates
Improvements,
items of low value, or items no longer used
Transfers of
depreciable property: associated persons and certain amalgamations
Disposals and
similar events
Interpretation
provisions
Adjusted tax
value
Definitions
Introductory
provisions
Main income
equalisation scheme
Application
Deposits and
accounts
Interest
Deduction
Refunds: automatic
Refunds: on
application
Refunds: general
provisions
Tax credit
Definitions
Adverse event
income equalisation scheme
Application
Deposits and
accounts
Interest
Deduction
Refunds: automatic
Refunds: on
application
Refunds: general
provisions
Transfers
Definitions
Thinning operations
income equalisation scheme
Application
Deposits and accounts
Interest
Deductions
Refunds: automatic
Refunds: on
application
Refunds: general
provisions, and tax credits
Definitions
Farming and
forestry
Inflation-indexed
instruments
Intellectual
property
Land
Shareholder-employees
Farming and
forestry
Films
Leases
Petroleum mining
Definitions
Superannuation
contributions
Research, development,
and resulting market development
Introductory
provisions
Meaning of financial
arrangement and excepted financial arrangement
Application
of financial arrangements rules
Calculation
and allocation of income and expenditure over financial arrangement’s
term
Calculation
and allocation of income and expenditure when rights and obligations
under financial arrangement cease
Consideration
Consideration
when financial arrangement involves property or services
Consideration
treated as paid to person
Consideration
treated as paid by person
Consideration when legal
defeasance has occurred
Consideration
when anti-avoidance provision applies
Income and deduction
provisions specifically related to financial arrangements
Treatment of
original share acquired under financial arrangement
One kind of
avoidance
Application
of financial arrangements rules to cash basis persons
Controlled foreign company (CFC) rules
When is a company a controlled
foreign company?
Calculation of person’s
control interest
Calculation
of person’s income interest
Ten percent threshold and variations in income interest
level
Calculation
of attributed CFC income or loss
Attributable CFC amount and net
attributable CFC income or loss
Calculation of branch equivalent income or loss
[Repealed]
Non-attributing active
CFCs
Tests for non-attributing
active CFCs
Non-attributing Australian
CFCs
Change
of residence of companies
Change of CFC’s
balance date
Ownership
measurement concession
Anti-avoidance
rule: stapled stock
Foreign investment
fund (FIF) rules
What is a foreign investment fund?
Attributing
interests in FIFs
Calculation
of FIF income or loss
Relationship
with other provisions in Act
Changing calculation
method
Cases of entry into and
exit from FIF rules
Measurement of cost
Change of FIF’s
balance date
Market value
rules
Commissioner’s
default assessment power
Introductory provisions
Premium loading
Mortality profit
Discontinuance
profit
Policyholder
income
Disposal of
property
Non-resident
life insurers
Life insurance
Petroleum mining
Livestock
Patent rights
Leases of land
Depreciation
Definitions
Accident insurance
Controlled foreign
company and foreign investment fund rules
Old financial arrangements
rules
Introductory provision
Debentures and shares
Leases
Finance leases
Hire purchase agreements
Introductory provisions
Exceptions
for property transferred on death of person
Introductory provisions
Interest
apportionment rules
Calculations
Debt
percentage of New Zealand group
Debt
percentage of worldwide group
New Zealand
banking group
Determining
membership of groups
New Zealand group
Worldwide
group
New Zealand
banking group
Measuring ownership
interests in companies
Introductory provisions
[Repealed]
Interest apportionment rule
[Repealed]
Membership and debt percentages of foreign groups
[Repealed]
Introductory
provisions
Calculating
taxable income for consolidated group returns
Accounting generally
Accounting for
particular property
Treatment of foreign dividends
[Repealed]
Membership of consolidated groups
Eligibility
and restrictions
Nominated companies
Forming,
joining, or leaving consolidated groups
When membership
starts and stops
Introductory
provisions
Treatment of
shares, income, expenditure, and bad debts
Property passing
to amalgamated company on amalgamation
Treatment
of financial arrangements between amalgamating companies
Debentures
Leases
Relationship
property
Estate property
Arrangements
involving dividend stripping
Arrangements
involving transfer pricing
Arrangements
involving tax losses
Arrangements
to defeat continuity provisions
Arrangements
involving qualifying companies
Arrangements
involving controlled foreign companies
Arrangements
involving foreign investment funds
Arrangements
