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MINISTER(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROPRIATIONS: Minister of Revenue (M57)
ADMINISTERING DEPARTMENT: Inland Revenue Department
MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Minister of Revenue
Overview of the Vote#
The Minister of Revenue is responsible for appropriations in the Vote for the 2009/10 financial year covering the following:
- a total of nearly $627 million on departmental output expenses including management of debt and outstanding returns, policy advice, services to inform the public about entitlements and meeting obligations, services to process obligations and entitlements, and taxpayer audit
- a total of just over $4,045 million for benefits and other unrequited expenses
- a total of just over $3.500 million for borrowing expenses
- a total of just under $1,040 million for other expenses, and
- a total of just over $76 million for departmental capital expenditure.
The Minister of Revenue is also responsible for Crown revenue and receipts in the Vote for the 2008/09 financial year covering the following:
- a total forecast of $45,926 million in tax revenue
- a total forecast of just under $1,021 million in non-tax revenue, and
- a total forecast of just under $811 million in capital receipts.
Details of these appropriations are set out in Parts 2-6 for Vote Revenue in the Information Supporting the Estimates of Appropriations.
Details of Appropriations#
Details of Annual and Permanent Appropriations
| 2008/09 | 2009/10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type | Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budget $000 |
Departmental Output Expenses | |||
Management of Debt and Outstanding Returns (M57)Taking action where returns are outstanding and where payments are overdue, including providing people with assistance on the actions they need to take to meet their obligations. This includes collection on behalf of other agencies and external parties. | 88,352 | 88,352 | 89,419 |
Policy Advice (M57)Advising on all aspects of tax policy and social policy measures that interact with the tax system. Drafting related legislation. Negotiating and maintaining New Zealand's network of double tax agreements with other countries. Forecasting tax revenues and providing ministerial services. | 13,711 | 13,711 | 13,565 |
Services to Inform the Public About Entitlements and Meeting Obligations (M57)Providing information and assistance to customers on the application of the law. Responding to customer enquiries about tax and social support programmes. Adjudication on behalf of the Commissioner on proposed taxpayer assessments. Providing binding rulings and other statements on the interpretation and application of the law administered by Inland Revenue. | 256,941 | 254,566 | 234,284 |
Services to Process Obligations and Entitlements (M57)Registering tax payers, making tax assessments, assessing child support liabilities including providing a readily accessible inexpensive process for reviewing assessments, receiving and making payments to customers, processing applications and payments for social support programmes, collection of ACC Earners' levies, supplying information to other government agencies and accounting and reporting the collection of Crown revenue. | 133,488 | 131,113 | 120,217 |
Taxpayer Audit (M57)Identifying risks to revenue and designing and undertaking audit activities accordingly. Managing litigation of disputed tax cases. | 174,068 | 174,068 | 169,513 |
Total Departmental Output Expenses | 666,560 | 661,810 | 626,998 |
Benefits and Other Unrequited Expenses | |||
Child Support Payments PLA (M57)Child support payments to custodial persons who are not dependent on the state for financial support (expenses incurred pursuant to section 141 of the Child Support Act 1991). | 205,000 | 205,000 | 207,480 |
Child Tax Credit PLA (M57)Extra assistance for low to middle income families who are not dependent on the state for financial support (expenses incurred pursuant to section 185 of the Tax Administration Act 1994). | 6,000 | 6,000 | 3,100 |
Family Tax Credit PLA (M57)Family Support payments made to beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries during the year (expenses incurred pursuant to section 185 of the Tax Administration Act 1994). | 2,113,100 | 2,113,100 | 2,147,800 |
In-Work Tax Credit PLA (M57)Extra assistance for low to middle income families where the person works a minimum of 20 hours per week and does not have a partner, or a person and their partner work a minimum of 30 hours per week (expenses incurred pursuant to section 185 of the Tax Administration Act 1994). | 586,000 | 586,000 | 577,600 |
KiwiSaver: Fee Subsidy (M57)To enable the payment of a fee subsidy to members for provider fees as set out in the KiwiSaver Act 2006. | 33,000 | 33,000 | 7,000 |
KiwiSaver: Interest (M57)To enable the payment of interest on KiwiSaver contributions as set out in the KiwiSaver Act 2006. | 16,000 | 16,000 | 10,000 |
KiwiSaver: Kickstart Payment (M57)To enable the one-off payment made on opening a KiwiSaver account for members who meet the required eligibility criteria as set in the KiwiSaver Act 2006. | 397,000 | 397,000 | 138,000 |
KiwiSaver: Member Tax Credit (M57)To enable the payment of a tax credit to KiwiSaver members as set out in the Income Tax Act 2007. | 661,000 | 661,000 | 764,000 |
Minimum Family Tax Credit PLA (M57)Extra payment made to families where at least one parent is working for salary or wages (expenses incurred pursuant to section 185 of the Tax Administration Act 1994). | 9,500 | 9,500 | 10,500 |
