On 2 February 2012 the Commerce Commission released the discussion document Determining the liability allocation for the Telecommunications Development Levy for 2011/12 and beyond. This document described how the Commission proposed to operate the new Levy’s liability allocation determination process. A consultation process was engaged, with submissions and cross-submissions being invited from interested parties.
The Commission received submissions from a number of parties, raising a variety of issues. In order to address those issues in a methodical and transparent manner the Commission expanded the development process to deal with them specifically. These issues included identifying the liable persons that qualify to pay a proportion of the TDL, and establishing the qualified revenue framework the Commission will use to calculate how much qualifying liable persons will be required to pay.
The February 2012 discussion document, submissions and cross-submissions are provided below.
