New Tax Bill introduced

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Source: Inland Revenue Department –

The Minister of Revenue introduced the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2022–23, Platform Economy, and Remedial Matters) Bill (No 2) into Parliament today.

The Bill contains a range of proposed improvements and maintenance measures to ensure the smooth functioning of the tax system, including proposals to:

  • set the annual income tax rates for the 2022–23 tax year
  • implement the OECD’s information reporting and exchange framework for activities being facilitated by digital platforms in the sharing and gig economy
  • collect GST on accommodation and transportation services provided through electronic marketplaces
  • reform the GST apportionment and adjustment rules
  • clarify the GST treatment of legislative charges
  • modernise and clarify the rules for employers and payers in relation to cross-border workers
  • ensure New Zealand companies affected by recent changes to Australia’s corporate residency tax rules have uninterrupted access to New Zealand’s loss grouping, consolidation and imputation credit regimes
  • address integrity issues with the application of the domestic dividend exemption and corporate migration rules to dual resident companies
  • introduce a fringe benefit tax exemption for public transport, and
  • introduce an exemption from the interest limitation rules for build-to-rent assets.

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