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Overseas tax credits and foreign income tax treatment
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If you are a New Zealand resident for tax purposes, you will be taxed in New Zealand for all of your “worldwide income”. This includes income derived from New Zealand and from other countries.
Overseas income also called it as foreign sourced income. Section BD 1 subsection 4 of ITA 2007 describes the meaning of foreign sourced income as
An amount of income of a person is non-residents’ foreign-sourced income if—
(a) The amount is a foreign-sourced amount; and
(b) The person is a non-resident when it is derived; and
(c) The amount is not income of a trustee to which section HC 25(2) (Foreign-sourced amounts: non-resident trustees) applies.
Your foreign sourced income may include:
- An amount of interest you have earned from funds in off shore bank accounts.
- Rental income
- Salary and wages paid both by New Zealand and offshore companies.
- Foreign pensions.
If you are receiving foreign income which is also taxed in another country, you may be entitled to tax credit for the tax you already paid. The available tax credit is limited to the lesser of the tax:
- Payable in New Zealand on the overseas income, or
- Paid offshore.
If you are tax resident in New Zealand and in another country that means you are subject to tax law of both the countries.
If both countries are taxing their residents on worldwide income then you will be charged tax twice on same income. Double tax agreements (DTAs) have been negotiated between New Zealand and many other countries to decide which country has the first or sole right to tax specific types of income. Section BH 1 of ITA 2007 explains DTAs.
Saurav Wadhwa is a Principal Accountant at IBBZ Accounting Limited
M Bus (TAX) PG Cert (LAW) CA CPA
Membership and Qualification:
- Masters in Professional Business Studies (Taxation) with Distinction from Auckland University of Technology
- Post Graduate Certificate in LAW, Law School at Auckland University of Technology
- Chartered Accountant(CA), New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA)
- Certified Practicing Accountant(CPA), CPA Australia
- Bachelor of Commerce, Grad. Cert. in Business from Auckland University of Technology
Saurav has many years of practical experience in tax & accounting services and is the co-founder of IBBZ Accounting Limited. He is qualified both in law and accounting. Saurav has worked in various tax & accounting specialist roles for large corporates in New Zealand. He loves to work with Small Businesses.
His key focus is on:
- Tax advisory for small and family operated businesses on a wide range of taxation issues.
- Legitimate tax saving structures.
- Advising on range of new business issues.
- Ensuring business growth is attained.
- Effective cash flow planning.
Saurav specialises in Tax Disputes resolution, Tax Relief applications, Tax Debt resolution/management, and representation in Tax Audit. Saurav can represent you in Taxation Review Authority, in Tax Dispute Court Cases or he can represent you during Tax Audit Investigations.
Blend of skills in Tax laws and accounting, makes him perfect advisor for small businesses and individuals like you. Saurav understands how to safeguard your business from creditors risk, maximise the business growth and pay low taxes. He can be your good strategic and business partner. He is of a friendly nature and easily approachable.
Saurav understands the numbers very well. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and registered with highest professional accounting bodies of Australia and New Zealand. He can help you to plan for the future to satisfy all your financial needs.
Consumed by a hunger for knowledge, Saurav has never stopped furthering his education or expanding his pool of knowledge. Nothing gives Saurav more satisfaction than assisting his clients to achieve their financial goals. His diligence, passion and accuracy has earned him a reputation as a reliable professional who strives to serve his clients above and beyond the call of his duties.
Saurav was nominated for the Best Accountant of the year and the Young Entrepreneur of the year, and his company IBBZ Accounting won the award of Best Small Business 2014. In 2015 Saurav won the award of Best Accountant of the Year.
In 2017 Saurav was appointed as a committee member to New Zealand Public Practice Board of CPA Australia.
Saurav is a dedicated family man. Saurav is very fond of outdoor activities and enjoys pretty much all outdoor activities: running, bike, motorbike, snorkel, fishing, skiing etc. Saurav, is also a self-confessed workaholic, spends some of his free time thinking about his client’s affairs and forecasting their financial future.
He can be contacted on saurav@ibbz.co.nz or 09 272 8050
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