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HA 15: Fully imputed distributions
or “Rules for fully imputed dividends paid by qualifying companies”
You could also call this:

“Tax rules for trustees and beneficiaries receiving dividends from qualifying companies”

This section talks about what happens when a qualifying company pays dividends to a trustee shareholder. If you’re a trustee and you get a dividend from a qualifying company, it might be exempt from tax for you. This is based on a rule in another part of the law.

If you’re a beneficiary living in New Zealand and you get some of that dividend as beneficiary income, you don’t have to pay tax on it either. The law says it’s exempt income for you too.

Remember, these rules only apply in specific situations, so it’s important to check if they fit your case.

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Part H Taxation of certain entities
Qualifying companies (QC)

HA 16Dividends paid by qualifying companies to trustee shareholders

  1. This section applies when a dividend referred to in section HA 14(2) is derived by a trustee to the extent to which the dividend is exempt income of the trustee under section CW 15(1) (Dividends paid by qualifying companies).

  2. To the extent to which the dividend is also beneficiary income of a beneficiary resident in New Zealand, the dividend is exempt income of the beneficiary under section CW 15(2).

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Notes
  • Section HA 16: substituted (with effect on 1 April 2008), on , by section 257(1) of the Taxation (International Taxation, Life Insurance, and Remedial Matters) Act 2009 (2009 No 34).