Taxation (Annual Rates for 2020-21, Feasibility Expenditure, and Remedial Matters) Bill

This omnibus taxation bill sets the annual rates of income tax for the 2020-21 tax year, and has a number of proposals aimed at improving current tax settings within a broad-base, low-rate framework and modernising and improving settings for tax administration, the GST regime, KiwiSaver, and social policy rules administered by Inland Revenue.

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 (Annual Rates for 2020-21, Feasibility Expenditure, and Remedial Matters) Bill (legislation.govt.nz)
Act text: Taxation (Annual Rates for 2020-21, Feasibility Expenditure, and Remedial Matters) Act 2021 (legislation.govt.nz)

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