The hours test for receiving an in-work tax credit, an income- and work-tested cash payment for working families with children, was temporarily removed. Before the pandemic, the credit was avilable for single-parent families working at least 20 hours a week or couple families working at least 30 hours a week
Country
New ZealandPolicy Area
Additional income support for families with childrenMeasure
Easing of eligibility conditionsEligibility
Families who were in receipt of in-work tax creditsType
Tax creditStart / Announced Date
01/07/2020End Date
N/AAmount
For families with up to and including 3 children: NZ$72.5 per week
For families with 4 or more children: NZ$72.5 and additional NZ$15 per child per weekTotal Cost
N/ARecipients
ParentsRoute to the child
IndirectSources
New Zealand Government (2020) Income support factsheet. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20221221212047/https://www.beehive.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2020-03/Income support factsheet.pdfAccess the full dataset here
