First wave of automatic tax refunds to be released
20 May 2019
More than 2.5 million New Zealanders will receive their first ever automatic tax assessment over the next two months with the first batch going out today.
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Issues paper on GST integrity open for feedback
17 May 2019
Inland Revenue has released an issues paper on how to align an aspect of GST with international best practice and principles.
Prison for tax evasion to fund gambling debt
02 May 2019
A Christchurch businessman who lost just over $895,000 gambling has been sentenced to three years imprisonment after pleading guilty to tax evasion charges.
Government responds to Tax Working Group report
17 April 2019
The Coalition Government today released its response to the recommendations of the independent Tax Working Group report.
Court News: a snapshot of recent cases
05 April 2019
Inland Revenue collects more than $70 billion in revenue each year – money which goes towards our hospitals, schools and society in general.
Get ready for payday filing
27 March 2019
Payday filing is less than a week away from becoming mandatory so Inland Revenue is making sure all New Zealand employers are set up and ready to go from April 1.
Inland Revenue preparing for unprecedented demand
25 March 2019
Inland Revenue is gearing up to take around 1.9 million calls between now and July – a 23 percent increase on the same period last year – as the modernisation...
An end to unnecessary secondary tax
13 March 2019
Workers who are paying too much tax because of incorrect secondary tax codes are in line for relief with the passage of legislation through Parliament late last night.
High Court delivers decision on Cullen Group case
12 March 2019
Inland Revenue has won a High Court case against Eric Watson’s Cullen Group over a nearly $52 million tax debt.
Auckland accountant sentenced for evading more than $1 million in tax
08 March 2019
Papakura accountant Glenn William Archibald made a career out of filing income tax returns for his clients, but for nearly a decade didn’t file any income tax returns or pay...