- New Zealand Inland Revenue issued Technical Decision Summary No. 25/15 on June 12
- Clarification provided on GST input tax deductions, government grants, and omitted sales
- Taxpayer is a GST-registered company that filed returns with input tax deductions and received COVID-19 support payments
- Customer and Compliance Services findings led to taxpayer seeking clarification
- Taxpayer questioned input tax deductions, GST on COVID-19 payments, and omitted sale in GST return
- Tax Counsel Office determined input tax deductions were not allowed
- Output tax should be returned on COVID-19 payments
- GST return should be amended to include omitted sale
Source: news.bloombergtax.com
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