New Zealand Gazette – 2010 – No. 178

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✨ ACC Levy Recommendations

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 178 22 DECEMBER 2010

ACC Board’s Levy Recommendations for 2011/12 to the Minister for ACC

Under the Accident Compensation Act 2001, the ACC Board has now recommended levy rates for the 2011/12 year to the Minister for ACC. In recommending these levy rates, the Board has considered submissions received as part of the public consultation process, which took place between 1 October and 29 October 2010. The Board’s recommended levy rates for 2011/12 are the same as those consulted on, and are summarised in the following table:

ACC Account & purpose	Levy rate^	Current 2010/11	Proposed and recommended 2011/12	Proposed change
Work Account: cover for injuries that occur in the workplace	Combined average^ levy rate per $100 liable earnings	$1.47	$1.47	no change
Paid by self-employed* and employers (invoiced directly by ACC)
Motor Vehicle Account: cover for motor vehicle injuries occurring on public roads	Combined average^ levy per vehicle	$334.52	$342.96	up $8.44
Paid by motorists (through licensing fees & petrol levy)				(+2.5%)
Earners’ Account: cover for non-work injuries	Combined earners’ levy rate per $100 liable earnings	$1.78	$1.90	up 12c
Paid by employees and self-employed (through PAYE)				(+6.7%)

^ Note that these rates exclude GST

Self-employed and non-PAYE shareholders also pay the Earners’ Account non-work claims levy
^ These are average rates. Individual rates for industry groups and motor vehicle classes may increase or decrease.

Recommendations for each group of levy payers

Employers and self-employed people

increase the number of industry-based levy risk groups to cover 2011/12 work injuries from 117 to 143, mainly to support the introduction of experience rating
maintain the existing 41 risk groups for injury claims prior to 1999
maintain the current discount levels for the Workplace Safety Management Practices programme.

Motorists

increase the petrol levy rate by 3 cents from 9.90 cents per litre to 12.90 cents per litre
maintain the Motorcycle Safety Levy at $30 per motorcycle
split the classification for goods service vehicles (GSV) into 2 subclasses based on weight, to address the high levy costs for those light-weight vehicles that are used for private use, when compared to those used for commercial purposes, such as trucks.

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