Taxation (Tax Administration and Remedial Matters) Act 2011

Taxation (Tax Administration and Remedial Matters) Act 2011

Public Act2011 No 63
Date of assent29 August 2011
Commencementsee section 2

Contents

1  Title

2  Commencement

Part 1
Amendments to Income Tax Act 2007

3  Income Tax Act 2007

4  Available capital distribution amount

5  New section CG 5B

6  Attributed income of investors in multi-rate PIEs

7  New section CW 1B

8  Dividend within New Zealand wholly-owned group

9  Attributed income of certain investors in multi-rate PIEs

10  Distributions to investors in multi-rate PIEs

11  New section CZ 23

12  Taxes, other than GST, and penalties

13  New section DB 3B

14  New section DB 4B

15  Cost of revenue account property

16  New section DB 54B

17  New section DP 9B

18  Cost of timber

19  Disposal of petroleum mining asset to associate

20  Association rebates

21  New section DZ 19

22  Valuation under herd scheme

23  What this subpart does

24  Application of sections EE 48 to EE 52

25  Consideration for purposes of section EE 44

26  Events for purposes of section EE 44

27  Effect of disposal or event

28  Use of money interest payable by Commissioner

29  Use of money interest payable by person

30  Section EF 6 repealed

31  What is included when spreading methods used

32  IFRS financial reporting method

33  When calculation of base price adjustment required

34  Base price adjustment formula

35  Consideration when party changes from fair value method

36  Attributable CFC amount

37  Net attributable CFC income or loss

38  Non-attributing active CFC: test based on accounting standards

39  Limits on choice of calculation methods

40  Fair dividend rate method: usual method

41  Fair dividend rate method and cost method: when periods affected by share reorganisations

42  Additional FIF income or loss if CFC owns FIF

43  New section EZ 23B

44  New section EZ 32C

45  Apportionment of interest by excess debt entity

46  Calculation of debt percentages

47  Rights and obligations of amalgamated companies

48  Leases for inadequate rent

49  Further eligibility requirements relating to investments

50  Portfolio entity tax liability and tax credits of portfolio tax rate entity for period

51  Outline of subpart and relationship with other Parts

52  What is a portfolio investment entity?

53  What is an investor class?

54  Intended effects for multi-rate PIEs and investors

55  New section HM 6B

56  Requirements

57  Residence in New Zealand

58  Investment types

59  Income sources

60  Maximum shareholdings in investments

61  Minimum number of investors

62  New section HM 19B

63  New section HM 19C

64  Exceptions for certain investors

65  When entity no longer meets investment or investor requirements

66  Rules for multi-rate PIEs

67  Rules for and treatment of investors in multi-rate PIEs

68  Proxies for PIE investors

69  New section HM 35C

70  Calculating amounts attributed to investors

71  When superannuation fund investor has conditional entitlement

72  Options for calculation and payment of tax

73  Provisional tax calculation option

74  New section HM 44B

75  Voluntary payments

76  Calculation of tax liability or tax credit of multi-rate PIEs

77  Use of foreign tax credits by PIEs

78  Use of tax credits other than foreign tax credits by PIEs

79  New heading and sections HM 55C to HM 55H

Special rules for foreign investment PIEs

80  Prescribed investor rates: schedular rates

81  New section HM 57B

82  Notified investor rates

83  Certain exiting investors zero-rated

84  Use of investor classes' losses

85  Use of land losses of investor classes

86  New section HM 71B

87  When elections take effect

88  New section HR 4B inserted

89  Qualifying companies: transition into look-through companies

90  Common ownership: group of companies

91  Breach in income year in which tax loss component arises

92  New section IQ 1A inserted and amended

93  General treatment

94  Ring-fencing cap on attributed CFC net losses

95  Attributed CFC net loss from tax year before first affected year

96  Ring-fencing cap on FIF net losses

97  Group companies using attributed CFC net losses

98  Section IQ 5 repealed

99  Tax credits for resident withholding tax

100  What this subpart does

101  Calculation of New Zealand tax

102  Repaid foreign tax: effect on income tax liability

103  Repaid foreign tax: effect on FDP liability

104  Tax credits relating to attributed CFC income

105  Tax credits for multi-rate PIEs

106  Tax credits for investors in multi-rate PIEs

107  Family scheme income from amounts derived by dependent children

108  Third requirement: residence

109  Fifth requirement: full-time earner

110  Meaning of employment for this subpart

111  Payment of tax credits

112  ICA payment of tax

113  Reduction of further income tax

114  Co-operative companies' notional distributions that are dividends

115  BETA payment of income tax

116  Section OE 8 repealed

117  New section OK 6B

118  Table O17: Maori authority credits

119  Consolidated BETA payment of income tax

120  Section OP 102 repealed

121  ASCA lost excess available subscribed capital

122  Salary or wages

123  Section RD 67 replaced

124  Resident passive income

125  Tax pooling intermediaries

126  Tax pooling accounts and their use

127  Transfers from tax pooling accounts

128  New section RP 19B inserted

129  Refusals to transfer amounts

130  Definitions

131  No look-through rule for companies in certain cases

132  Corporate spin-outs

