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AGENTS Answers index A - D

The figures in bold are the issue numbers and the figures in italics are the date of issue (month and year). This index covers issues 39 - 139 from the period November 2002 to September 2011.

Topic Issue number and date
A    
  ACC  
  changes to service payments 103 - Jul 08
  deductibility 130 - Nov 10
  earnings exceeding the specified maximum 108 - Dec 08
  earners' levy 139 - Sept 11
  earnings not liable for earner premium 108 - Dec 08
  income information exchange 108 - Dec 08
  levy rates 134 - Apr 11
  passive income 58 - Jun 04
  schedular payments 108 - Dec 08
  withholding payment expenses 57 - May 04
     
  Advising clients 137 - Jul 11
     
  Aligning GST with provisional tax  
  due dates 85 - Oct 06, 88 - Feb 07, 92 - Jun 07
  GST filing requirements 103 - Jul 08
  income tax balance dates 91 - May 07
  legislation 84 - Sep 06
  letters 95 - Oct 07
  ratio option 92 - Jun 07, 93 - Aug 07
     
  AMBR 1005 89 - Mar 07
  annual imputation return 123 - Apr 10
     
  Are you connected? 60 - Aug 04
     
  Associated person  
  changes to definition 119 - Nov 09
  GST and associated persons 121 - Feb 10
     
  Attribution rules 122 - Mar 10
     
  Audit 60 - Aug 04, 77 - Jan 06
     
  Authority to act 104 - Aug 08, 117 - Sep 09, 125 - Jun 10, 130 - Nov 10, 137 - July 11
  child turning 16 133 - Mar 11
B    
  B2B web service 132 - Feb 11
     
  Balance dates  
  changes 59 - Jul 04, 111 - Apr 09, 135 - May 11
  checking balance dates 114 - Jun 09
  non-standard 56 - Apr 04, 114 - Jun 09
  for Kiwifruit orchards 132 - Feb 11
     
  Binding rulings 129 - Oct 10
  BR Pub 10/09 130 - Nov 10
     
  Budget updates 2011 137 - July 11
     
  Budget updates 2010 125 - Jun 10, 126 - Jul 10, 128 - Sept 10, 130 - Nov 10
     
  Business industry codes 114 - Jun 09
     
  Business is booming 93 - Aug 07
     
  Business-related legal expenses 112 - Apr 09
     
C    
  Call recording 56 - Apr 04, 59 - Jul 04
     
  Canterbury earthquake 129 - Oct 10, 131 - Dec 10, 134 - Apr 11, 135 - May 11, 136 - June 11
     
  Casual agriculture workers 73 - Sep 05
     
  Casual employee definition 100 - April 08
     
  CD Rom  
  CD Rom for tax agents 56 - Apr 04, 68 - Apr 05, 70 - Jun 05, 89 - Mar 07
  phone line 60 - Aug 04
  questionnaire 61 - Sep 04, 73 - Sep 05
  questionnaire results 64 - Dec 04
     
  CEC (see Compulsory employer contributions)  
     
  Certificate of exemption 87 - Dec 06, 88 - Feb 07, 113 - May 09, 121 - Feb 10
     
  Changes affecting tax agents 98 - Feb 08, 100 - April 08, 101 - May 08
     
  Charities 134 - Apr 11, 139 - Sept 11
     
  Charities Act 2005 75 - Nov 05
     
  Charities Commission 57 - May 04, 59 - Jul 04, 87 - Dec 06
     
  Child support  
  annual rates 123 - Apr 10, 133 - Mar 11
  Commissioner-initiated administrative reviews 92 - Jun 07
  IR3 filers and child support calculations 121 - Feb 10
     
  Client linking and delinking  
  AMBR 1002 69 - May 05
  client address details 55 - Mar 04
  due date 7 Feb 56 - Apr 04
  during April 04, 05, 06, 07 57 - May 04, 67 - Mar 05, 78 - Mar 06, 89 - Mar 07
  IR795 form 130 - Nov 10
  linking revenues 58 - Jun 04
  online service 83 - Aug 06
  restricted clients 129 - Oct 10
  TAMS - automatic letters 60 - Aug 04
  TAMS - calendar 84 - Sep 06
     
  Client list (see also Client linking and delinking) 137 - July 11
  clean up agents list 113 - May 09
     
  Client maintenance – online service 118 - Oct 09, 123 - Apr 10
     
  Clients leaving New Zealand  
  what to do when leaving 108 - Dec 08
     
  Commissioner-initiated administrative reviews 92 - Jun 07
     
  Companies Office and IR  
  real time 93 - Aug 07, 94 - Sep 07
  strike off approval 135 - May 11
  update 73 - Sep 05
     
