Breakdown of admin fees for RUC purchases
E. Burgueño made this Official Information request to New Zealand Transport Agency
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From: E. Burgueño
Dear New Zealand Transport Agency,
The current admin fees when purchasing a RUC license are as follows:
- Online: $12.44
- Over the counter at a RUC agent: $13.71
Can you please provide the following:
1. A breakdown of the different items/services/etc that each of these fees supports paying for. This would ideally be expressed in percentiles, e.g.: "label printing: 3%, postage: 27%" etc. A table would be nice but not required.
2. Total admin fees collected since RUC for EVs have been introduced, tabulated by year and online vs OTC.
3. Sum of "number of RUC units" purchased per transaction since RUC for EVs have been introduced (eg: xx transactions purchased 1 unit, yy transactions purchased 5 units, etc).
4. Any official explanation, policy, past, present or future plans, or otherwise information around the need for
4. a. using printed labels (as opposed to managing RUC licenses digitally)
4. b. charging a flat fee regardless of number of RUC units purchased per transaction
I am particularly interested in any cost-benefit analysis that may have been done for different alternatives around these options.
Yours faithfully,
E. Burgueno
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New Zealand Transport Agency
Kia ora E. Burgueno
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Dear New Zealand Transport Agency,
The current admin fees when purchasing a RUC license are as follows:
- Online: $12.44
- Over the counter at a RUC agent: $13.71
Can you please provide the following:
1. A breakdown of the different items/services/etc that each of these fees
supports paying for. This would ideally be expressed in percentiles, e.g.:
"label printing: 3%, postage: 27%" etc. A table would be nice but not
required.
2. Total admin fees collected since RUC for EVs have been introduced,
tabulated by year and online vs OTC.
3. Sum of "number of RUC units" purchased per transaction since RUC for
EVs have been introduced (eg: xx transactions purchased 1 unit, yy
transactions purchased 5 units, etc).
4. Any official explanation, policy, past, present or future plans, or
otherwise information around the need for
4. a. using printed labels (as opposed to managing RUC licenses
digitally)
4. b. charging a flat fee regardless of number of RUC units purchased
per transaction I am particularly interested in any cost-benefit analysis
that may have been done for different alternatives around these options.
Yours faithfully,
E. Burgueno
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From: Official Correspondence
New Zealand Transport Agency
Kia ora
Thank you for your email of 14 February 2025 requesting information
regarding purchasing road user charges (RUC), which is being considered in
accordance with the Official Information Act 1982.
We are writing with regard to part 3 of your request, which was for:
3. Sum of "number of RUC units" purchased per transaction since RUC for
EVs have been introduced (eg: xx transactions purchased 1 unit, yy
transactions purchased 5 units, etc).
It is unclear from this part of your request on what specific information
you are seeking. So that we can help you, can you please clarify which
transactions you are interested in. Can you please specify if you are
just seeking information on electric vehicle (EV) RUC units, or if you are
seeking information on all RUC units.
We look forward to being able to assist once the scope of your request is
defined. It would be great to hear back from you by Thursday 20 February
2025.
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Ministerial Services
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NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
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From: E. Burgueño <[3][FOI #30095 email]>
Sent: Friday, 14 February 2025 9:42 pm
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Subject: Official Information request - Breakdown of admin fees for RUC
purchases
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Dear New Zealand Transport Agency,
The current admin fees when purchasing a RUC license are as follows:
- Online: $12.44
- Over the counter at a RUC agent: $13.71
Can you please provide the following:
1. A breakdown of the different items/services/etc that each of these fees
supports paying for. This would ideally be expressed in percentiles, e.g.:
"label printing: 3%, postage: 27%" etc. A table would be nice but not
required.
2. Total admin fees collected since RUC for EVs have been introduced,
tabulated by year and online vs OTC.
3. Sum of "number of RUC units" purchased per transaction since RUC for
EVs have been introduced (eg: xx transactions purchased 1 unit, yy
transactions purchased 5 units, etc).
4. Any official explanation, policy, past, present or future plans, or
otherwise information around the need for
4. a. using printed labels (as opposed to managing RUC licenses
digitally)
4. b. charging a flat fee regardless of number of RUC units purchased
per transaction I am particularly interested in any cost-benefit analysis
that may have been done for different alternatives around these options.
Yours faithfully,
E. Burgueno
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From: E. Burgueño
Dear Ministerial Services,
Thank you for your email. You have asked that I clarify part 3 of my request. Specifically,
> Can you please specify if you are just seeking information on electric vehicle (EV) RUC units, or if you are seeking information on all RUC units.
For the purposes of this question (part 3), please provide information on all RUC units. If it's possible to discriminate between EV and non-EV RUC units, I would appreciate both figures; but should this be burdensome, totals for all fleet are fine.
Yours sincerely,
E. Burgueño
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