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From: Ms Hosseini <[FOI #34016 email]>; 
Received: Tue Mar 10 2026 16:41:58 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
To: ACC <[ACC request email]>; Government Services
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Subject: Official Information request - LOPE backpay

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Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

I would like to request a few details about the back payment of LOPE.

1. It is my understanding that LOPE back payment is paid retroactively
before tax and then taxed as a lump sum. eg. if someone receives full back
pay for the last 24 weeks, they will receive 24 payments of $752, the
total of which will be taxed together. Is this correct?

2. In the case of debt to MSD, is the entire before tax amount of the
benefit deducted from the back payment, or the after tax amount that was
actually received? eg. $412.51, Jobseeker before PAYE is deducted, and
$361.32, the cash in hand amount.

3. When the final LOPE lump sum is taxed, is this before or after the
benefit debt is deducted? eg. $60,000 LOPE total taxed, then $20,000 MSD
debt deducted from the taxed amount, or LOPE minus MSD debt = $40,000
taxed.

Yours faithfully,
Ms Hosseini

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