Questionnaire
[ Last Updated 17 February 2006 ]
March 2001
Submissions closed 24 April 2001. The questionnaire is displayed here for information purposes only.
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Contents
Your Background Details
For the Panel to make the best use of the information, it would be appreciated if you could provide the following details of your business.
Name of Business:
*
Business Type:
Address:
Number of Full Time Employees:
Company Turnover:
Would you be happy to be contacted by a Panel member to discuss your response to the discussion paper?
About The Discussion Questions
We need you to tell us what you see as your key compliance cost concerns, no matter what the size, sector or region of your business. We have provided a number of question starters to assist you. Although we encourage you to answer all the questions, this is your contribution, so just provide the information that you believe to be important. Your response needs to be forwarded to us by 11 April 2001.
Wherever possible, please respond via the format provided here.
You can also fax your response to us at 04-473 8949 or send it to us at:
Ministerial Panel on Business Compliance Costs
22 The Terrace
PO Box 1473
WELLINGTON
You will have to download, print, and fill out the PDF version of this questionnaire to do so.
What Are Compliance Costs?
- Compliance costs are the administrative and paperwork costs that businesses incur when meeting an obligation imposed by regulation. They include administrative burdens and all other associated compliance costs, such as equipment purchases, retooling, and recurrent production costs.
- They also include the costs associated with identifying and understanding the regulatory requirement and may include costs of buying in specialist services (such as legal, accounting, computer systems, research) or employing new staff to satisfy regulatory obligations; training staff and monitoring compliance.
- Compliance costs are distinct from the direct costs of any government requirement, such as the amount of tax payable.
Please note that while the Panel will not be focussing on tax regulation, we will be happy to pass on your concerns and solutions in this area on to the Government.
Major Compliance Cost Concerns
The first three questions listed below are about your major compliance cost concerns. These questions should be answered in the spaces provided below. Could you please ensure that you identify clearly which legislation or regulation you are commenting on in each of your answers to questions 1 to 3 (There is a list of statutes affecting New Zealand business in the Discussion Document). Questions 4, 5 and 6 are of a more general nature.
The information sought is for the use of the Panel during its compliance costs review. The Business Compliance Cost Panel is bound by the Official Information Act. We will endeavour, however, not to use your information in any way that identifies you if you have provided the information on a confidential basis. Please advise if you wish your response or any part of your response to be treated as confidential and indicate this on the information you supply. Please indicate in the following box whether your response contains confidential information.
1. Your key compliance cost concerns
Please identify your main business compliance cost concerns and describe why you think the costs of complying with the legislation or regulations are excessive and/or unnecessary.
You can identify as few or as many acts/regulations as you wish. A list of some of the main statutes that affect businesses appears on the in the Discussion Document. Possible reasons for excessive compliance costs may include:
- overly complex regulatory requirements
- regulation which is too specific or not specific enough
- conflict or duplication between acts/regulations
- how the legislation is administered rather than the legislation itself.
2. Impact of compliance costs on your business
Assess the impact of your identified compliance costs on your business and business decisions. Wherever possible, provide an estimate of the time and level of costs associated with your key compliance cost concerns.
When considering the more immediate specific impacts on your business we would also like your comments on the wider impacts that such compliance costs may have on you business. For example:
- do they affect your competitiveness, or your ability to innovate?
- deter you from expanding your business or starting a new business?
- deter compliance?
- if you are a small business, do you think you have special problems? What are they?
3. Practical actions to reduce the compliance costs you have identified
Business is best placed to propose effective and practical solutions to remedying compliance cost issues. Please give us your views on practical, workable solutions that relate to your compliance cost concerns.
Non-Specific Legislation Issues
These questions relate to non-specific legislation issues. We value your response to these questions and any other comments that you have to make on issues which have not been covered by the question areas.
4. Can you identify examples of what you consider good compliance cost regulation?
5. There is increased use of web technology for submitting forms, answering questionnaires, and accessing/using government services generally. Please comment on your experiences and indicate whether additional electronic services would reduce your compliance costs.
6. Any other comments
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