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Auckland Logistics Director Sentenced For PAYE Offending
Monday, 12 October 2026, 2:06 pm | Inland Revenue
Judge Pecotic adopted a starting point of 3 years and 6 months' imprisonment. After applying discounts totalling 55 per cent, the sentence was reduced to 18.9 months' imprisonment, allowing it to be converted to 9 months' home detention. More >>
Home Detention For Tax Fraud
Monday, 12 October 2026, 2:03 pm | Inland Revenue
Judge Andrew Wiltens began with a starting point of 24 months imprisonment and then gave discounts that reduced the end sentence down to 14 months imprisonment. The final sentence was commuted down to 7.5 months home detention. More >>
Prison Sentence For Tax And Other Charges
Monday, 12 October 2026, 2:00 pm | Inland Revenue
A letter from the Hong Kong head office in June 2021 stated the company never intended to apply for the SBCS loan, asked to withdraw the application if possible and asked for bank account details if any money had been paid out. More >>
Aiding And Abetting Tax Evasion
Tuesday, 6 October 2026, 5:10 pm | Inland Revenue
Inland Revenue started an investigation in July 2024 looking at PAYE filing between October 2020 and March 2023. More >>
COVID Fraud Sentencing
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 3:52 pm | Inland Revenue
Eligibility included a minimum 30 percent decline in actual or predicted revenue between January and June 2020. The business also had to exist before 1 April 2020. More >>
Large Scale Digital Fraud Ends With Prison Sentence
Tuesday, 14 July 2026, 5:09 pm | Inland Revenue
Nicholas Ngwun pleaded guilty to 10 charges covering an array of tax and COVID fraud, as well as 2 charges for perjury and fabricating evidence. More >>
Auckland Builder Sentenced On Tax Charges
Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 2:46 pm | Inland Revenue
The total tax evaded by Christopher Allan Mankin was $40,618.60 - $26,027.10 in income tax and $14,591.50 in GST. More >>
Crypto Investors Urged To Get Tax Compliant
Monday, 20 April 2026, 12:21 pm | Inland Revenue
Inland Revenue will be matching the information to tax returns and following up on any discrepancies. More >>
Community Detention For COVID Fraud
Thursday, 16 April 2026, 11:00 am | Inland Revenue
Shelvin Kavish Swamy was sentenced in the Auckland District Court on April 14 after pleading guilty to a representative charge of obtaining by deception. More >>
Two-Step Verification Helps Contain Cyber Attack
Thursday, 2 April 2026, 2:59 pm | Inland Revenue
If anyone gets a message from Inland Revenue telling them there has been a new log on to their account, and it wasn’t them, they should contact IR. More >>
Former Tax Agent Sentenced To Home Detention
Thursday, 26 March 2026, 11:24 am | Inland Revenue
The IR charges involved the COVID relief schemes administered by the department – the Small Business Cashflow Scheme (SBCS), COVID Support Payment (CSP), and Resurgence Support Payment (RSP). More >>
Prison Time For Tax And COVID Offending
Thursday, 19 March 2026, 1:00 pm | Inland Revenue
Vincent Reynolds was sentenced in the Tauranga District Court on March 17 on ten fraud/evasion charges. More >>
Nonpayment Of PAYE A Serious Offence
Monday, 16 March 2026, 1:20 pm | Inland Revenue
Making deductions and failing to pay them to Inland Revenue carries a maximum sentence of up to 5 years in prison. More >>
Fees Free - Apply Now Through Inland Revenue
Thursday, 15 January 2026, 12:12 pm | Inland Revenue
Final-year Fees Free aims to motivate learners to complete their qualification or programme and reduce the overall cost of their study or work-based learning. More >>
Prison Time For COVID Fraud And Other Charges
Monday, 17 November 2025, 4:24 pm | Inland Revenue
In May 2020, Mantell applied for a SBCS in the amount of $11,800.00, declared that she was operating a business activity and had suffered a 30% decline in revenue. The application was false as Mantell was not operating a business activity. More >>
Home Detention For COVID Scheme Fraud
Tuesday, 11 November 2025, 2:23 pm | Inland Revenue
Amiria Ihaka pleaded guilty to representative charges of dishonestly using Small Business Cashflow Scheme (SBCS), the scheme top up, and COVID support applications to obtain $35,000 she wasn’t entitled to. More >>
Government Investment Pays Off: Inland Revenue Achieves $11.81 ROI On Compliance
Monday, 20 October 2025, 2:13 pm | Inland Revenue
The report says the return on investment (ROI) compares with $9.50 for the 2023-24 year. The target for this year was $10. More >>
Ignoring Tax Debt Won't Make It Go Away
Monday, 13 October 2025, 1:35 pm | Inland Revenue
Between mid-June and September 30, 8181 deductions were completed with $17 million of debt recovered. More >>
Updated Calculator For FamilyBoost Changes
Monday, 6 October 2025, 9:03 pm | Inland Revenue
Families can use the calculator to estimate what their FamilyBoost payment may be. More >>
PAYE Offending Ends With Home Detention Sentence
Thursday, 2 October 2025, 1:53 pm | Inland Revenue
Frederick Mario Mau Epiha pleaded guilty to 16 charges of aiding and abetting a company he set up to knowingly apply PAYE deductions and was sentenced in the Christchurch District Court on 30 September. More >>
