DEV-19-MIN-0203 – Minute: Refresh of the Government's tax policy work programme for 2019/20

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Refresh of the Government's Tax Policy Work Programme for 2019/20

Portfolios Finance / Revenue

On 31 July 2019, the Cabinet Economic Development Committee:

1. noted that the government’s Tax Policy Work Programme (TPWP) prioritises and sequences the development of tax policy proposals, and that the TPWP is refreshed approximately every 18 months;

2. noted the refreshed TPWP for 2019/20, as outlined in the paper under DEV-19-SUB-0203 and associated attachments;

3. noted that the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Revenue propose to announce the refreshed TPWP in early August 2019, [Withheld under section 9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act 1982] will be published on Inland Revenue’s tax policy website.

Janine Harvey
Committee Secretary

Present:
Hon Kelvin Davis
Hon Grant Robertson (Chair)
Hon Phil Twyford
Hon Dr Megan Woods
Hon Stuart Nash
Hon Jenny Salesa
Hon Damien O’Connor
Hon Shane Jones
Hon James Shaw
Hon Eugenie Sage

Officials present from:
Office of the Prime Minister
Officials Committee for DEV

Hard-copy distribution:
Minister of Finance Minister of Revenue