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TDS 26/04 Off-market share cancellation

14 May 2026 Technical decision summary / 2026

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.

Volume 38 No 4 Tax Information Bulletin - May 2026

30 Apr 2026 TIB / Volume 38 - 2026

DET 26/04 Tax Administration (Deemed Rate of Return on Attributing Interests in Foreign Investment Funds, 2025–26 Income Year) Determination 2026

29 Apr 2026 Determinations / International tax / Deemed rate of return / 2026

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%.

DET 26/04 Tax Administration (Deemed Rate of Return on Attributing Interests in Foreign Investment Funds, 2025–26 Income Year) Determination 2026

29 Apr 2026 Determinations / International tax / Deemed rate of return / 2026

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%.

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

28 Apr 2026 Determinations / Emergency Events / 2026

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

28 Apr 2026 Overviews
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.

QB 26/01 GST – Registered members of unregistered unincorporated bodies

22 Apr 2026 Questions we've been asked / 2026

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.

QB 26/01 GST – Registered members of unregistered unincorporated bodies

22 Apr 2026 Questions we've been asked / 2026

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.

IS 26/10 Income tax implications of providing sponsorship

20 Apr 2026 Interpretation statements / 2026

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.

IS 26/10 FS 1 Income tax implications of providing sponsorship - fact sheet

20 Apr 2026 Fact sheets / 2026
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.