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24 September 2024
Brendon
[FYI request #28332 email] Dear Brendon
Thank you for your email to Inland Revenue on 8 September 2024 requesting the following
information (numbered for ease of response):
1. Can you please advise how much public money Collected from Taxes goes into funding
Members Of Parliament including the Prime Minister and his office Held in New Zealand,
it will be interesting to know this As the current cost of living rises and the
unemployment rate is also rising,
2. Can you also advise the amount of hardship application withdrawals during the national
led government 2023 to 2024.
On 13 September 2024, Inland Revenue provided you with an initial response to your request,
advising that
part one of your request was transferred to Parliamentary Service and Ministerial
Services (under the Department of Internal Affairs) as the information requested is more closely
aligned with their functions.
You were also invited to clarify
part two of your request for information related to hardship
application withdrawals and you were provided with links to Inland Revenue’s website where
KiwiSaver statistics datasets are regularly published.
On 19 September 2024 Inland Revenue wrote to you again as a reminder of its invitation for
you to clarify the second part of your request. No response was received from you.
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA).
Information publicly available
Inland Revenue has interpreted
part two of your request for information about hardship
application withdrawals, as that which relates to Kiwisaver withdrawals. As the information is
publicly available on Inland Revenue’s website at
https://www.ird.govt.nz/about-us/tax-
statistics/kiwisaver/datasets, your request is refused under section 18(d) of the OIA.
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officer to review my decision. To ask for an internal review, please email the Commissioner of
Inland Revenue at
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Alternatively, under section 28(3) of the OIA, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
investigate and review my decision. You can contact the office of the Ombudsman by email at:
[email address].
If you choose to have an internal review, you can still ask the Ombudsman for a review.
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We intend to publish our response to your request on Inland Revenue’s website
(ird.govt.nz) as
this information may be of interest to other members of the public. This letter, with your personal
details removed, may be published in its entirety. Publishing responses increases the availability
of information to the public and is consistent with the OIA's purpose of enabling more effective
participation in the making and administration of laws and policies and promoting the
accountability of officials.
Yours sincerely
Thomas Allen
Domain Lead, Governance & Ministerial Services
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