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The tax treatment of expenditure on geothermal wells


An officials' issues paper

 

 

December 2005

Prepared by the Policy Advice Division of the Inland Revenue Department and by the New Zealand Treasury
ISBN 0-478-27132-8

  

Contents

Chapter 1:   Introduction

Summary of suggested legislative changes
How to make a submission on the suggested changes
Chapter 2:   The current tax treatment of expenditure on geothermal wells
Geothermal energy and power generation
Current tax law
The economic framework
The suggested tax solution
Chapter 3:   Exploration drilling
Amortising exploration drilling
Using an average success rate for exploration drilling
Working out the amortisation rate
When to begin amortising
Chapter 4:   An immediate write-off for well drilling expenditure in certain circumstances
Unsuccessful production drilling
When the right to develop a field is abandoned
Application date

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