Part DDeductions
Specific rules for expenditure types
DB 1Taxes, other than GST, and penalties
A person is denied a deduction for the following:
- income tax:
- a tax imposed in a country or territory outside New Zealand that is 1 or more of the following:
- substantially the same as income tax:
- based on Articles 2.1 to 2.3 of the global anti-base erosion model rules:
- based on Articles 2.4 to 2.6 of those model rules:
- a qualified domestic minimum top-up tax, as defined in Article 10.1.1 of those model rules:
- substantially the same as multinational top-up tax payable because of the application of the modifications to Article 2.1 of the global anti-base erosion model rules set out in schedule 25B, item 1B (Items modifying global anti-base erosion model rules):
- substantially the same as income tax:
- an amount withheld under section 1471 or 1472 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (USA), as amended from time to time:
- ancillary tax, unless listed in subsection (2):
- a civil penalty under Part 9 of the Tax Administration Act 1994:
- a tax, a penalty, or interest on unpaid tax that is—
- payable under the laws of a country or territory outside New Zealand; and
- substantially the same as a civil penalty as defined in section 3(1) of the Tax Administration Act 1994, or a criminal penalty under Part 9 of the Act, or interest imposed under Part 7 of the Act.
- payable under the laws of a country or territory outside New Zealand; and
Subsection (1) does not apply to—
- pay-as-you-earn (PAYE):
- fringe benefit tax (FBT):
- employer’s superannuation contribution tax (ESCT):
- resident withholding tax (RWT):
- non-resident withholding tax (NRWT).
This section overrides the general permission.
Compare
- 2004 No 35 s DB 1
Notes
- Section DB 1(1)(b): replaced (with effect on 1 January 2024), on , by section 35(1) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Act 2024 (2024 No 11).
- Section DB 1(1)(b)(v): replaced, on , by section 35(2) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Act 2024 (2024 No 11).
- Section DB 1(1)(bb): inserted, on , by section 41 of the Taxation (Annual Rates, Employee Allowances, and Remedial Matters) Act 2014 (2014 No 39).
- Section DB 1 list of defined terms global anti-base erosion model rules: inserted (with effect on 1 January 2024), on , by section 35(3) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Act 2024 (2024 No 11).
- Section DB 1 list of defined terms multinational top-up tax: inserted, on , by section 35(4) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Act 2024 (2024 No 11).


