What help can I get from ACC?

If we cover your injury we can help with aids and equipment, childcare and education, transport, accommodation, and counselling and therapy.

• Getting aids and equipment to help with an injury.
• Help at home after an injury.
• Transport and getting around after an injury.
• Support with childcare and education after an injury.

Can I earn money while on ACC?

You earn $100 as you are recovering, the ACC weekly compensation will be reduced to $700. If you are not working at the time you have the injury causing your disability; you won’t qualify for weekly compensation.

Is ACC weekly compensation taxed?

Weekly compensation is taxed in the year in which you receive it, not the year to which the payment relates. This means your backpayment will be included in your taxable income for the current tax year.

How does ACC abatement work?

The method of abatement changed last year to a rather simple one. ACC pay weekly comp at 80% of pre-incapacity earnings (adjusted each for cost of living increases). You can earning up to the 20% difference before weekly comp reduces dollar for dollar.

How much does ACC pay for a week?

Based on movements in the Labour Cost Index, this year we will increase payments by 2.53% for clients who have been receiving weekly compensation for more than 26 weeks. New gross maximum and minimum rates: the new gross maximum rate of weekly compensation payable will be $2,066.58 per week.

How much does ACC pay for lost earnings due to injury?

Tuesday (day 8): Absent due to injury: ACC pays compensation for lost earnings due to the injury. The employee earned $1,000 in the 7 days before the Tuesday on which she was unable to work.

How is the weekly compensation calculated by accforum?

The court directed that the ACC were liable to pay the earnings compensation despite the fact that the tax had not been paid but recommended that the back taxes would no doubt be calculated by the tax department together with various penalties. That judgement does not sound unreasonable.

What makes up liable earnings for ACC levies?

Liable earnings are the part of your payroll that levies are payable on. Things like holiday pay and overtime are liable earnings — but redundancy and retirement payments are not. How much your liable earnings are depends on how much you pay your employees.