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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 >>
Tax Fraud Adds 9 Months To Prison Time
Monday, 15 September 2025, 12:04 pm | Inland Revenue
The charges related to fraudulently obtaining (and attempting to obtain) income tax refunds, student loan payments and Working for Families payments. More >>
Sentenced On Working For Families Fraud
Tuesday, 9 September 2025, 1:26 pm | Inland Revenue
At various times between 2009 and 2016 she either knowingly provided Inland Revenue with false or misleading information or failed to provide information so she could get WfF payments she was not entitled to. She received over-payments of nearly $76,000. More >>
COVID-19 Fraud Sentencing
Monday, 30 June 2025, 4:23 pm | Inland Revenue
Emma Jane Dentice entered a guilty plea and was sentenced on receiving and fraud charges when she appeared in the Waitakere District Court on June 27, 2025. More >>
No Change To FBT Rules For Double Cab Utes
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 3:03 pm | Inland Revenue
Inland Revenue Deputy Commissioner (Policy) David Carrigan says it’s a myth that utes have always been FBT free. More >>
Southland Woman Sentenced On Tax Charges
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 1:46 pm | Inland Revenue
No PAYE returns were filed until 2020 when returns for seven PAYE periods were returned all at once with $82,894.86 (excluding penalties and interest) immediately due and payable. More >>
Extra Funding To Support More Compliance Work
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 4:32 pm | Inland Revenue
“Along with the $29 million per year that was allocated in Budget 24, this is a significant funding boost and is recognition of what we do and the excellent results we’ve had so far this year,”the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Peter Mersi, ... More >>
Overseas-Based Student Loan Borrowers' Repayment Increases
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 3:32 pm | Inland Revenue
At the end of April this year there were 113,733 people with student loans who Inland Revenue believes were based overseas. For around 24,000 OBB the debt is more than 15 years old. More >>
