Income Tax (Fringe Benefit Tax, Interest on Loans) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2015

2015/293

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Income Tax (Fringe Benefit Tax, Interest on Loans) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2015

Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 23rd day of November 2015

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Pursuant to section RA 21(3) and (4) of the Income Tax Act 2007, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Income Tax (Fringe Benefit Tax, Interest on Loans) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2015.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on the day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.

3 Principal regulations

These regulations amend the Income Tax (Fringe Benefit Tax, Interest on Loans) Regulations 1995 (the principal regulations).

4 Schedule 1 amended

In Schedule 1, after the item relating to the quarter commencing 1 July 2015, insert:

Quarter commencing 1 October 2015, and subsequent quarters5.99

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on the day after the date of their notification in the Gazette, amend the Income Tax (Fringe Benefit Tax, Interest on Loans) Regulations 1995.

These regulations reduce, from 6.22% to 5.99%, the rate of interest that applies for fringe benefit tax purposes to employment-related loans. The reduction applies for the quarter beginning on 1 October 2015 and for subsequent quarters.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 26 November 2015.

These regulations are administered by the Inland Revenue Department.