- Inland Revenue Help Desk
- Funding clarification for home-based services
- Monday-isation of public holidays
- Sale of an ECE service and funding implications
Inland Revenue Helpdesk
Inland Revenue has a General Business Helpdesk to support you with any questions you have; for example, how to complete PAYE/GST forms, what the tax payment dates are, and what you need to do to keep up with your tax obligations.
You can call 0800 377 774 to talk to a Customer Service Representative, who will arrange for a referral to their Community Compliance team for assistance. The team is available on this number on Monday to Friday from 8am to 8pm, and Saturdays from 9am to 1pm.
Or you can use these links to the Inland Revenue website to find more information:
- Introduction to business videos
- Online services demonstrations for business accounts
- Enquire about a business advisory visit/social policy seminar
Funding clarification for home-based services
Service providers are reminded that the primary home-based funding claim exception stated in Chapter 3-B-4 of the Funding Handbook – ‘funding must not be claimed for an educator’s own children’ – applies in all situations.
The additional funding rule specifies circumstances where funding can be claimed for educators who are family members living in the child’s home. This means family members who do not have an ongoing responsibility to provide care for the child (i.e. not parents or legal guardians).
Further information on the additional funding rule, including Frequently Asked Questions, is available on ECE Lead.
You can also email ece.funding@minedu.govt.nz for clarification of specific scenarios.
“Monday-isation” of public holidays
This year ANZAC Day falls on a Saturday. Under the Holidays (Full Recognition of Waitangi Day and ANZAC Day) Amendment Act 2013, ANZAC Day is observed on the following Monday, 27 April 2015.
The ECE Funding Handbook states funding can only be claimed if the service is open on the day the public holiday is observed (for weekday services this will be the Monday).
Children enrolled on Mondays are not automatically enrolled on the public holiday unless that public holiday (e.g. ANZAC Day) is specifically cited in their enrolment agreement as a day the service is open and the child is specifically enrolled for that public holiday.
If the service is open on the ‘Monday-ised’ public holiday, funding may be claimed for children:
- who attend the service on that day, and
- who are enrolled to attend on that specific holiday.
Absences can be claimed only for children who were enrolled to attend on that specific holiday.
Public holidays must not be included in advance funding claims. These days will be paid for as part of “wash-up” funding.
For more information or clarification please contact your Ministry of Education regional office.
Sale of an ECE service and funding implications
The Ministry of Education does not get involved in the details of a sale and purchase of an ECE service. Parties and their lawyers should, however, ensure that funding implications are clearly considered within the sale and purchase agreement, including provision for continuity of funding data to enable correct completion of the RS7 for each period.
The Ministry does not split wash-up and advance payments – these are paid to the account on record at the time the payment is processed.
For more information contact the ECE Operational Funding team on 0800 ECE ECE or email ECE.funding@minedu.govt.nz.