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Dear Erika

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act.  

 

We will respond within the 20-day statutory timeframe.  You can expect to
receive a response no later than 20/11/2023.

 

Your reference number is 24OIA1406.   

 

Kind regards  
Governance and Ministerial Services | Inland Revenue - Te Tari Taake

 

 

 

From: Erika Whittome <[FOI #24499 email]>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2023 7:10 AM
To: oia <[IRD request email]>
Subject: 24OIA1406 Whittome Request

 

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Dear Inland Revenue Department,

 

The COVID-19 Support Payment (CSP) was a payment to businesses or
organisations which are affected by a "COVID-19 circumstance"

 

According to your website
([1]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...)

"The CSP was a payment to help support viable and ongoing businesses or
organisations which experienced a 40% or more drop in revenue as a result
of 1 or more of the following COVID-19 circumstances...."

 

1. Would you kindly share the process and policy documentation etc for
approving these payments which specifically cover the business' use of
CVCs (Covid Vaccination Certificates)?   I request your process to assess
businesses eligibility for following both the CVC and for following the
non-CVC rules.  CVC rules are in the  Covid19 Public Health Response
Protection Framework 2021 (2nd December)  Under Sub Part 3:  you’ve got 
CVC rules and non CVC rules. 
[2]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

2. Would you also kindly define your criteria or policy document(s) what
you state as "all reasonably practical steps" in the following from your
website:

"They did not include circumstances where businesses that were able to
operate under the Red setting of the COVID Protection Framework, but had
chosen to close temporarily without taking all reasonably practical steps
to minimise their revenue losses. "

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Erika Whittome

 

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Dear Erika,

Please see attached Inland Revenue’s response to your Official Information
Act request received 22 October 2023.

Ngâ mihi

Governance and Ministerial Services | Inland Revenue - Te Tari Taake

 

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