Update:
I am very pleased to announce that Hagley and Te Kura have notified TCRI on 14 September 2017 of their intention to move the below amendment at the 2017 TCRI AGM.
Changing the collection method of affiliation fees certainly warrants discussion and consideration by ALL member clubs and sub-associations and proposing this amendment should allow this to happen. Well done!
TCRI is proposing to reduce affiliation fees which will be beneficial for all clubs, however this reduction is currently conditional on the Member Clubs (affiliated clubs and sub associations) accepting the 6 band collection method that will be voted on at the 2017 TCRI AGM.
I believe that TCRI should provide an alternative per head collection method that would also incorporate the same reduction in affiliation fees.
The 6 banded model is UNFAIR for ALL MEMBER CLUBS, especially smaller clubs and those near the start of a band as it requires them to pay for members that they don’t have. Clubs will have to pay for their members 120 at a time as dictated by the 6 bands.
Fixing the bands (e.g. for a two year period) does not solve any of the problems the banded model creates, it simply delays the problems for a future period.
The banded model is the equivalent of replacing NZ's current progressive marginal tax rates with a single flat tax rate, and then making you pay income tax on the top dollar of your band even though you haven’t earnt it.
I would like to see TCRI or a Member Club move the following motion:
That the 2017/18 annual membership fees, being inclusive of all TCRI and TNZ levies, CPI adjustments and GST, be set as follows:
All (Town and Country) Juniors $12.50 All others (Town and Country) $25.50
The $12.50 / $25.50 per head model collects the same $126,000.00 as the proposed TCRI 6 banded model, but does so in a fair and equitable way. The per head model correlates with actual club membership and therefore aligns with the club’s ability to pay.
Please contact me if your club or sub association is prepared to move and or support this motion. A motion must be submitted before the 27th of August 2017 to be included in the 2017 TCRI AGM agenda, however an amended motion can be submitted at the 2017 TCRI AGM on the 27th of September.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Kind regards,
Bruce M. McDowell
Taxation Accountant,
Registered Financial Advisor,
Former Burnside Park Tennis Club Committee Member (1990-2017), and
Former TCRI Board member (2012-2016)
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