Income Tax (Fringe Benefit Tax, Interest on Loans) Amendment Regulations 2015
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Income Tax (Fringe Benefit Tax, Interest on Loans) Amendment Regulations 2015
Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 24th day of August 2015
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Pursuant to section RA 21(3) and (4) of the Income Tax Act 2007, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Income Tax (Fringe Benefit Tax, Interest on Loans) Amendment Regulations 2015.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on the day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Income Tax (Fringe Benefit Tax, Interest on Loans) Regulations 1995 (the principal regulations).
4 Schedule 1 amended
In Schedule 1, after the item relating to the quarter commencing 1 October 2014, insert:
| Quarter commencing 1 July 2015, and subsequent quarters | 6.22 |
Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on the day after the date of their notification in the Gazette, amend the Income Tax (Fringe Benefit Tax, Interest on Loans) Regulations 1995.
These regulations reduce, from 6.70% to 6.22%, the rate of interest that applies for fringe benefit tax purposes to employment-related loans. The reduction applies for the quarter beginning on 1 July 2015 and for subsequent quarters.
Date of notification in Gazette: 27 August 2015.
These regulations are administered by the Inland Revenue Department.