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Appropriation statement for the year ended 30 June 2022
Actual[1] restated[2] 2021 ($000) Vote: revenue              Actual[1] 2022 ($000) Unaudited revised budget[6] 2022 ($000) Unaudited budget 2022 ($000) Unaudited forecast 2023 ($000)
Output expenses
$11,173 Policy Advice $13,114 $14,420 $11,500

n/a

Services for customers - MCA
$240,565 Services to Ministers and to inform the public about entitlements and meeting obligations $256,119 $269,929 $233,419 $312,978
$126,196 Services to Process Obligations and Entitlements $114,147 $139,514 $138,494 $171,149
$90,093 Management of Debt and Unfiled Returns $89,863 $93,389 $83,634 $95,859
$124,325 Investigations $113,235 $119,973 $114,238 $125,891
n/a Policy advice n/a n/a n/a $15,980
$592,352 Total departmental output expenses $586,478 $637,225 $581,285 $721,857
$4,816 Services to Other Agencies RDA[3] $1,600 $1,884 $1,174 $1,524
$597,168 Total output expenses $588,078 $639,109 $582,459 $723,381
Other expenses
$128,630 Transformation[3] $96,944 $113,510 $316,752 n/a
n/a Residual activities following the transformation programme's substantive closure[4] n/a n/a n/a $24,000
$128,630 Total other expenses $96,944 $113,510 $316,752 $24,000
$725,798 Total expenses $685,022 $752,619 $899,211 $747,381
Capital expenditure PLA[5]
$3,439 Property, plant and equipment $7,496 $16,642 $13,000 $21,900
$61,534 Intangible assets $28,083 $31,523 $149,560 $30,800
$64,973 Total capital expenditure PLA $35,579 $48,165 $162,560 $52,700

The budget and forecast figures have been prepared in accordance with NZ GAAP, using accounting policies that are consistent with those adopted in preparing the departmental financial statements.

Explanations of significant variances against budget are detailed in the relevant notes of the departmental financial statements.

All of the 2021–22 performance information for each appropriation administered by Inland Revenue has been reported in Our performance section.


1 Excludes remeasurement of $2,742,840 (2020-21: $213,000). The remeasurement consists of macroeconomic changes in the actuarial valuations of retiring and long-service leave.

2 The actual results for 2020-21 have been restated following a change in the Crown accounting policy for software as a service (SaaS) arrangements. Refer to the section on changes in accounting policies in 'Note 1 - Basis of preparation'.

Note 1 - Basis of preparation (2022)

3 Revenue-dependent appropriation (RDA). The amount of an RDA is limited to the amount of revenue earned.

4 A portion of the 2021-22 'Transformation' appropriation funding was returned to the Crown and $35 million transferred to the financial years 2022-23 and 2023-24 to the new 'Residual activities following the transformation programme's substantive closure' appropriation.

5 PLA refers to appropriations established under a permanent legislative authority.

6 The revised budget figures for 2021-22 are those included in 'The Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations and Supporting Information for the Year Ending 30 June 2022'.

Last updated: 27 Sep 2022
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