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Look up New Zealand ACC employer levy rates.

PreviewNew Zealand1 credit

What it does

Look up 2026/27 New Zealand ACC employer levy rates by business activity description or exact 5-digit classification unit (CU) code.

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Look up New Zealand ACC employer levy rates. Ask me for any detail you need first, then show the result with its source and date, and list anything a person should check.

What comes back

Costs one credit per query.

Good to know

  • Costs one credit per query.
  • Looks up 2026/27 New Zealand ACC employer levy rates by business activity description or exact 5-digit classification unit (CU) code.
  • Returns matching classification units with Work Account and Working Safer rates per $100 of liable earnings and their combined rate (excl. GST).
  • Rates apply from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 and exclude Experience Rating adjustments. Does not include employee Earners' levy or replace official ACC classification decisions.
For developers
Tool IDnz_acc_levy_rates
ServerNew Zealand
Credit behaviour1 credit

Input schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "business_description": {
      "description": "Plain-language description of the business activity to match against ACC CU descriptions.",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 3,
      "maxLength": 120
    },
    "classification_unit_code": {
      "description": "Exact five-digit ACC classification unit code, such as 42310.",
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{5}$"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Shared output schema

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}

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