This question we’ve been asked (QWBA) explains how the FBT exclusion for benefits relating to health or safety applies.  This QWBA is relevant to employers who provide their employees with benefits as part of their duty to manage risks to health or safety in the workplace.  For the exclusion to apply, there must be a connection between the benefit and the employer’s duty to manage risks to health and safety under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.  This QWBA complements the General Article on the health and safety FBT exclusion (2018) by providing more detailed guidance.

This item summarises a private ruling about whether a share cancellation payment was in lieu of a dividend under s CD 22 or was a dividend under s CD 4, whether the share-for-share exchange limitation in s CD 43 applied, and whether s BG 1 applied to vary these outcomes.

This determination sets the deemed rate of return, used to calculate foreign investment fund income under the deemed rate of return calculation method, for the 2025-26 income year at 7.84%. The deemed rate of return set for the 2024-25 income year was 8.04%.

Determination DET 26/03 declares the Wellington severe weather event in April 2026 is an emergency event for the purposes of family scheme income.

Cryptoassets are cryptographically secured digital representations of value that can be transferred, stored or traded electronically.  They use some form of distributed ledger technology such as blockchain.  Cryptoassets may also be referred to as cryptocurrencies, digital tokens or virtual currencies.

This question we’ve been asked considers whether a member of an unincorporated body who is registered for GST can claim input tax deductions for expenditure incurred by the unincorporated body if the unincorporated body is not itself registered for GST. It also considers whether members can claim input tax deductions for contributions they make to the unincorporated body.

This interpretation statement considers the income tax implications for a business that provides sponsorship to an organisation, event, person or cause, where the taxpayer (the sponsor) intends that the sponsorship will promote or advertise the business.  The sponsorship may be provided in the form of money or by providing products or services.

This fact sheet accompanies interpretation statement IS 26/10: Income tax implications of providing sponsorship. It briefly explains the key points in IS 26/10 about when sponsorship that a business provides to an organisation, event, person or cause is deductible.

The disputant filed a challenge proceeding against tax assessments where the disputant had failed to issue a Notice of Response (NOR) within the response period and, later, had failed to challenge the Commissioner’s refusal to treat a late NOR as having been issued within time. The disputant’s claim was struck out as the TCRA had no jurisdiction to hear the claim as the statutory preconditions for commencing a challenge were not met.