The PIE Prescribed Investor Rate Calculator helps New Zealand investors find the correct PIR to give their PIE provider, such as a KiwiSaver scheme or managed fund. A PIE taxes your investment income at your prescribed investor rate rather than your normal marginal rate, and choosing the right PIR matters because too low a rate leaves you with tax to pay, while too high a rate can mean overpaying. The PIR is based on the lower of the two previous income years. For each of those years you look at your taxable income on its own and your taxable income plus your PIE income, take the higher figure for that year, and then your PIR is set by the lower of the two years' results. The rate is 10.5 percent if that figure is $15,600 or less, 17.5 percent if it is $53,500 or less, and 28 percent otherwise. You enter your taxable income for each of the last two years and your PIE income, and the tool returns the correct PIR along with the combined income figures it used. KiwiSaver members, managed fund investors, and their advisers use it at the start of each year to confirm the rate on file is still right after a change in income. A couple of tips help. Use your actual taxable income from each year's return, and include all your PIE income for the year, not just one fund. Check your PIR every year because a pay rise or a drop in income can move you between bands. This is a clear estimate to guide your choice, not formal tax advice.
For each year take income + PIE income; PIR uses the lower year against $15,600 and $53,500 thresholds. Estimate only, not financial or tax advice.
For each of the two prior years the tool adds your PIE income to that year's taxable income, then takes the lower of the two year totals. If that figure is $15,600 or less the PIR is 10.5 percent, if it is $53,500 or less it is 17.5 percent, otherwise it is 28 percent.
With $48,000 in year 1 plus $1,500 PIE income you get $49,500, and $50,000 in year 2 plus $1,500 gives $51,500. The lower year total is $49,500, which is above $15,600 but not above $53,500, so the PIR is 17.5 percent.
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