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Published 12 June 2026

Taxation (Annual Rates for 2025–26, Compliance Simplification, and Remedial Measures) Act 2026 – Information release

This information release includes documents relating to the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2025–26, Compliance Simplification, and Remedial Measures) Act 2026. 

Documents included in this information release

Item Date Title
01 10/12/2025 Matters raised in the departmental report on the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2025–26, Compliance Simplification, and Remedial Measures) Bill (IR2025/488)
02 05/08/2025 Outcome of consultation on thin capitalisation settings for infrastructure (IR2025/293)
03 10/12/2025 Thin capitalisation settings for infrastructure – final policy recommendations (IR2025/422)
04 28/01/2026 Cabinet paper – Changes to thin capitalisation settings for infrastructure (IR2025/487)
05 04/03/2026 Cabinet paper – Changes to thin capitalisation settings for infrastructure (ECO-26-SUB-0020)
06 04/03/2026 Cabinet Minute Changes to the Thin Capitalisation Settings for Infrastructure (ECO-26-MIN-0020)
07 01/03/2026 Cabinet Minute Report of the Cabinet Economic Policy Committee: Period Ended 6 March 2026 (CAB-26-MIN-0061)
08 07/11/2025 Aligning tax payments of the New Zealand Super Fund with similar taxpayers (IR2025/396)
09 09/06/2025 Income tax debt pilot with the tax pooling industry (IR2025/240)
10 20/11/2025
Policy options to reduce tax debt (IR2025/398)
11 15/01/2026
Credit reporting remedial amendment (IR2025/503)
12 18/11/2025
Further advice on student loan scheme policy settings (IR2025/359; METIS 1352698)
13 23/10/2025 Design of a discretion to provide relief from student loan interest (IR2025/414; METIS 1353740)
14 13/11/2025
Student loan interest relief – draft Cabinet paper for ECO (IR2025/450; METIS 1354413)
15 03/12/2025
Cabinet paper: Commissioner discretion for Overseas Borrowers (ECO-25-SUB-0202)
16 03/12/2025
Cabinet Economic Policy Committee - Minute of Decision:  Commissioner Discretion for Overseas Borrowers (ECO-25-MIN-0202)
17 08/12/2025 Minute of Decision: Report of the Cabinet Economic Policy Committee: Period Ended 5 December 2025 (CAB-25-MIN-0452)
18 29/01/2026 GST and bad debt deductions (IR2026/012)
19 11/12/2025 Departmental report: RDTI and partnerships with non-standard balance dates (IR2025/496)
20 31/10/2025
Inland Revenue and Accident Compensation Corporation Earners’ Levy payments (IR2025/087)
21 03/02/2026 Inland Revenue and Accident Compensation Corporation earners’ levy payments (ECO-26-SUB-0007)
22 11/02/2026 Cabinet Minute: Inland Revenue and Accident Compensation Corporation Earners’ Levy Payments (ECO-26-MIN-0007)
23 16/02/2026 Minute of Decision: Report of the Cabinet Economic Policy Committee: Period Ended 13 February 2026 (CAB-26-MIN-0033)
24 22/01/2026 Alignment of definition of employee (IR2026/013)

Additional Information

The Cabinet paper, “Changes to thin capitalisation settings for infrastructure” [ECO-26-SUB-0020] was considered by the Cabinet Economic Policy Committee on 4 March 2026 [ECO-26-MIN-0020] and confirmed by Cabinet on 9 March 2026 [CAB-26-MIN-0061]. The regulatory impact statement attached to this Cabinet paper has been published online at https://www.taxpolicy.ird.govt.nz/publications/2026/ria-pack-compliance-simplification-tax-bill-amendment-paper.

The Cabinet paper, “Commissioner Discretion for Overseas Borrowers" [ECO-25-SUB-0202] was considered by the Cabinet Economic Policy Committee on 3 December 2025 [ECO-25-MIN-0202] and confirmed by Cabinet on 8 December 2025 [CAB-25-MIN-0452]. The regulatory impact statement referred to in this Cabinet paper has been published at https://www.taxpolicy.ird.govt.nz/publications/2026/ria-pack-compliance-simplification-tax-bill-amendment-paper.

The information release for the "Increase to the in-work tax credit" item has been published separately at https://www.taxpolicy.ird.govt.nz/publications/2026/iwtc.