Inland Revenue

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Inland Revenue plays a critical role in improving the economic and social wellbeing of New Zealanders. Inland Revenue collects 80% of the Crown's revenue as well as collecting and disbursing social support programme payments and providing the government with policy advice.

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Final Repayment Date Nears For SBC Loans

Monday, 17 March 2025, 9:31 am | Inland Revenue

IR will notify customers who are behind on their repayment plan and remind them that repayment is needed. We also let them know there are consequences, such as default interest being added to the balance, if the loan remains unpaid. More >>

Former Tax Agent Sentenced On Tax Fraud

Thursday, 13 March 2025, 3:16 pm | Inland Revenue

Georges was a registered tax agent and sole trader from October 2006 until the business stopped in January 2018. Before that he worked for Inland Revenue. What was uncovered was sustained fraud, including filing false personal tax returns and false income ... More >>

Improving myIR Security Campaign Continues

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 10:10 am | Inland Revenue Department

Inland Revenue started calling customers about two-step verification (2SV) near the end of January. As at the end of February, calls were made to nearly 47,000 people and almost 10,000 people had set up 2SV as a result. More >>

Community Detention For Tax Fraud

Monday, 17 February 2025, 3:25 pm | Inland Revenue Department

There were a number of criteria to be eligible for the loan, including that the business must be viable and ongoing, and the loan must be used for the business and not given to the shareholders or owners for personal use. More >>

Prison For Tax Evasion

Monday, 16 December 2024, 10:05 am | Inland Revenue Department

Wai Kheong Kong was involved in architectural work in the Auckland area through his company Landmark 2022 Ltd, previously trading as Arris Architecture Ltd. Landmark was put into liquidation in March 2023. More >>

Full Throttle On Compliance Work

Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 10:03 am | Inland Revenue Department

Tony Morris says IR makes it easy for people to get things right; hard for people to get it wrong; and costly for the few who deliberately try to avoid their tax obligations. More >>

Focus On Overseas Student Loan And Child Support Debt

Friday, 15 November 2024, 9:08 am | Inland Revenue Department

It is part of IR’s work, using the $29 million allocated for compliance in this year’s Budget, to increase debt collection in countries such as Australia and the United Kingdom. More >>

Jailed For COVID Fraud Committed In A Time Of National Crisis

Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 5:21 pm | Inland Revenue Department

McNally was sentenced on 68 charges, 21 of which were Inland Revenue (IR) charges involving Small Business Cashflow scheme (SBCS) fraud. The other charges were Ministry of Social Development (MSD) fraud charges and police charges. More >>

Inland Revenue Stops Using Custom Audience Lists

Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 1:58 pm | Inland Revenue Department

Prior to the review Inland Revenue has always believed that sufficient work was done to ensure the security of customer details within the hashing and custom-list creation process. More >>

Worst Tax Offending Of Its Kind Sends Christchurch Woman To Prison

Friday, 1 November 2024, 12:21 pm | Inland Revenue Department

On 63 occasions between August 2019 and September 2022 APG failed to pay the full amounts of $1,602,864.17. More >>

Anonymous Information Leads To IR Visits

Friday, 1 November 2024, 10:49 am | Inland Revenue Department

The visits are another round in IR’s Hidden Economy suite of work and follows on from the successful liquor store campaign in the past year. More >>

COVID Relief Fraudster Sentenced

Thursday, 24 October 2024, 1:14 pm | Inland Revenue Department

Jarryd Delroy Hector will serve 11 months home detention and do 150 hours community service. More >>

Failure To Declare Income Results In Home Detention

Friday, 18 October 2024, 12:07 pm | Inland Revenue Department

Kahdim Ali was sentenced in the Manukau District Court on October 4 after pleading guilty to 35 charges including evading or attempting to evade the assessment or payment of personal income tax, GST as well as income tax and GST of his company. More >>

Air Conditioning Installer Sentenced For Tax Fraud

Monday, 30 September 2024, 12:12 pm | Inland Revenue Department

David Wayne Field was sentenced in the Hutt Valley District Court on September 24 on 15 charges of knowingly filing false and misleading GST returns, not filing income tax and GST returns and failing to apply for registration for GST. More >>

Feilding Man Sentenced On Tax Evasion

Thursday, 19 September 2024, 3:09 pm | Inland Revenue Department

He faced representative charges of aiding or abetting another to take deductions from staff wages but didn’t pass it on to Inland Revenue; and didn’t provide GST returns with the intent to evade the assessment or payment of tax. More >>

Porirua Man Sentenced For Tax Fraud

Monday, 26 August 2024, 7:53 pm | New Zealand Inland Revenue

The Inland Revenue (IR) representative charges were for accessing a computer system with intent to obtain a pecuniary advantage. The lead charge for sentencing was a police charge of burglary. More >>

Inland Revenue Releases Draft Guidance For Online Investment Platform Users

Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 3:36 pm | Inland Revenue Department

It is aimed at investors who use online investment platforms to buy and sell shares, but the principles also apply to other ways of investing in shares, such as using a broker. The draft guidance is out for public consultation until 24 September 2024. More >>