133  Directors' knowledge of failure to meet requirements of continuity provision

134  New section YD 3B

135  New section YZ 3

136  Schedule 1—Basic tax rates: income tax, ESCT, RSCT, RWT, and attributed fringe benefits

137  Schedule 6—Prescribed rates: PIE investments and retirement scheme contributions

138  Schedule 32––Recipients of charitable or other public benefit gifts

139  Schedule 39—Items for purposes of definition of special excluded depreciable property

140  Minor textual amendments to Income Tax Act 2007

Part 2
Amendments to Tax Administration Act 1994

141  Tax Administration Act 1994

142  Interpretation

143  Commissioner may access premises to obtain information

144  Power to remove and copy documents

145  Power to remove and retain documents for inspection

146  Information to be furnished on request of Commissioner

147  Court orders for production of information or return

148  Inquiry by Commissioner

149  Privilege for confidential communication between legal practitioners and their clients

150  No requirement to disclose tax advice document

151  Treatment of book or document

152  Claim that book or document is tax advice document

153  Book or document or part of book or document included in tax advice document

154  Person must disclose tax contextual information from tax advice document

155  Challenge to claim that book or document is tax advice document

156  Information requisitions in relation to offshore payments

157  New section 28D

158  Notification requirements for PIEs

159  Notification requirements for multi-rate PIEs

160  Notification of amalgamation to Commissioner

161  Effect of giving notice of entitlement

162  Officers to maintain secrecy

163  New section 81BA inserted

164  Other persons to maintain secrecy

165  Further secrecy requirements

166  Notices of proposed adjustment required to be issued by Commissioner

167  Section 89E repealed

168  Deemed acceptance

169  Where Commissioner accepts adjustment proposed by disputant

170  Late actions deemed to occur within response period

171  Application to High Court

172  Disclosure notices

173  Completing the disputes process

174  New section 89P

175  Time bar for amendment of income tax assessment

176  Time bar for amending GST assessment

177  When disputant entitled to challenge assessment

178  Certain rights of challenge not conferred

179  Effect of disclosure notice: exclusion of evidence

180  Proceedings may be transferred to different hearing authorities

181  Section 138O repealed

182  Absolute liability offences

183  Knowledge offences

184  Evasion or similar offence

185  Evidence in proceedings for failure to furnish returns or information

186  Deduction of tax from payments due to defaulters

187  Procedure in District Court where defendant absent from New Zealand

188  New section 183CB

189  New section 184AA

190  New section 226C added

Part 3
Remedial matters and abolition of gift duty

Amendments to Income Tax Act 2004

191  Income Tax Act 2004

192  New section CW 1B

193  Taxes, other than GST, and penalties

194  New section DB 3B

195  New section DP 8B

196  Cost of timber

197  Disposal of petroleum mining asset to associate

198  Valuation under herd scheme

199  What is included when spreading methods used

200  IFRS method

201  Base price adjustment formula

202  Consideration when change from fair value method under IFRS method

203  Further eligibility requirements relating to investments

204  Portfolio entity tax liability and rebates of portfolio tax rate entity for period

205  Credits arising to Maori authority credit account

206  Modifications to measurement of voting and market value interests in case of continuity provisions

207  New section YA 5C

208  Schedule 22A—Identified policy changes

Amendment to New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001

209  Section 76 of New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 repealed

Amendments to KiwiSaver Act 2006

210  Section 4 of KiwiSaver Act 2006 amended

211  New section 81B of KiwiSaver Act 2006 inserted

Amendments to Taxation Review Authorities Act 1994

212  Taxation Review Authorities Act 1994

213  General jurisdiction of Authorities

214  Section 13B repealed

215  An Authority to be a commission of inquiry

216  Evidence in proceedings before an Authority

217  Challenges appealed to High Court

Amendments to Income Tax Act 1994

218  Income Tax Act 1994

219  New section CB 17

220  Certain deductions not allowed

221  New section DB 2

222  Cost of timber

Amendments to Taxation Review Authorities Regulations 1998

223  Taxation Review Authorities Regulations 1998

224  Interpretation

225  Application of District Court Rules 1992

226  Proceedings generally

227  Form

228  Notice of defence

229  Interlocutory applications

230  Part 3 revoked

231  Requirement for directions hearings

232  Time for directions hearing

233  Schedule

Amendments to Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

234  Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

235  Interpretation

236  Meaning of term supply

237  Value of supply of goods and services

238  Zero-rating of goods

239  Adjustments when person becomes registered after acquiring goods and services

240  Treatment on disposal

241  New section 21HB

242  Group of companies

243  Keeping of records

244  Liability in relation to supplies of land

Abolition of gift duty

245  Estate and Gift Duties Act 1968

Schedule
Minor textual amendments to Income Tax Act 2007

Legislative history


The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: