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• Appendices
• 10.1 QUESTIONNAIRE
• 10.2 BREAKDOWN OF RESPONDENTS BY FARM TYPE AND REGION
• 10.3 MAIN RESULTS BY FARM TYPE AND REGION
  • Table A3.1 Incidence of compliance costs by farm type
  • Table A3.2 Incidence of compliance costs by region
  • Table A3.3 Compliance costs by farm type
  • Table A3.4 Compliance costs by region
• 10.4 SUMMARY OF COMPLIANCE COSTS FOR CASE STUDY FARMERS

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10. Appendices

10.1 QUESTIONNAIRE

The next few questions are about government legislation and any costs you might have faced in complying with the legislation.

1. How concerned are you about any adverse effects of the following pieces of legislation and legal requirements on your farm business? Use a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 means "no concern" and 5 means "extremely concerned". If you think any of them have only beneficial effects on your farm business, score them as "1".

Your District Plan (or proposed plan) _____

Regional Council Pest Management Strategies (administered under Biosecurity Act) _____

Health and Safety in Employment Act (OSH) _____

Employment Contracts Act _____

GST returns _____

Estimating your Provisional Tax _____

The ability of ACC to maintain your income if you have an accident _____

Your Regional Council's administration of the Resource Management Act _____

2. (a) In the past year, have you applied for, or spent time or money applying for, Yes

a resource consent as part of your normal farming activities? No

(b) In the past year, have you objected to anybody else's application for Yes

a resource consent? No

If Yes to either 2(a) or 2(b):

(c) How many hours have you spent on activities associated with

applying for (or objecting to) resource consents in the past year? _____

(d) How many dollars have you spent on the following costs associated

with applying for (or objecting to) resource consents in the past year?

Council fees $ _____

Professional assistance $ _____

Any other costs $ _____

(e) Has a need for a resource consent required you to change your farm

management or prevented you from changing your farm management? Yes No

(f) Have you made a submission on your most recent District Plan? Yes  No

If Yes:

What year was that? _____

How many hours have you spent on activities associated with

making a submission on your District Plan? _____

How many dollars have you spent on the following costs associated

with making a submission on your District Plan?

Professional assistance $ _____

Any other costs $ _____

(g) Have you made a submission on your most recent Regional Plan? Yes No

If Yes:

What year was that? _____

How many hours have you spent on activities associated with

making a submission on your Regional Plan? _____

How many dollars have you spent on the following costs associated

with making a submission on your Regional Plan?

Professional assistance $ _____

Any other costs $ _____

3. (a) Are you aware of the requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act (or OSH)? Yes No

If Yes:

Which of the following statements best describes the extent

to which you are aware of the requirements of the Act?

I am aware of the Act but know little or nothing about it 1

I am aware of the Act and I know something about it 2

I am aware of the Act and I could explain it to a friend 3

(b) In the past year, have you spent any time or money complying with

the requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act, or OSH Yes No

(such as installing signs or guards, or giving safety briefings

for contractors and casuals)?

If Yes:

How many hours? _____

How many dollars? $ _____

4. Do you employ any staff, including casual staff? Yes No

If Yes:

How many hours per month would you (or someone else on your farm)

spend doing paperwork associated with employment matters, including

Pay As You Earn, ACC, Student Loans, and Benefit Abatement? _____

5. (a) On average, how many hours per month would you (or someone else on your farm) spend on paperwork associated with taxation matters, including GST, keeping accounts, seeing your accountant, and estimating your Provisional Tax? _____

(b) How many dollars per year would you pay in accounting fees

for your farm business? $ _____

6. Would you be willing to be contacted later by MAF to discuss Yes

the cost of complying with legislation further? No

10.2 BREAKDOWN OF RESPONDENTS BY FARM TYPE AND REGION

Number of respondents	Total	Farm Type
		Dairy	Sheep	Beef	Mixed/Other Livestock	Cropping/ horticulture
Region
Northland	100	34	4	44	5	13
Auckland	59	15	9	18	5	12
North Waikato	86	55	6	17	3	5
South Waikato	55	35	4	7	4	5
King Country/Taupo	29	4	17	5	3
Bay of Plenty	98	28	8	11	7	44
East Coast	8		1			7
Hawke's Bay	55	1	22	5	2	25
Wairarapa	46	13	20	5	7	1
Manawatu-Wanganui	59	15	17	14	9	4
Taranaki	49	37	3	4	4	1
Nelson-Marlborough	43	6	14	4	1	18
West Coast	17	10	3	3	1
North Canterbury	61	6	35	4	4	12
South Canterbury	48	6	30	1	9	2
Otago	68	8	46	4	3	7
Southland	90	9	75	2	4
Total	971	282	314	148	71	156

10.3 MAIN RESULTS BY FARM TYPE AND REGION

Table A3.1 Incidence of compliance costs by farm type

Percent	Total	Farm Type
		Dairy	Sheep	Beef	Mixed/Other Livestock	Cropping/ horticulture
Employ staff	67%	65%	73%	44%	63%	81%
Incurred OSH compliance	48%	53%	51%	33%	46%	50%
Applied for resource consent	13%	23%	7%	9%	11%	12%
Objected to resource consent	4%	2%	3%	4%	3%	8%
Made submission on district plan	15%	10%	12%	24%	14%	20%
Made submission on regional plan	6%	3%	6%	7%	4%	10%
Total respondents	971	282	314	148	71	156

Table A3.2 Incidence of compliance costs by region

Percent	Total	Region
		Northland	Auckland	North Waikato	South Waikato	King Country\ Taupo	Bay of Plenty	East Coast-Hawke's Bay	Wairarapa
Employ staff	67%	53%	43%	68%	65%	83%	74%	87%	62%
Incurred OSH compliance	48%	34%	35%	54%	42%	62%	44%	59%	54%
Applied for resource consent	13%	13%	10%	17%	27%	14%	8%	5%	19%
Objected to resource consent	4%	8%	5%				3%	3%
Made submission on district plan	15%	35%	24%	7%	9%	3%	13%	11%	11%
Made submission on regional plan	6%	15%	2%	2%	2%	3%	7%	6%	2%
Total respondents	976	101	59	86	55	29	98	63	47

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Percent	Region
	Manawatu- Wanganui	Taranaki	Nelson/ Marlborough	West Coast	North Canterbury	South Canterbury	Otago	Southland
Employ staff	63%	54%	77%	50%	75%	73%	64%	73%
Incurred OSH compliance	55%	34%	55%	38%	59%	40%	54%	55%
Applied for resource consent	8%	19%	11%	24%	13%	13%	7%	13%
Objected to resource consent	3%	4%	7%	6%	5%	2%	9%	2%
Made submission on district plan	7%	11%	31%		27%	11%	6%	8%
Made submission on regional plan	5%	2%	9%		10%	4%	6%	4%
Total respondents	59	49	45	17	61	48	69	90

Table A3.3 Compliance costs by farm type

Median value	Total	Farm Type
		Dairy	Sheep	Beef	Mixed/Other Livestock	Cropping/ horticulture
Taxation (all respondents)	$3,200	3,240	3,260	$2,570	$3,480	3,020
Employment paperwork (employers only)	$480	$480	$360	$480	$360	$960
OSH (those incurring only)	$220	$275	$220	$155	$95	$240
Applying for consent (appliers only)	$330	$220	$603	$420	$470	$415
Objecting to consent (objectors only)	$120	$40	$130	$125	$227	$160
District plan submission (submitters only)	$160	$70	$160	$150	$230	$210
Regional plan submission (submitters only)	$150	$70	$160	$120	$135	$170
Total (excluding taxation, all respondents)	$440	$480	$283	$200	$360	$970
Total (including taxation, all respondents)	$3,740	$3,902	$3,690	$3,030	$4,200	$4.090
Total respondents	971	282	314	148	71	156

Table A3.4 Compliance costs by region

Median value	Total	Region
		Northland	Auckland	North Waikato	South Waikato	King Country/ Taupo	Bay of Plenty	EastCoast- Hawke's Bay	Wairarapa
Taxation (all respondents)	$3,200	$3,069	$3,000	$3,110	$3,200	$3,265	$3,028	$4,400	$3,720
Employment paperwork (employers only)	$480	$480	$720	$480	$480	$240	$480	$720	$480
OSH (those incurring only)	$220	$200	$100	$270	$190	$220	$110	$190	$360
Applying for consent (appliers only)	$330	$330	$970	$275	$245	$40	$255	$2,800	$560
Objecting to consent (objectors only)	$110	$70	$520	.	.	.	$120	$425
District plan submission (submitters only)	$160	$80	$200	$550	$10	$0	$100	$160	$160
Regional plan submission (submitters only)	$150	$60	$40	$1,330	$40	$460	$70	$195	$60
Total (excluding taxation, all respondents)	$435	$410	$280	$490	$310	$440	$480	$940	$480
Total (including taxation, all respondents)	$3,740	$3,678	$3,460	$3,795	$3,790	$3,450	$3,623	$5,390	$4,240
Total respondents	976	101	59	86	55	29	98	63	47

