For non-resident, there is not tax benefits for placing a term funds product. Term funds will be more suitable for resident customers who are paying 30%, or 33% tax rate because customers only need to pay 28% tax under term funds. However, for non-resident customers, you will still need to pay 28% tax on this product.
For non-resident, normal term deposit will be more suitable because you only need to pay 10% tax (under non-resident withholding tax rate) or do not pay any under Approved Issuer Levy. As the bank is not in the position to advise customer on tax issue, please refer to your accountant or tax adviser. However, please find the general information as per our account opening form as below:
* Customers who are not New Zealand tax residents will have Non Resident Withholding Tax (”NRWT”) deducted from interest payments. The rate deducted will be determined by
the country the customer is a tax resident of as determined by New Zealand Tax law. Non resident customers may also elect to have Approved Issuer Levy (AIL) applied at 2% of
interest payments. AIL is not a tax deducted from interest payments but a levy paid by HSBC. If AIL is elected the interest rate received on investment may be reduced by 0.25%.