Income Tax (Fringe Benefit Tax, Interest on Loans) Amendment Regulations 2019: revoked, on 31 March 2026, pursuant to section 253(a) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2025–26, Compliance Simplification, and Remedial Measures) Act 2026 (2026 No 8).

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 25th day of November 2019

Present:
Hon Kelvin Davis presiding in Council

Note

The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

These regulations are administered by the Inland Revenue Department.

These regulations are made under section RA 21(3) and (4) of the Income Tax Act 2007 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Principal regulations
4	Schedule 1 amended
	Explanatory note
	Gazette Information
	Notes

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Income Tax (Fringe Benefit Tax, Interest on Loans) Amendment Regulations 2019.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 26 December 2019.

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 January 2016, insert:

Quarter commencing 1 October 2019, and subsequent quarters

5.26

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 26 December 2019, amend the Income Tax (Fringe Benefit Tax, Interest on Loans) Regulations 1995.

These regulations reduce, from 5.77% to 5.26%, the rate of interest that applies for fringe benefit tax purposes to employment-related loans. The new rate applies for the quarter beginning 1 October 2019 and for subsequent quarters.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 28 November 2019.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Income Tax (Fringe Benefit Tax, Interest on Loans) Amendment Regulations 2019 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Taxation (Annual Rates for 2025–26, Compliance Simplification, and Remedial Measures) Act 2026 (2026 No 8): section 253(a)

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