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Median value	Region
	Manawatu- Wanganui	Taranaki	Nelson- Marlborough	West Coast	North Canterbury	South Canterbury	Otago	Southland
Taxation (all respondents)	$2,960	$3,120	$2,940	$3,470	$3,360	$3,557	$3,160	$3,082
Employment paperwork (employers only)	$480	$240	$600	$360	$480	$300	$240	$240
OSH (those incurring only)	$200	$240	$250	$500	$185	$110	$247	$190
Applying for consent (appliers only)	$120	$200	$360	$825	$655	$1,000	$565	$670
Objecting to consent (objectors only)	$195	$770	$40	$20	$320	$15	$130	$60
District plan submission (submitters only)	$555	$40	$270	.	$283	$950	$120	$80
Regional plan submission (submitters only)	$260	$120	$850	.		$1,762	$150	$115
Total (excluding taxation, all respondents)	$440	$200	$620	$250	$480	$260	$260	$304
Total (including taxation, all respondents)	$3,680	$3,490	$3,600	$4,170	$3,920	$4,085	$3,790	$3,480
Total respondents	59	49	45	17	61	48	69	90

10.4 SUMMARY OF COMPLIANCE COSTS FOR CASE STUDY FARMERS

 

Farm type	Dairy	Dairy	Sheep & beef	Dairy	Sheep	Sheep & beef	Dairy	Dairy	Sheep	Dairy	Dairy	Sheep
Region	Northland	Canterbury	Canterbury	Canterbury	Canterbury	Canterbury	Southland	Southland	Southland	Southland	BOP	BOP
Dollars
Case study number	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Apply or object to consent	58 150	5000	3875	950		300	160	300		250	850	10 100
Submission district plan					100	1500			100
Submission regional plan
OSH		5000			100		250	400		1500	245
Employment
Taxation	3500	2000	2500	1500	2000	5000	3000	1600	1800	5000	3400	1800
ACC direct payments	n.a.	4135	5500	6500	2486	2600	1750	800	2847	7900	1681	710
Totals: $	61 650	16 135	11 875	8950	4686	9400	5160	3100	4747	14 650	6176	12 610
Time (hours per year)
Case study number	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Apply or object to consent	330	40	32	24		4	5	25		8	60	3
Submission district plan	10				220	80	50		10			16
Submission regional plan	10				15
OSH	5			2	20	2	1	100	10	25	2	2
Employment	48			12	12	12		72	36	60		144
Taxation	20	72	48	96	144		120	60	270	144	240	48
Totals: Hours	423	112	80	134	411	98	176	257	326	237	302	213
Total time at $20 per hour	8460	2240	1600	2680	8220	1960	3520	5140	6520	4740	6040	4260
Total time and money ($)	70 110	18 375	13 475	11 630	12 906	11 360	8680	8240	11 267	19 390	12 216	16 870
Percent of FWE	21.0 (est.)	10.0	4.0	4.7	4.3	n.a.	8.3	3.9	9.4	2.1	7.5	39.5

Note: Total compliance costs consist of the farmer's time (expressed as a dollar value) and dollars of expenditure.

This sum is expressed as a percentage of total farm working expenditure (net of interest and depreciation)

to indicate the magnitude of compliance costs in relation to other farming expenditure.

Farm type	Sheep & beef	Dairy	Dairy	Dairy	Dairy	Sheep	Dairy	Dairy	Dairy	Horticulture	Horticulture	Horticulture
Region	BOP	South Waikato	BOP	North Waikato	BOP	Southland	Otago	Otago	Otago	Hawke's Bay	Auckland	Canterbury
Dollars
Case study number	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Apply or object to consent		3550			600	400	4000		150		570
Submission district plan	2400		300								17 000
Submission regional plan			50
OSH					500		500	500		480	5000
Employment
Taxation	1100	3082	2500	3500	3500	3000	1150	800	800	2500	4300	3500
ACC direct payments	3300	2592	2400	4800	2922	2450	2750	1056	1750	1300	n.a.	n.a.
Totals: $	6800	9224	5250	8300	7522	5850	8400	2356	2700	4280	26 870	3500
Time (hours per year)
Case study number	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Apply or object to consent		24			5	80	33		3		20
Submission district plan	100		30								100	100
Submission regional plan			8						2
OSH	6		2		6		16	36		300	20	10
Employment	48			24	192		1			77		72
Taxation	120	24	96	180	144	144	20	208	10	115	480	72
Totals: Hours	274	48	136	204	347	224	70	244	15	492	620	254
Total time at $20 per hour	5480	960	2720	4080	6940	4480	1400	4880	300	9840	12 400	5080
Total time and money ($)	12 280	10 184	7970	12 380	14 462	10 330	9800	7236	3000	14 120	39 270	8580
Percent of FWE	6.9	11.6	5.0	4.0	3.4	12.9	9.8	10.8	2.5	15.0	n.a.	17.0

Note: Total compliance costs consist of the farmer's time (expressed as a dollar value) and dollars of expenditure. This sum is expressed as a percentage of total farm working expenditure (net of interest and depreciation) to indicate the magnitude of compliance costs in relation to other farming expenditure.

Contact for Enquiries

Rural Affairs Coordinator
Sector Performance Policy
MAF Policy
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 2526
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND

Phone: +64 4 894 0675
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