
Always use IR secure channels to update bank details
30 January 2019
Inland Revenue is advising customers to always use its secure online services to update bank details and avoid scammers who target Kiwi taxpayers.
Ministers receive Tax Working Group Report
01 February 2019
Ministers have received the Tax Working Group’s Final Report on the structure, fairness and balance of New Zealand’s tax system, Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Revenue Minister Stuart Nash say.
Payroll software providers signing up with Inland Revenue to offer payday filing
11 January 2019
The new payday filing system works best for employers with payroll software and Inland Revenue has been working closely with the providers to make sure they’re well placed to meet...
Payday filing made simple – talk with your software provider
12 December 2018
An Auckland small business owner is crediting his software provider for making payday filing simpler.From April 2019, all employers will be required to send their payroll information to Inland Revenue...
Business
Payroll software providers signing up with Inland Revenue to offer payday filing
11 January 2019
The new payday filing system works best for employers with payroll software and Inland Revenue has been working closely with the providers to make sure they’re well placed to meet...
Payday filing made simple – talk with your software provider
12 December 2018
An Auckland small business owner is crediting his software provider for making payday filing simpler.From April 2019, all employers will be required to send their payroll information to Inland Revenue...
Busy orchardist advises small businesses to start payday filing now
05 December 2018
A Hawke’s Bay orchardist is advising fellow small businesses to be ahead of the game on payday filing.
Transformation
750,000 automatic tax refunds for wage and salary earners next year – the biggest tax change in 20 years
03 August 2018
Inland Revenue (IR) expects that next year, about 750,000 tax refunds will be automatically generated for wage and salary earners who don’t usually apply to get their tax back.
Inland Revenue’s Greg James: choose the provisional tax option that’s right for your business
21 May 2018
Following the introduction of the new accounting income method (AIM) there are now four options for managing provisional tax, so small businesses can use the one best suited to their...
Brief IR shutdown for major system upgrades
10 April 2018
Inland Revenue’s customer services will be unavailable for just over four days this week as it rolls out the next stage of its programme to transform the tax system.
Individuals
Simplified tax for short-stay accommodation providers proposed
05 February 2019
Inland Revenue is seeking feedback on a proposal to simplify tax obligations for people who rent out their property as short-term accommodation.
Always use IR secure channels to update bank details
30 January 2019
Inland Revenue is advising customers to always use its secure online services to update bank details and avoid scammers who target Kiwi taxpayers.
Electronic payments the way of the future
24 October 2018
The days of being able to pay your tax bill with a post-dated cheque are coming to an end as Inland Revenue moves with its customers, away from cheques towards...
International Tax
Oxfam report on the tax affairs of multinational drug companies labelled misleading by Inland Revenue
18 September 2018
The Oxfam report claiming pharmaceutical companies in New Zealand are underpaying tax by some $21 million completely misrepresents the situation here, says Inland Revenue international strategy manager, John Nash.
Hong Kong double tax agreement updated
13 August 2018
Revenue Minister Stuart Nash says New Zealand’s ability to detect and prevent tax evasion is enhanced by an update to our double tax agreement with Hong Kong which is now...
Multinationals to pay fair share of tax
27 June 2018
New measures to ensure multinational companies pay their fair share of tax will come into force next week.
Prosecutions
Hastings dairy and restaurant owners sentenced for tax evasion
14 November 2018
A Hastings couple, who operated dairies, restaurants and other businesses, have been sentenced to prison and home detention on tax evasion charges totalling nearly a million dollars.
Tax evading tradie gets home detention after 10 years of dodging his responsibilities and hiding cash jobs
31 October 2018
A plasterer and seller of health food supplements who aligned himself with anti-tax movements has been given home detention for tax evasion.
Auckland house painter sent to jail for tax evasion
27 September 2018
An Auckland house painter, Rangi Ngawai Kake, has been sent to prison for more than two years for evading half a million dollars in taxes.