Tax - Donations tax credits claims 2004–2018
Inland Revenue
Data calculation/treatment
The donation tax credit is 33.33% of qualifying donations paid by individuals to approved charitable organisations.
A maximum qualifying donations cap of $1,890 was applied from 2003 until 2008.
The maximum allowable donation is up to the taxpayer's total taxable income for the year.
Exclusions
Donations totalling less than $5 do not qualify for a tax donations tax credit.
Information on donation tax credits contained in this dataset does not include tax credits derived from charitable giving via payroll giving which was introduced in January 2010.
Changes to data collection/processing
The upper dollar limit on how much donations tax credit could be claimed by an individual was removed in 2008/09.
Data provided by
Dataset name
Tax Statistics: Number of donation tax credits claimed 2018
Webpage:
https://www.ird.govt.nz/about-us/tax-statistics/revenue-refunds/dtc
How to find the data
At URL provided, select 'Number of donations tax credit claimed 2004 to 2018' CSV file.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Tax Statistics: Number of donation tax credits claimed 2018
From the dataset Tax Statistics: Number of donation tax credits claimed 2018, this data was extracted:
- Rows: 4-6
- Columns: 2-16
- Provided: 45 data points
Dataset originally released on:
March 31, 2019