Taxation (Cost of Living Payments) Bill
Government bill
About this bill
The proposed amendments in the bill are in relation to the Cost of Living Payments Scheme, which is aimed at providing financial support to eligible low- to middle-income individuals facing increased cost-of-living pressures because of the recent spike in inflation.
Act text: Taxation (Cost of Living Payments) Act 2022 (legislation.govt.nz)
Voting method
Party voting: Parties decided whether or not to support this bill and cast votes on behalf of all their MPs.Procedural notes
- Urgency used: This bill was progressed through one or more stages using urgency. Urgency allows the Government to fast-track the legislative process by extending the sitting hours of the House of Representatives and skipping the select committee stage of a bill, and allows bills to pass through more than one stage per sitting day.
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Read the bill
Bill text: Taxation (Cost of Living Payments) Bill (legislation.govt.nz)Act text: Taxation (Cost of Living Payments) Act 2022 (legislation.govt.nz)
Member responsible
Progress
Enacted
This Bill has been passed by Parliament, and signed into law by the Governor-General in a step called Royal Assent. This doesn't mean that everything the Act implements has come into force yet, but it does mean that the Act is on the statute books.
Votes
2nd reading
Passed
19 May 2022
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Only reading votes are shown here; these votes determine whether the Bill progresses through Parliament. Other votes, such as votes on whether to amend parts of the Bill, can be seen in Hansard.
Bill details last synced with the Parliament website about 2 years ago.
(23 March 2023 at 00:02 GMT+00:00)