  Company  
  clarifying qualifying companies and LAQCs 116 - Aug 09
  company intermediaries and attribution rule 122 - Mar 10
  consolidated groups 115 - Jul 09
  further income tax due 57 - May 04
  imputation accounts 55 - Mar 04, 59 - Jul 04
  income equalisation schemes 123 - Apr 10
  income tax refunds 56 - Apr 04
  liquidated 81 - Jun 06
  look-through 134 - Apr 11, 138 - Aug 11
  no longer trading 113 - May 09
  non-resident companies - incorrect interest calculation 110 - Mar 09, 124 - May 10
  qualifying and loss attributing company criteria 109 - Feb 09, 132 - Feb 11, 133 - Mar 11
  requesting transfer of credit or refund 115 - Jul 09
  RWT on company dividends 136 - Jun 11
  tax rate change 96 - Nov 07, 99 - Mar 08, 100 - April 08, 104 - Aug 08, 132 - Feb 11
  voluntary dissolution (strike off) 84 - Sep 06
     
  Compliance  
  for tax agents 124 - May 10
  helping you get it right 139 - Sept 11
  our compliance plans for the coming year 116 - Aug 09, 127 - Aug 10, 129 - Oct 10, 138 - Aug 11
     
  Compliance costs  
  computer-prepared schedules enclosed stickers 58 - Jun 04
     
  Compulsory employer contributions (CEC) 100 - April 08
     
  Contacting Inland Revenue  
  24-hour fax service 98 - Feb 08, 99 - Mar 08
  callback service 105 - Sep 08
  fax number for urgent non-individual IRD number applications 135 - May 11, 138 - Aug 11
  dedicated phone line 60 - Aug 04
  service delivery 69 - May 05
  tax agents 0800 line 60 - Aug 04, 76 - Dec 05
  update 72 - Aug 05, 79 - Apr 06, 120 - Dec 09, 134 - Apr 11, 139 - Sept 11
     
  Controlled foreign company CFC 138 - Aug 11
     
  Correspondence service levels 118 - Oct 09
  guidelines 120 - Dec 09
     
  Cost of doing business survey 117 - Sep 09
     
  CPI adjustment - child care and boarding services 126 - Jul 10, 136 - Jun 11
     
  Credit and debit card payments 127 - Aug 10
     
D    
  D status 55 - Mar 04, 121 - Feb 10, 132 - Feb 11
     
  Debt (see also Less taxing tax and Late payment penalties)  
  debt and overdue returns 134 - Apr 11
  managing tax debt 115 - Jul 09, 118 - Oct 09
  instalment arrangements 123 - Apr 10, 127 - Aug 10
  tax agent debt 124 - May 10, 126 - Jul 10
     
  Deceased taxpayers  
  authority to act ends 130 - Nov 10
  correction to "Returns for deceased taxpayers" 55 - Mar 04
  death and asset transfers 74 - Oct 05
  information requests 74 - Oct 05
     
  Deductions  
  Sky Country Channel subscription 120 - Dec 09
  financial arrangement – early repayment 132 - Feb 11
     
  Deemed rate of return 84 - Sep 06
     
  Depreciation  
  buildings 132 - Feb 11, 133 - Mar 11
  motor vehicles 137 - July 11
  election not to depreciate 109 - Feb 09
  fleeting tracking units 138 - Aug 11
  horticultural plants 70 - Jun 05
  lease terms as an estimated useful life 129 - Oct 10
  rate finder 84 - Sep 06
  remedial changes 2009 119 - Nov 09
  updated guide 57 - May 04
  update 80 - May 06, 81 - Jun 06, 133 - Mar 11
     
  Determinations  
  amount of honoraria paid to members of NZ Plunket Society (inc) 118 - Oct 09
  eligible relocation expenses 122 - Mar 10
  specified livestock 2004 59- Jul 04
  standard cost care household service for boarding service providers 115 - Jul 09
  standard cost household service for childcare providers 59 - Jul 04, 70 - Jun 05, 115 - Jul 09
  tax depreciation rates general determination number 71 118 - Oct 09
     
  Disclosures  
  voluntary disclosures 117 - Sep 09
  e-filers and the IR10 133 - Mar 11
     
  Disputes resolution process  
  changes 72 - Aug 05
  new rules GST 68 - Apr 05
  validity of dispute documents 106 - Oct 08, 118 - Oct 09
     
  Donations  
  company thresholds 110 - Mar 09
  individual thresholds 110 - Mar 09
  IR526 tax credit claim form 123 - Apr 10
  Maori authorities 110 - Mar 09
     
  Donee organisations 55 - Mar 04, 134 - Apr 11
  new organisations 129 - Oct 10
  Donee status  
  where to find it 116 - Aug 09
     
  DTA (double taxation agreements) 117 - Sep 09, 124 - May 10, 132 - Feb 11
     
  Due dates (see also Payments)  
  7 April for clients 99 - Mar 08, 121 - Feb 10
  7 Feb for clients 56 - Apr 04
  instalment due dates for tax and student loan 116 - Aug 09
  target dates 123 - Apr 10


 


Date published: 27 Sep 2011

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