Research and evaluation reports
Research reports available for download
From time-to-time we undertake research into various aspects of the programmes and services we administer. In this section you can read the executive summary of these reports online or download a copy of the complete report.
KiwiSaver reports
| Section | Contents |
|---|---|
| KiwiSaver evaluation reports | Several KiwiSaver research reports are available for download. These reports evaluate the effectiveness of KiwiSaver, including its implementation, delivery and, in the longer-term, impact on the savings levels of New Zealanders and the development of the financial sector. |
LE compliance reports
| Title | Description | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| Large enterprises tax compliance costs | This document summarises the results of research with large enterprises (LE) about their tax compliance costs (including KiwiSaver) in 2010. | 2 |
SME compliance reports
| Title | Description | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| SME tax compliance costs 2009: evaluation report 1 | This report records the self-reported tax compliance costs for New Zealand small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in 2009. It follows a similar survey conducted in 2004. | 132 |
| Changes in SME tax compliance costs 2004 to 2009: evaluation report 2 | This report compares the self-reported tax compliance costs of SMEs provided in the baseline survey of 1,739 small and medium businesses (SMEs) in 2004 and the follow-up survey of 1,728 SMEs in 2009. | 71 |
| SME tax compliance costs 2009: KiwiSaver compliance costs evaluation report 3 | This report looks at small and medium enterprises (SMEs) self-reported KiwiSaver compliance costs provided as part of a 2009 survey measuring 1,728 SMEs tax compliance costs across a range of tax types. | 27 |
| Factsheet: The cost of business tax compliance | We asked small and medium enterprises (SMEs) about their tax compliance costs in 2004 and 2009 and compared the difference. This factsheet summarises the survey results which confirm the hours spent by businesses doing their tax have gone down. | 2 |
Working for Families reports
| Title | Description | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| The summary report of the evaluation of the Working for Families package | The report Changing Families' Financial Support and Incentives for Working summarises the findings from the WfF evaluation including some new results not previously published. | 82 |
| Annex report 1 | Effective marginal tax rates for Working for Families recipients. This report provides details of the methodology for the results presented in section 2.3 of the summary report. | 63 |
| Annex report 2 | Employment incentives for couple parents: Labour market effects of changes to financial incentives and support. This report provides details of the methodology for the results presented in section 2.2 of the summary report. | 43 |
| Receipt of the Working for Families package: 2007 update | This report maintains the focus on take-up of Working for Families (WfF), but goes into more detail about the effects of WfF on improving income adequacy. | 54 |
| The Working for Families (WFF) Evaluation Report | The Working for Families (WFF) Evaluation Report, Receipt of the Working for Families Package, describes public awareness of the package and who is receiving WFF entitlements to the end of August 2006. | 46 |
| Employment incentives for sole parents: technical report - January 2010 | Over the period October 2004 to April 2007 the New Zealand government introduced substantial changes to in-work incentives and financial support for families with dependent children as part of the Working for Families (WfF) package. | 48 |
| Employment incentives for sole parents - February 2009 | This report summarises findings of difference-in-differences and survival analyses of the changes Working for Families has made to the labour market behaviour of sole parents. | 6 |
Date published: 15 Apr 2011
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