Cabinet paper DEV-20-SUB-0083: Review of unclaimed money scheme – policy approval and release of Supplementary Order Paper

1. IR2019/671 – Tax policy report: BT release 5 – Updating the Unclaimed Money Act 1971 (12 December 2019)
2. IR2020/221 – Tax policy report: Proposed changes to the Unclaimed Money Act 1971 (24 April 2020)
3. DEV-20-SUB-0083 – Cabinet paper: Review of unclaimed money scheme: policy approval and release of Supplementary Order Paper (27 May 2020)
4. DEV-20-SUB-0083 – Regulatory impact assessment: Review of Unclaimed Money Act (24 April 2020)
5. DEV-20-MIN-0083 – Minute: Review of unclaimed money scheme: policy approval and release of Supplementary Order Paper (27 May 2020)

The Cabinet paper was considered by the Cabinet Economic Development Committee on 27 May 2020 and confirmed by Cabinet on 2 June 2020.

Two attachments to the Cabinet paper are not included in this information release as they are publicly available:

• Supplementary Order Paper No 510
• Supplementary departmental disclosure statement

• Cabinet paper LEG-20-SUB-0065: Raising the automatic write-off threshold for qualifying individuals from $50 to $200 (published 11 August 2020)
• Information releases for the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2020–21, Feasibility Expenditure, and Remedial Matters) Bill (published 31 August 2020)