- The ruling concerns whether providing accommodation in serviced apartments in a retirement village, along with mandatory hospitality services, is a taxable supply of accommodation in a commercial dwelling.
- Residents must enter into an occupation right agreement and pay monthly for care services included in a hospitality package.
- The hospitality package includes meals, transport, emergency monitoring, cleaning, health checks, activities, and access to vehicles and equipment.
- The Tax Counsel Office decided that this arrangement is a taxable supply of accommodation in a commercial dwelling under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985.
Source: taxtechnical.ird.govt.nz
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