Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

Returns and payment of tax - Calculation of tax payable: deductions, apportionment, other adjustments

20C: Goods and services tax incurred in making certain supplies of financial services

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"Tax deductions for businesses that supply financial services to others"

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If you are a registered person who has made an election under section 20F and you supply financial services to another supplier, you may be able to make a deduction. This deduction is for the goods and services tax you incurred when making those supplies. You can calculate this deduction using a formula that involves the total amount of tax you would not be able to deduct, the total value of exempt supplies to the direct supplier, and the total value of supplies by the direct supplier.

You need to work out the total amount of tax you would not be able to deduct under section 20(3) if this section did not exist. You also need to work out the total value of exempt supplies of financial services you made to the direct supplier. The formula uses these values, as well as the total value of exempt supplies you made and the total value of supplies made by the direct supplier, which is determined under section 20D.

When you use the formula, you multiply the total amount of tax you would not be able to deduct by the total value of exempt supplies to the direct supplier, then divide that by the total value of exempt supplies you made. You then multiply that result by the total value of taxable supplies made by the direct supplier, and divide that by the total value of supplies made by the direct supplier.

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Part 3Returns and payment of tax
Calculation of tax payable: deductions, apportionment, other adjustments

20CGoods and services tax incurred in making certain supplies of financial services

  1. Subject to this section, a registered person who has made an election under section 20F and who in respect of a taxable period supplies financial services to another supplier of financial services (called in this section a direct supplier) may make for each direct supplier a deduction under section 20(3)(h) of an amount given by the following formula:

    a × (b ÷ c) × (d ÷ e)

    Where:

    • a a

      is the total amount in respect of the taxable period that the registered person—

    • would not be able to deduct under section 20(3) in the absence of this section; and
      1. would be able to deduct under section 20(3), other than under section 20(3)(h), if all supplies of financial services by the registered person were taxable supplies
        1. b b

          is the total value of exempt supplies of financial services by the registered person to the direct supplier in respect of the taxable period

        2. c c

          is the total value of exempt supplies of financial services by the registered person in respect of the taxable period

        3. d d

          is the total value of taxable supplies by the direct supplier in respect of the taxable period, determined under section 20D

        4. e e

          is the total value of supplies by the direct supplier in respect of the taxable period, determined under section 20D.

      Notes
      • Section 20C: inserted, on , by section 155 of the Taxation (GST, Trans-Tasman Imputation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 (2003 No 122).
      • Section 20C formula item a: substituted, on , by section 151 of the Taxation (Venture Capital and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 (2004 No 111).
      • Section 20C formula item c: substituted (with effect on 1 January 2005), on (applying for taxable periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005), by section 192(1) of the Taxation (Annual Rates, Trans-Tasman Savings Portability, KiwiSaver, and Remedial Matters) Act 2010 (2010 No 109).