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  Published: 01/07/2011
DEVELOP A BUDGET

  Budget Template Guide to Completing the Budget Template   

  GST  Payment Details    SOP    

Obtaining Service Quotes (Radiology/Lab/Pharmacy)
Finance Information
All projects that incur costs to the ADHB must have a completed budget detailing all of the costs associated with the research and the revenue being received. It is acknowledged that for most research the costs outlined will be an estimate – more specific / accurate information can be provided at a later date.
When completing a budget, you must use the RO budget template - budgets completed on any other template will not be accepted. The budgets must be presented as GST EXCLUSIVE. The budget MUST be approved by your service accountant before submission.
The Trust will not allow deficit project. While there may be temporary deficits during the life of the project due to timing, at project completion there must be no deficit. Therefore, any project incurring costs must have a source of funding to cover those costs.
When completing the budget, you should include the following information.
Direct costs:
  • Working Expenses – costs incurred directly as a result of the research activity and are over and above the costs which are standard treatment. These costs include for example, materials, consumables, laboratory, pharmacy radiology costs, any new equipment and advertising costs.
  • Staff Costs – all costs related to research staff employed for the purposes of the research. This will not include salaries for medical staff who have a CME element to their contract (i.e. if there is a 20% non clinical time in the contract then this is viewed as time that would usually be spent on research therefore direct and indirect costs are already accounted for. The costs should include ACC, holiday and superannuation.
  • Equipment – all equipment purchases >$500 need to go through a Capex system. However, if a piece of equipment is donated, the ongoing costs, i.e. depreciation, maintenance etc needs to be considered as part of the direct costs.
  • Other Costs – includes items such as travel, publication, storage, excessive stationary needs, patient related costs e.g. travel, parking, koha, gifts etc.
Indirect Costs:
  • The indirect costs associated with the research are the overheads. The indirect costs must be GST EXCLUSIVE. The spreadsheet will calculate the overhead costs associated with your research depending on who the funder is.
  • For simple investigator initiated public good funded projects (level II), a fixed fee of $1500 is applied.
  • For complex investigator initiated research funded by non-commercial bodies (level III), overheads is charged at 20% of the total value of the research and a fixed fee of $2500 is applied.
  • For industry sponsored research (level IV), overheads is charged at 20% of the total value of the research and a fixed fee of $6500 is applied.
  • The overhead charges outlined above covers those costs of research that relate to administration of the project (e.g. legal, research office support, finance department review and ongoing involvement), and costs of employment and supporting of research staff (e.g. HR, facilities, payroll, library, IS support and security).
 

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Payment Details for Research Funding
Auckland DHB, the Crown entity that owns and operates Auckland City Hospital, Starship, National Women’s and Greenlane Clinical Centre has restructured its research activities. The rationale for this restructuring was mainly administrative, that is, to clearly separate for financial purposes the public hospital activities funded by the Crown and research funded by third parties.
Please ensure you use the following name and account details in future:
Payment Details: All cheques will need to be made out to the following name, and account details.
Name: Auckland DHB Charitable Trust
Generic name: A+ Trust
GST Number 66-934-136
Bank: ASB Bank Limited
Account number: 12 3113 0000668 00
Bank Address: PO Box 35, Shortland St, Auckland 1140, New Zealand
Swift Code ASBBNZ2A
Deposit Slip Please contact Research Office if you require a deposit slip
 
 
GST
Goods and services tax (GST) is a tax on the supply of most goods and services in New Zealand. The budgets that are developed are, unless specified, GST exclusive and it must be accounted for in invoices raised.
 

Who is liable for GST?

In research projects, we are providing a service to the sponsor / funder that is in the form of research findings / outcome. Providing treatment to the patient is collateral to that service. Therefore, when we issue invoices for research, we are charging to a customer for the provision of research and NOT on the treatment provided to research volunteers. The majority of research sponsors are located overseas thereby making it an exported service. The GST Act allows zero-rating of exported goods or services.

The exception to the above is the PE rule. We cannot zero-rate a service once the sponsor has any form of establishment in NZ (i.e. branch office, representative, etc). All companies or organisations with offices or bases in NZ that are conducting a taxable activity must register for GST. Please note that the presence of an employee of an overseas company in NZ for the purposes of routine intermittent monitoring of a research study does not mean that the company has a base in NZ.

The extent of involvement of employees from an overseas company when the company does not have an actual physical presence is critical to the question of “is the company outside NZ at the time the services are performed” and hence exempt for GST or zero rated. In this circumstance, the issue of GST would need to be examined. This issue needs to be considered before contracts are entered into and decisions on GST will be made on a case by case basis.

Then comes the question of how much due diligence is required on our part in ensuring that those zero-rated customers do not have an establishment in NZ (while providing us with an overseas address). The rule of reasonableness applies for this purpose.

 

   Budget Template  Guide to Completing the Budget Template     

  GST   Payment Details 

  SOP   Obtaining Service Quotes (Radiology/Lab/Pharmacy)
 
Obtaining Service Quotes
When research requires extra tests/examinations, these form part of the research direct costs in the budget. The process for identifying these costs is to ask for a quote from the relevant service. The following people are the main services where extra service needs for research generally come from.  Please contact them directly with your request. A quote must accompany your budget and application form for research approval.
Laboratory
  • Go to http://adhbintranet/LabPlus/
  • or contact Dorothy Shumack
    Clinical Trials Corrdinator
    LabPLUS
    Telephone: (09) 307 4949 ext 7553
    Facsimile : 64-9-307 4939
Pharmacy
Radiology
  • Contact
    Zubin Dalal
    Tel: ext. 24547
    Email: ZubinD@adhb.govt.nz
ECG
  • Contact
    The position has yet to be filled.
    Temporary contact: Sonia Darlington, Secretary
    Tel: ext. 23319
Clinical Records
  • To Contact
    VRAM Clerk - External Requests
    Grafton Clinical Records Department
    Building 21, Ground Floor
    Park Road, Grafton, Auckland
    Tel: +64 9 3074949 Ext 5484
Medical Photography & Graphic Design

 

   Budget Template  Guide to Completing the Budget Template    

GST     Payment Details

    SOP   Obtaining Service Quotes (Radiology/Lab/Pharmacy)

ADHB Research Office - July 2011