involving film rights
Arrangements
involving petroleum mining
Arrangements
involving financial arrangements
Arrangements
involving trust beneficiary income
Excessive remuneration
Arrangements
involving repatriation of commercial bills
Attribution
rule for income from personal services
Arrangements involving restrictive covenants
Arrangements
involving fringe benefit tax
Arrangements involving
depreciation loss
Arrangements
involving imputation rules
Arrangements
involving foreign dividends
Arrangements
involving Maori authority credits
Arrangements involving tax credits for families
Arrangements involving
money not at risk
Arrangements
involving returning share transfers
Arrangements involving partners
Disposals of
trading stock or similar property
Leases
Transfer pricing
arrangements
Introductory provisions
Qualifying company status
Treatment of
profits, dividends, and tax losses
Special tax
matters for loss-attributing qualifying companies
Elections:
qualifying companies
Elections: loss-attributing
qualifying companies
Qualifying company
election tax
Effective interests
in qualifying companies
Introductory provisions
Trust
income
Classification
of trusts
Distributions
from trusts
Tax treatment of amounts that beneficiaries derive from trusts
Tax treatment
of trustee income
Settlors and their liabilities
Treatment
of transition situations
Valuation of
property, trading stock, and financial arrangements
Rate and payment
of income tax
Introductory provisions
Particular cases
Absentees
Non-residents
Introductory
provisions
Maori authority
distributions
Changing status
Joint venturers
Partners and partnerships
Introductory
provisions
Eligibility requirements:
portfolio investment entities and foreign investment vehicles
Becoming and ceasing to
be portfolio investment entity
Periods relevant
to calculation of portfolio entity tax liability
Allocation of
income in some cases
Calculating
portfolio entity tax liability
Payment by portfolio tax
rate entity of tax for tax year
Results for investors
Tax credits for entity
Treatment of losses for
entity
Portfolio investor
proxies
Partnerships and joint
ventures
Funds
Airport operators
Transitional
residents
RMBS special purpose
vehicles
Introductory
provisions
Requirements
and methods
Introductory
provisions
Tax loss components carried forward
Grouping
part-year tax losses
Statements and
notices
Tax credits for persons on low incomes
[Repealed]
Tax credits for children
Tax credits for transitional
circumstances
Tax credits
for housekeeping
Tax credits for absentees
Adjustments to certain
tax credits
Tax credits for independent earners
Amounts of credits
Use of credits
in later tax years
Treatment of
taxable distributions
Consolidated
companies
Amalgamations
of companies
Introductory
provision
Use of credits
Supplementary
dividend holding companies
Underlying foreign
tax credits
Credits
for certain non-resident investment companies
Credits for
interest on home vendor mortgages
Credits for
savings in special home ownership accounts
Calculating amount of credit
Family tax credit
In-work tax credit
Parental tax credit
Credit abatement
Tax credits for fund providers
Tax credits for employers
[Repealed]
Introductory
provisions
Credits and debits
Opening balances
Shareholder continuity requirements
Treatment
of credits and debits on resident’s restricted amalgamation
General provision
When companies amalgamate
Amalgamation
of companies in consolidated groups
Maximum permitted
ratios
Introductory
provisions
Imputation credits
Imputation debits
Imputation
credits attached to dividends
Further income
tax
Imputation additional
tax
Distributions
of statutory producer boards and co-operative companies
Tables of credits
and debits in memorandum accounts
Introductory provisions
FDP credits
FDP debits
FDP credits attached to dividends
Further income tax
Some
definitions
Table O3: FDP credits
Table O4: FDP
debits
Introductory
provisions
CTR credits
CTR debits
CTR credits attached to dividends
Payment of FDP and refunds
Table O5: conduit
tax relief credits
Table O6: conduit
tax relief debits
Introductory provision
Companies with branch equivalent tax accounts
Introductory provisions
Branch equivalent
tax credits
Branch equivalent tax debits
[Repealed]
Debit if credit balance at beginning of first affected income year
Persons
with branch equivalent tax accounts
Introductory provisions
Branch
equivalent tax credits
Branch equivalent tax debits
Table O7 branch
equivalent tax credits
Table O8 branch equivalent tax debits
[Repealed]
Table O9 person's
equivalent tax credits
Table
O10 person's equivalent tax debits
Introductory provisions
ASC credits
ASC debits
Table O11 ASC credits
Table O12 ASC debits
Introductory provision
Companies with policyholder credit accounts
