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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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Prisoner Sentenced On Tax Fraud
Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 10:44 am | Inland Revenue
A man has been sentenced to two years in prison for tax fraud. Phillip John Smith, 47, has been in prison since 1995 on non-tax related charges and was sentenced on 17 July to two years imprisonment on tax fraud charges. Smith was charged with dishonestly ... More >>
Jailed For Not Passing On Employees' Tax Deductions
Friday, 26 May 2023, 12:52 pm | Inland Revenue Department
An Auckland company director has been jailed after he stopped paying tax deductions from his workers to Inland Revenue. David John Gower appeared in the Auckland District Court on May 16 and was sentenced to two years and three months behind bars. He was ... More >>
Income Tax Assessments Coming Soon – Beware Scammers
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 2:15 pm | Inland Revenue
Inland Revenue is warning customers to be wary of scammers during the 2023 'tax season'. This year Inland Revenue will send around 3.5 million tax assessments, mainly using customer’s myIR accounts as well as the post. These will be sent out from ... More >>
Jail For Man Who Made False Claims For COVID Relief
Tuesday, 16 May 2023, 2:53 pm | Inland Revenue
An Auckland man who made fraudulent applications for COVID-19 financial relief has been jailed. The Small Business Cashflow Loan (SBCL) scheme was implemented under urgency in May 2020 using a “High Trust” application model so small businesses ... More >>
Pillow Talk And Tax Evasion – Wellington Brothel Owner Sentenced
Friday, 12 May 2023, 2:38 pm | Inland Revenue Department
A Wellington brothel owner has been sentenced to 11 months home detention on two representative charges of tax evasion. Zhi Rong Zhou pleaded guilty to the charges in August 2022 and was sentenced in the Wellington District Court on May 12. The ... More >>
Home Detention For Tax Evasion
Monday, 24 April 2023, 10:44 am | Inland Revenue Department
A Bay of Plenty man, who claimed his company was not subject to New Zealand law, has been sentenced to home detention on six tax evasion charges. Stephen George Gibson Clark of Opotiki was sentenced in the Rotorua District Court on 21 April 2023. He ... More >>
Nail Your Tax
Wednesday, 15 March 2023, 10:38 am | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue has launched a campaign to encourage tradies to get their tax back on track. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2303/3c532c717236a2ff0d83.jpeg" width="720" height="450"> The construction industry is ... More >>
Church Leaders Sentenced On Fraud Charges
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 11:39 am | Inland Revenue Department
Five leaders of the Samoan Assembly of God Church in Manukau have been sentenced to community detention and ordered to repay the money they received when they made false donation tax credit (DTC) claims to the tune of nearly $170,000. The Church ... More >>
Former Manhattan Developer Jailed For Tax Fraud In New Zealand
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 2:29 pm | Inland Revenue Department
A former Manhattan developer has been jailed for tax fraud in relation to $1.5 million in fraudulent GST refunds. Colin David Rath was charged under the Crimes Act with two representative charges of using forged documents and 39 charges of dishonestly ... More >>
Tax Relief For Adverse Events
Thursday, 9 February 2023, 3:13 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue understands people may be unable to file or pay their tax on time because of the recent severe weather events in the north of the North Island. During events like these we can offer additional support and we have several ways to help ... More >>
Extradited Lawyer Sentenced On Tax Fraud
Saturday, 4 February 2023, 1:45 pm | Inland Revenue
Former Dunedin lawyer, