New Zealand Total Employee Cost Planner
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Official compulsory employer base rate for the supported contributing-member scope. This New Zealand source reference supports 2 Margin101 public pages.
| Value | Scope | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 3.5% | Supported contributing-member scope from 1 April 2026. | Compulsory employer KiwiSaver base rate |
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Open official sourceOfficial compulsory employer base rate for the supported contributing-member scope. It is kept within the new zealand small-business data layer so linked Margin101 pages can state their market assumptions and evidence scope clearly.
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Published the verified New Zealand employer KiwiSaver rate from April 2026 source reference in the en-nz DataHub.
Margin101 checked the archived official evidence supporting New Zealand employer KiwiSaver rate from April 2026.
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Inland Revenue KiwiSaver employer contributions. The monitored claims are educational reference context; the scope shown in the table controls how Margin101 uses each claim.