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Fee schedule
- Companies
- Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR)
- Financial reporting and securities
- Incorporated societies
- Limited Partnerships (including Overseas Limited Partnerships)
- Unit trusts
- Retirement villages
- Late fees
- Refund policy
Notes
All fees shown are quoted in New Zealand dollars and include GST.
For information on refunds, please refer to our refund policy.
Companies (New Zealand and overseas)
Effective 1 July 2007
| Manual | Online | |
| Reserve a company name | Not applicable | NZ$10 |
| Register a New Zealand company | Not applicable | NZ$150 |
| Register an overseas company | NZ$250 | Not applicable |
| File an annual return for a New Zealand company 1 | Not applicable | FREE |
| File an annual return for an overseas company | NZ$30 | Not applicable |
| Amalgamations | NZ$300 | Not applicable |
| Restorations | NZ$200 | Not applicable |
| Certified copy (Fee quoted is for each document) | NZ$25 | Not applicable |
| Certificate of good standing | Not applicable | NZ$25 |
1 Late fees may apply where an annual return is filed after the time specified.
Company search services
Effective 1 July 2007
| Manual | Online | |
| Company search | Not applicable | FREE |
| Printed search reports | Not applicable | FREE |
| Certificate of good standing | Not applicable | NZ$25 |
Note | You may view as many PDF documents you wish for a particular company free of charge.
Personal Property Securities Register
Effective 1 July 2007
| Manual | Online | |
| Registration of a financing statement | Not applicable | NZ$3 |
| Renewal of a financing statement | Not applicable | NZ$3 |
| PPSR search | Not applicable | NZ$1 |
| Sending a verification statement by postal mail | NZ$10 | Not applicable |
| A certified copy of information held on the register (Fee quoted is for each document) | NZ$25 | Not applicable |
Financial reporting and securities
Effective 1 July 2007
| Manual | Online | |
| Register a prospectus | NZ$320 | Not applicable |
| Register financial statements 2 | NZ$250 | Not applicable |
2 Late fees may apply where a financial statement is filed after the time specified.
Incorporated societies
Effective 1 July 2004
| Manual | Online | |
| Incorporation of a society or branch | NZ$100 | Not applicable |
| Revocation of dissolution | NZ$200 | Not applicable |
Limited Partnerships (including Overseas Limited Partnerships)
Effective 2 May 2008
| Manual | Online | |
| Apply to register a new Limited Partnership | NZ$270 | Not applicable |
| Apply to register a new Overseas Limited Partnership | NZ$270 | Not applicable |
| Maintain Limited Partnerships (including Overseas Limited Partnerships) | FREE | Not applicable |
| File an annual return | FREE | Not applicable |
| Search the register | Not applicable | FREE |
| Certified copy (Fee quoted is for each document) | NZ$25 | Not applicable |
Unit trusts
Effective 1 July 2004
| Manual | Online | |
| Register a new unit trust | NZ$100 | Not applicable |
Retirement villages
Effective 1 September 2007
| Fee | |
| Registration fee | |
| Not more than 34 units | NZ$540 |
| At least 35 but not more 84 units | NZ$1,700 |
| At least 85 units | NZ$4,410 |
| Annual return fee | |
| Not more than 34 units | NZ$450 |
| At least 35 but not more 84 units | NZ$1,510 |
| At least 85 units | NZ$3,850 |
| LINZ (Land Information New Zealand) fee | |
| Standard registration and lodgement fee | NZ$50 |
| Each notice of memorial | NZ$3 |
Note | New LINZ (Land Information New Zealand) fees applied from 1 September 2007, all other fees were introduced on 1 May 2007.
Late fees
Effective 1 July 2007
| Fee | |
| When submitted up to 25 working days after the time specified | NZ$25 |
| When submitted more than 25 working days after the time specified | NZ$100 |
Refund policy
The Companies Office will refund your transaction under the following circumstances. If:
- you experience website issues or problems sending consents to us and cannot complete a transaction, or
- you believe you were given incorrect information by us and subsequently fail to meet a timeframe, or
- we have made a mistake when processing a document.
Please be careful when completing a process. Once an application has been submitted we cannot give refunds if:
- you change your mind after having paid for a service, or
- you do not complete an application on time.
