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Salaries, allowances, expenses, and services for members and others - Salaries, allowances, and certain expenses determined by Remuneration Authority - Requirements applicable to determinations about travel and accommodation expenses

79: Consultation requirement if expenses result in personal benefit

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"Authority must consult if decision benefits you or your family"

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If the Remuneration Authority thinks a decision will benefit you or someone in your family, they must follow some rules. They have to talk to the Commissioner of Inland Revenue about how the decision will affect your tax. They also have to work out how much the benefit is worth and include this in their decision.

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Part 4Salaries, allowances, expenses, and services for members and others
Salaries, allowances, and certain expenses determined by Remuneration Authority: Requirements applicable to determinations about travel and accommodation expenses

79Consultation requirement if expenses result in personal benefit

  1. This section applies if the Remuneration Authority proposes to make a determination that it considers would result in a personal benefit or potential personal benefit for 1 or more of the following persons:

  2. a member:
    1. a Minister:
      1. a family member of a member or a Minister.

        1. The Remuneration Authority must—

        2. consult the Commissioner of Inland Revenue about the consequences of the proposed determination for members’ tax liability; and
          1. assess the value of the benefit; and
            1. include in the determination a statement of that assessed value.