HOW DOES THE RDTI WORK?

Conditions that a partnership, joint venture (JV) and look through company (LTC) must meet

Each partner in a partnership, each JV member or each owner of an LTC must:

  • be a tax resident of New Zealand for their whole income year, and
  • file their own RDTI claim.

Provided the partnership, JV or LTC satisfies the following eligibility criteria as a whole, those criteria can be attributed to each individual member wishing to claim:

  • eligible entity
  • eligible activity
  • $50k minimum eligible R&D expenditure threshold.