2010 New Zealand budget

The New Zealand budget for fiscal year 2010-2011 was presented to the New Zealand House of Representatives by Finance Minister Bill English on 20 May 2010.[2]

2010 (2010) New Zealand budget

Submitted by	Bill English
Parliament	Parliament of New Zealand
Party	National
Total revenue	$56.4 billion[1]
Total expenditures	$64.8 billion[1]
Deficit	-$6.9 billion[1]
Debt	$26.6 billion (Net)[1] 14.1% (Net debt to GDP)[1]
^ǂNumbers in italics are projections. ‹ 2009 2011 ›

This was the second budget Bill English has presented as Minister of Finance.

Outline

Tax changes

The main feature of the 2010 Budget[3] was a tax package that lowered income taxes, reduced the company tax rate to 28%, and raised GST to 15%. There were increases to Superannuation, Working for Families and Benefits to compensate for the GST increase.

New income tax rates from 2010 are:[4]

Taxable income band	Old PAYE (1 April 2010  – 30 September 2010)	New PAYE (from 1 October 2010)
$0  – $14,000	12.5%	10.5%
$14,001  – $48,000	21%	17.5%
$48,0001  – $70,000	33%	30%
$70,001+	38%	33%

Depreciation on buildings with a life exceeding 50 years was removed, resulting in an increase of tax paid on property, and Loss Attributing Qualifying Companies were abolished and replaced with Look-through company, subject to much tighter rules.

The 2010 Budget included new spending of $1.8 billion in health, education, research and broadband rollout.

The Budget forecast a return to fiscal surplus in 2016.

References

1. "Minister's Executive Summary" (PDF). New Zealand Treasury. 20 May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
2. "Budget 2010". New Zealand Treasury. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
3. "Budget 2010 home page". The Beehive. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
4. "Personal tax cuts". Inland Revenue Department. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2015.