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Income Tax Act 2007

Taxation of certain entities - Agents

HD 24: Shipping businesses

You could also call this:

“Rules for non-resident ship owners and charterers operating in New Zealand”

If you own or charter a ship that carries goods or passengers, and you’re not living in New Zealand, the law has something to say about that. The person who’s in charge of your ship, called the master, is treated as your agent. This means the master can act on your behalf for certain things related to your shipping business. It’s important to know this if you run a shipping business from outside New Zealand.

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Part H Taxation of certain entities
Agents

HD 24Shipping businesses

  1. A person is treated as an agent if they are the master of a ship owned by or under charter to an absentee who carries on a business carrying goods or passengers.

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