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Income Tax Act 2007

Definitions and related matters - Terminating provisions

YZ 1: Source rule for interest

You could also call this:

“Rules for determining where interest income comes from”

You need to know about a rule for interest that comes from money lent or from commercial bills. This rule applies to interest from money lent under a contract made on or after 29 July 1983. It also applies to payments made when a commercial bill is paid back, but only if the bill was issued on or after 29 July 1983 and wasn’t issued under a contract made before that date.

When we talk about ‘issuing’ a commercial bill, we mean the same thing as what’s explained in section 2 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1908.

This rule is part of Section YD 4(11)(a) and (b), which talks about types of income that are treated as coming from New Zealand.

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Part Y Definitions and related matters
Terminating provisions

YZ 1Source rule for interest

  1. Section YD 4(11)(a) and (b) (Classes of income treated as having New Zealand source) applies to—

  2. interest derived from money lent under a binding contract entered into on or after 29 July 1983:
    1. a redemption payment made on a commercial bill if—
      1. it was issued on or after 29 July 1983; and
        1. it was not issued under a binding contract entered into before that date.

        2. In this section, issue has the meaning given in section 2 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1908.

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