Income Tax Act 2007

Taxation of certain entities - Other entities

HR 12: Non-exempt charities: treatment of tax-exempt accumulations

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"What happens to a charity's tax-exempt money when it's no longer a registered charity?"

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You are a charity that is registered under the Charities Act 2005. You get income that is exempt from tax under section CW 41 or CW 42. If you are deregistered as a charity, some rules apply to your assets and liabilities. You have to calculate the value of your assets and liabilities on the day you are deregistered. This is called your end date. You ignore some assets and liabilities when you do this calculation. If you have any questions about what assets and liabilities are, they include things you own or control. They also include debts or obligations you have. You can find more information about this in the Charities Act 2005 and the Income Tax Act 2007. The Maori Fisheries Act 2004 and Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 also have relevant information.

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Part HTaxation of certain entities
Other entities

HR 12Non-exempt charities: treatment of tax-exempt accumulations

  1. This section applies to—

  2. a person who—
    1. is registered on the register of charitable entities under the Charities Act 2005 for a period; and
      1. derives exempt income under section CW 41 or CW 42 (which relate to charities) in the same period; and
        1. is deregistered as a charitable entity on the end date:
          1. This section does not apply if—

          2. the person is re-registered on the register of charitable entities within 1 year of the end date:
            1. the person’s end date arises because they are a company and shares in them are disposed of, and the disposal is for market value consideration:
              1. the person would, but for this paragraph, have $10,000 or less income under this section on their end date.
                1. The person has an amount of income derived on the day that is 1 year after the end date that is equal to the current market value, on the end date, of assets that the person has on the end date less the current market value, on the end date, of liabilities that the person has on the end date, but ignoring:

                2. assets that are disposed of or transferred within 1 year of the end date, together with any rights and obligations, to another person—
                  1. for charitable purposes:
                    1. in accordance with the person’s rules set out in the register of charitable entities immediately before the person’s removal from the register:
                    2. assets received from the Crown—
                      1. to settle a Treaty of Waitangi claim:
                        1. in accordance with the Maori Fisheries Act 2004:
                        2. assets that are not money and are gifted or bequeathed to the person when they met the requirements to derive exempt income under section CW 41 or CW 42:
                          1. assets that are land set apart in a Maori reservation for the purposes of a marae or meeting place under Part 17 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993:
                            1. assets that are shares in companies, if this section applies to the companies and their end dates are the same as the person’s end date.
                              1. Repealed
                              2. For the purposes of the calculation in subsection (3), if the amount is negative, it is treated as zero.

                              3. In this section, references to assets and liabilities, as applicable,—

                              4. mean the assets and liabilities owned, controlled, or held, wholly or in part, immediately before the end date; and
                                1. include—
                                  1. all assets of any kind; and
                                    1. all liabilities, including debts, charges, duties, contracts, or other obligations, whether present, future, actual, contingent, payable, or to be observed or performed in New Zealand or elsewhere.
                                    2. In this section,—

                                      end date means, for a person, the day of final decision

                                        current market value means—

                                        1. for an asset or liability for which section HR 11 gives a value for the purposes of this Act, that value:
                                          1. for an asset or liability for which section HR 11 does not give a value for the purposes of this Act,—
                                            1. the market value of the asset or liability; but
                                              1. if the person uses the Public Benefit Entity International Not-for-Profit Accounting Standard 17 (the standard), the fair value of the asset or liability under the standard.

                                            Notes
                                            • Section HR 12: replaced, on (with effect on 6 April 2016), by section 137 of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2017–18, Employment and Investment Income, and Remedial Matters) Act 2018 (2018 No 5).
                                            • Section HR 12(1)(a): amended, on , by section 226(1) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Act 2019 (2019 No 5).
                                            • Section HR 12(1)(b): repealed, on , by section 226(2) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Act 2019 (2019 No 5).
                                            • Section HR 12(2) heading: replaced, on , by section 226(3) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Act 2019 (2019 No 5).
                                            • Section HR 12(2): replaced, on , by section 226(3) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Act 2019 (2019 No 5).
                                            • Section HR 12(3): amended, on , by section 226(4) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Act 2019 (2019 No 5).
                                            • Section HR 12(3)(a)(ii): replaced, on , by section 226(5) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Act 2019 (2019 No 5).
                                            • Section HR 12(3)(c): amended, on , by section 226(6) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Act 2019 (2019 No 5).
                                            • Section HR 12(3)(d): inserted (with effect on 14 April 2014), on , by section 226(7) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Act 2019 (2019 No 5).
                                            • Section HR 12(3)(d): amended, on , by section 82 of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2022–23, Platform Economy, and Remedial Matters) Act 2023 (2023 No 5).
                                            • Section HR 12(3)(e): inserted, on , by section 226(8) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Act 2019 (2019 No 5).
                                            • Section HR 12(4) heading: repealed, on , pursuant to section 226(9) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Act 2019 (2019 No 5).
                                            • Section HR 12(4): repealed, on , by section 226(9) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Act 2019 (2019 No 5).
                                            • Section HR 12(7) heading: replaced, on , by section 226(10) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Act 2019 (2019 No 5).
                                            • Section HR 12(7): replaced, on , by section 226(10) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Act 2019 (2019 No 5).
                                            • Section HR 12 list of defined terms current market value: inserted, on , by section 226(11) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Act 2019 (2019 No 5).