Student Allowance, Parental Income, Relevant Tax Year
E Clark made this Official Information request to Ministry of Social Development
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From: E Clark
Dear Ministry of Social Development,
I request the following information under the Official Information Act 1982:
With regard to Student Allowances Regulations 1998 and subsequent amendments, specifically Clause 2 - Interpretation, parental income clause, extracted as:
'parental income means, in relation to any person who is a parent in any tax year nominated by the chief executive as a relevant tax year for the purpose of assessment,...'
1. Please clarify which tax year is nominated as relevant to a particular calendar year of study;
2. Please advise as to which tax year was nominated by the Chief Executive as relevant to tertiary study in 2014 and if not, why not;
3. Please clarify as to if and where this relevant year is gazetted;
4. What guidance is given to tertiary institutions as to the nominated relevant tax year.
Regards,
E Clark.
From: E Clark
Dear Ministry of Social Development,
You have failed to respond within the statutory 20 days. Please advise.
Yours faithfully,
E Clark
From: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Ministry of Social Development
Dear E Clark
Thank you for email. Following a thorough check of the Ministry's records we have no record of receiving your original request. Your original request has been located on the FYI website and it has now been forwarded to the appropriate officials to respond to.
Kind regards,
Official and Parliamentary Information
Ministry of Social Development.
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From: Pia Wihapi
Ministry of Social Development
Dear E Clark
Attached is the reply to your email of 19 March 2014.
Yours sincerely
Pia Wihapi
Ministerial and Executive Services
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From: Pia Wihapi
Ministry of Social Development
Dear E Clark
I apologise
Her is the signed copy of the reply to your email of 19 March 2014.
Yours sincerely
Pia Wihapi
From: Pia Wihapi
Sent: Tuesday, 22 April 2014 10:43 a.m.
To: '[FOI #1552 email]'
Subject: CE's reply to E Clark - requesting information from Student
Allowances Regulations 1998
Dear E Clark
Attached is the reply to your email of 19 March 2014.
Yours sincerely
Pia Wihapi
Ministerial and Executive Services
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information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you
are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or
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received this email in error please notify the author immediately and
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Development accepts no responsibility for changes made to this message or
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