Paid Parental Leave Payments PLA (M57)Paid Parental Leave Payments made to parents eligible under the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987. | 142,500 | 142,500 | 149,900 |
Parental Tax Credit PLA (M57)To enable payment of additional financial support to be made to working families for the eight week period following the birth of a child (expenses incurred pursuant to section 185 of the Tax Administration Act 1994). | 20,400 | 20,400 | 21,000 |
Payroll Subsidy (M57)To enable the payment of a subsidy to a payroll agent undertaking employers' payroll-related tax compliance activities on their behalf. | 1,200 | 1,200 | 2,000 |
Research and Development Tax Credit (M57)This appropriation is limited to tax credits to businesses that are undertaking research and development. | 154,000 | 154,000 | 7,000 |
KiwiSaver: Employer Tax Credit (M57)To enable the payment of a tax credit to employers in respect of their contributions to KiwiSaver as set out in the Income Tax Act 2007. | 313,000 | 313,000 | - |
Total Benefits and Other Unrequited Expenses | 4,657,700 | 4,657,700 | 4,045,380 |
Non-Departmental Borrowing Expenses | |||
Adverse Event Interest PLA (M57)This appropriation is limited to interest on Adverse Event Income Equalisation Reserve accounts held by taxpayers in the farming and agriculture business (expenses incurred pursuant to section 185 of the Tax Administration Act 1994). | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Environmental Restoration Account Interest PLA (M57)This appropriation is limited to interest on Environmental Restoration accounts (expenses incurred pursuant to section 185 of the Tax Administration Act 1994) | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
Income Equalisation Interest PLA (M57)This appropriation is limited to interest on Income Equalisation Reserve Scheme accounts held by taxpayers in the farming, fishing or forestry industries (expenses incurred pursuant to section 185 of the Tax Administration Act 1994). | 1,500 | 1,500 | 2,000 |
Total Non-Departmental Borrowing Expenses | 3,010 | 3,010 | 3,510 |
Non-Departmental Other Expenses | |||
General Tax and Family Support Bad Debt Write-Offs (M57)This appropriation is limited to bad debt write-offs for Crown debt administered by Inland Revenue. | 753,500 | 685,000 | 660,000 |
Impairment of Debt Relating to Child Support (M57)This appropriation is limited to amounts relating to impairment arising from objective evidence of one or more loss events that occurred after the initial recognition of the debt, and the loss event (or events) has had a reliably measurable impact on the estimated future cash flows of the collective book of child support debt. | 164,000 | 164,000 | 164,430 |
Impairment of Debt Relating to General Tax and Family Support (M57)This appropriation is limited to amounts relating to impairment arising from objective evidence of one or more loss events that occurred after the initial recognition of the debt, and the loss event (or events) has had a reliably measurable impact on the estimated future cash flows of the Crown debt book. | 475,000 | 350,000 | 165,375 |
Impairment of Debt Relating to Student Loans (M57)This appropriation is limited to amounts relating to impairment arising from objective evidence of one or more loss events that occurred after the initial recognition of the loan, and the loss event (or events) has had a reliably measurable impact on the estimated future cash flows of the collective book of student loan debt. | 200,000 | 150,000 | 50,000 |
Total Non-Departmental Other Expenses | 1,592,500 | 1,349,000 | 1,039,805 |
Departmental Capital Expenditure | |||
Inland Revenue Department - Capital Expenditure PLA (M57)This appropriation is limited to the purchase or development of assets by and for the use of the Inland Revenue Department, as authorised by section 24(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989. | 80,810 | 80,810 | 76,300 |
Total Departmental Capital Expenditure | 80,810 | 80,810 | 76,300 |
Total Annual and Permanent Appropriations | 7,000,580 | 6,752,330 | 5,791,993 |
Details of Projected Movements in Departmental
Net Assets#
Inland Revenue Department
| Details of Net Asset Schedule | 2008/09 Estimated Actual $000 | 2009/10 Projected $000 | Explanation of Projected Movements in 2009/10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening Balance | 199,521 | 222,419 | Opening balance is based on the estimated actual closing balance for 2008/09. |
| Capital Injections | 25,475 | 15,127 | Budget 2009 injects $6.867 million of new capital into the departmental balance sheet: $4 million to implement the bonus for voluntary student loan repayment initiative, $2.076 million for implementing tax and KiwiSaver changes and $791,000 to implement the revenue and cash protection and growth initiative. Budget 2008 injected $296,000 for the personal tax package initiative. In addition, $7.964 million was injected in the period between Budget 2007 and Budget 2008: $7.477 million for the long-term accommodation solution in Wellington and $487,000 for the tax relief of redundancy payments initiatives. |
| Capital Withdrawals | (2,577) | (380) | Capital funding of ($380,000) has been withdrawn since Budget 2008: ($163,000) from the Budget 2008 personal tax package initiative and ($217,000) to help fund the all-of-government identity verification service initiative. |
| Surplus to be Retained (Deficit Incurred) | - | - | |
| Other Movements | - | - | |
Closing Balance | 222,419 | 237,166 |