Introductory
provision
Policyholder credits of PCA company
Policyholder debits of
PCA company
Persons with policyholder credit accounts
Introductory
provisions
Policyholder
credits of PCA person
Policyholder debits of PCA person
Table O13 policy holder credits
Table O14 policyholder
debits
Table O15 person's policyholder credits
Table O16 person's policyholder debits
Introductory provision
Maori
authority credits
Maori authority debits
Maori authority credits attached to distributions
Further income tax
Table O17 Maori
authority credits
Table O18 Maori authority debits
Introductory provisions
Consolidated groups and imputation credit accounts
Introductory
provisions
Imputation
credits of consolidated imputation groups
Imputation debits of consolidated imputation groups
Table
O19 imputation credits of consolidated imputation groups
Table O20 imputation debits of consolidated
imputation groups
Consolidated groups and
FDP accounts
Introductory provisions
FDP credits
of consolidated FDP groups
FDP debits of consolidated FDP groups
Table O21 : credits of consolidated FDP groups
Table O22 :
FDP debits of consolidated FDP groups
Consolidated groups and
CTR credits
Introductory provisions
CTR credits
of consolidated groups
CTR debits of consolidated groups
Consolidated groups’ FDP payments and refunds
Table O23 :
conduit tax relief credits of consolidated groups
Table O24 :
conduit tax relief debits of consolidated groups
Consolidated
groups and branch equivalent tax accounts
Introductory provisions
Branch equivalent tax credits
of consolidated BETA groups
Branch equivalent tax debits of consolidated BETA groups
[Repealed]
Debit if credit balance at beginning of first affected income year
Table
O25 : branch equivalent tax credits of consolidated BETA groups
Table O26 : branch equivalent tax debits of consolidated BETA groups
[Repealed]
Consolidated
groups and policyholder credit accounts
Introductory provision
Policyholder
credits of consolidated groups
Policyholder debits of consolidated groups
Introductory provisions
Payment and withholding
obligations
Payment dates
Refunds
Amalgamations
Regulations
Application
of other provisions
Introductory
provisions
Calculating
provisional tax liability
Instalments of provisional
tax
Requirements
for using GST ratio
Transitional years
When persons start or stop
paying GST, or change taxable periods
Treatment of
groups of companies and amalgamated companies
Attribution
rule for income from personal services
Credits
Disaster relief
[Repealed]
Early-payment
discounts
Introductory
provision
PAYE rules and PAYE income
payments
Introductory provisions
Types of PAYE income payments
Calculating
amounts of tax
Adjustments
for certain PAYE income payments
Paying amounts of tax
Fringe benefit tax (FBT) rules and fringe
benefits
Introductory provisions
Value of fringe benefits
Attributing fringe benefits to employees
Taxable value of fringe benefits
Options for payment of
FBT
Employer’s
superannuation contribution tax (ESCT) rules and employer’s
superannuation contributions
Introductory provisions
Calculating amounts of tax
Tax on
certain withdrawals from superannuation funds
Introductory provisions
Withholding obligations
Calculating amounts of
tax
Paying amounts of tax
RWT exemption
certificates
Introductory provisions
Withholding
obligations
Calculating amounts of
tax
Paying
amounts of tax
Introductory provisions
[Repealed]
Obligation to make payments
[Repealed]
Calculation of payments
[Repealed]
Adjustments to payments
[Repealed]
Calculating amounts of
tax
Introductory provision
Refunds for overpaid amounts
Use of refunds
Limits on refunds
and transfers
ICA companies
Companies receiving
foreign dividends
Maori authorities
Persons with
policyholder credit accounts
Qualifying companies
Certain unit
trusts and group investment funds
Introductory provision
PAYE intermediaries
Obligations
and treatment of PAYE intermediaries
Employers’
responsibilities
PAYE
intermediaries’ responsibilities
Tax pooling
intermediaries
Provisional
tax
Refunds
Withdrawal income
Table
Y1 Associated person rules
Associated persons
Nominees
Control
Voting and market
value interests
Voting
and market value interests: modifications for continuity provisions
Residence
Source
Conduit tax relief companies: special residence rules
Taxation (Limited Partnerships)
Act 2008
Taxation (Personal Tax Cuts,
Annual Rates, and Remedial Matters) Act 2008
Income Tax (Minimum Family
Tax Credit) Order 2008
Taxation (Urgent Measures and
Annual Rates) Act 2008
Taxation (Business Tax Measures) Act 2009
Taxation (International Taxation, Life Insurance, and Remedial Matters)
Act 2009
Taxation (Consequential Rate
Alignment and Remedial Matters) Act 2009
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