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HA 13: Qualifying companies’ distributions
or “Rules for qualifying companies giving value to shareholders”
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“Special tax rules for dividends from qualifying companies to NZ residents”

When a qualifying company pays a dividend to someone living in New Zealand, there are special rules that apply. You don’t have to pay tax on the part of the dividend that is more than a fully imputed distribution. This is called exempt income and is explained in section CW 15.

If you have a different balance date than the usual tax year end, and you get a dividend after the tax year ends but before your balance date, the dividend is counted as if you got it the day after your balance date.

The dividend is not considered resident passive income. This means it’s treated differently from other types of income for tax purposes.

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Part H Taxation of certain entities
Qualifying companies (QC)

HA 14Dividends paid by qualifying companies

  1. This section applies when a qualifying company pays a dividend to a person resident in New Zealand.

  2. The dividend is exempt income of the person under section CW 15 (Dividends paid by qualifying companies) to the extent to which it is more than a fully imputed distribution.

  3. If the person has a non-standard balance date and the dividend is derived after the end of the tax year but before their balance date, the dividend is allocated to the day after the balance date.

  4. The dividend does not constitute resident passive income.

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Notes
  • Section HA 14(2): amended (with effect on 1 April 2008), on , by section 255(1) of the Taxation (International Taxation, Life Insurance, and Remedial Matters) Act 2009 (2009 No 34).
  • Section HA 14 list of defined terms fully imputed: inserted (with effect on 1 April 2008), on , by section 255(2) of the Taxation (International Taxation, Life Insurance, and Remedial Matters) Act 2009 (2009 No 34).