Volume: 27, Issue: 07 (2015)
PUBLIC RULING BR PUB 15/10: GOODS AND SERVICES TAX - DIRECTORS' FEES 
 Description: The Arrangement is the engagement, occupation or employment of a person as a director (the Director) of a company (the Company).  
Categories:
BINDING RULING  
DIRECTOR FEES  
EMPLOYEE  
EMPLOYER  
GOODS AND SERVICES TAX  
 
Legislation: 
 Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_001 
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COMMENTARY ON PUBLIC RULING BR PUB 15/10 
 Description: Commentary on: the Arrangement is the engagement, occupation or employment of a person as a director (the Director) of a company (the Company).  
Categories:
BINDING RULING  
DIRECTOR FEES  
EMPLOYEE  
EMPLOYER  
GOODS AND SERVICES TAX  
 
Legislation: 
 Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_002 
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APPENDIX 1: DOES A DIRECTOR NEED TO RETURN GST ON THEIR FEES? 
 Description: Appendix: the Arrangement is the engagement, occupation or employment of a person as a director (the Director) of a company (the Company).  
Categories:
BINDING RULING  
DIRECTOR FEES  
EMPLOYEE  
EMPLOYER  
GOODS AND SERVICES TAX  
 
Legislation: 
 Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_003 
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INCOME TAX (MAXIMUM POOLING VALUE) ORDER 2015 
 Description: Under the pooling method of depreciation, taxpayers can group assets together and depreciate them as if they were a single asset  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_004 
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KIWISAVER (HOMESTART) AMENDMENT ACT 2015 
 Description: The Social Housing Reform (Flexible Purchasing and Remedial Matters) Bill was one of several bills introduced under Budget urgency on 21 May 2015. The bill was divided into four separate bills, which included the KiwiSaver (HomeStart) Amendment Bill, by the committee of the whole House on the same day.  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_005 
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KIWISAVER BUDGET MEASURES ACT 2015 
 Description: The KiwiSaver Budget Measures Bill was introduced under urgency on 21 May 2015, passing through all stages that same day. It received Royal assent on 27 May 2015, bringing into force the repeal of the Crown's $1,000 one-off kick-start payment to new enrolments as announced in Budget 2015. The Act amends the KiwiSaver Act 2006.  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_006 
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GENERAL DEPRECIATION DETERMINATION DEP93: PORTABLE FENCES (GALVANISED STEEL) 
 Description: The Commissioner sets general depreciation rates for 'Portable fencing (galvanised steel)'. New asset classes are added into the 'Contractors, builders and quarrying' industry category and 'Hire equipment' asset category, as set out below.  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_007 
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SUPREME COURT DENIES LEAVE TO APPEAL TRANSFER CASE 
 Description: The Supreme Court dismissed Kensington Developments Limited (In Receivership)'s application for leave to appeal the Court of Appeal's decision, granting a transfer of the challenge proceeding filed in the Taxation Review Authority ('TRA') to the High Court.  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_008 
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TAXPAYER ONLY ABLE TO CHALLENGE WHETHER COMMISSIONER'S OPINION THAT RETURN IS FRAUDULENT OR WILFULLY MISLEADING WAS HONESTLY HELD 
 Description: The Taxpayers filed returns claiming deductions for payments described as being insurance payments to a captive insurance company. They subsequently accepted that they were not entitled to the deductions and sought to reverse the 'insurance payments' in later years, not in the years the deductions were claimed.  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_009 
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PUBLIC RULING BR PUB 15/10: GOODS AND SERVICES TAX - DIRECTORS' FEES 
 Description: The Arrangement is the engagement, occupation or employment of a person as a director (the Director) of a company (the Company).  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_01 
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DEDUCTIBILITY OF MANAGEMENT FEES/TAX AVOIDANCE 
 Description: The Taxation Review Authority ('TRA') found for the Commissioner of Inland Revenue ('the Commissioner') on the basis there was no evidence that management services were provided and that the Q Land Trust ('the Trust') incurred the management fees. The TRA was also satisfied the arrangement was one of tax avoidance.  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_010 
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SUPREME COURT AWARDS INDEMNITY COSTS 
 Description: This is a costs judgment following the Supreme Court's earlier decision on 2 December 2014 to dismiss three related applications for leave to appeal. The appellants in each appeal were investors in the Trinity tax avoidance scheme.  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_011 
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COMMENTARY ON PUBLIC RULING BR PUB 15/10 
 Description: Commentary on: the Arrangement is the engagement, occupation or employment of a person as a director (the Director) of a company (the Company).  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_02 
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APPENDIX 1: DOES A DIRECTOR NEED TO RETURN GST ON THEIR FEES? 
 Description: Appendix: the Arrangement is the engagement, occupation or employment of a person as a director (the Director) of a company (the Company).  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_03 
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INCOME TAX (MAXIMUM POOLING VALUE) ORDER 2015 
 Description: Under the pooling method of depreciation, taxpayers can group assets together and depreciate them as if they were a single asset  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_04 
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KIWISAVER (HOMESTART) AMENDMENT ACT 2015 
 Description: The Social Housing Reform (Flexible Purchasing and Remedial Matters) Bill was one of several bills introduced under Budget urgency on 21 May 2015. The bill was divided into four separate bills, which included the KiwiSaver (HomeStart) Amendment Bill, by the committee of the whole House on the same day.  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_05 
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KIWISAVER BUDGET MEASURES ACT 2015 
 Description: The KiwiSaver Budget Measures Bill was introduced under urgency on 21 May 2015, passing through all stages that same day. It received Royal assent on 27 May 2015, bringing into force the repeal of the Crown's $1,000 one-off kick-start payment to new enrolments as announced in Budget 2015. The Act amends the KiwiSaver Act 2006.  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_06 
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GENERAL DEPRECIATION DETERMINATION DEP93: PORTABLE FENCES (GALVANISED STEEL) 
 Description: The Commissioner sets general depreciation rates for 'Portable fencing (galvanised steel)'. New asset classes are added into the 'Contractors, builders and quarrying' industry category and 'Hire equipment' asset category, as set out below.  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_07 
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SUPREME COURT DENIES LEAVE TO APPEAL TRANSFER CASE 
 Description: The Supreme Court dismissed Kensington Developments Limited (In Receivership)'s application for leave to appeal the Court of Appeal's decision, granting a transfer of the challenge proceeding filed in the Taxation Review Authority ('TRA') to the High Court.  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_08 
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TAXPAYER ONLY ABLE TO CHALLENGE WHETHER COMMISSIONER'S OPINION THAT RETURN IS FRAUDULENT OR WILFULLY MISLEADING WAS HONESTLY HELD 
 Description: The Taxpayers filed returns claiming deductions for payments described as being insurance payments to a captive insurance company. They subsequently accepted that they were not entitled to the deductions and sought to reverse the 'insurance payments' in later years, not in the years the deductions were claimed.  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_09 
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DEDUCTIBILITY OF MANAGEMENT FEES/TAX AVOIDANCE 
 Description: The Taxation Review Authority ('TRA') found for the Commissioner of Inland Revenue ('the Commissioner') on the basis there was no evidence that management services were provided and that the Q Land Trust ('the Trust') incurred the management fees. The TRA was also satisfied the arrangement was one of tax avoidance.  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_10 
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SUPREME COURT AWARDS INDEMNITY COSTS 
 Description: This is a costs judgment following the Supreme Court's earlier decision on 2 December 2014 to dismiss three related applications for leave to appeal. The appellants in each appeal were investors in the Trinity tax avoidance scheme.  Updated:  
Reference:  
2015_27_07_11 
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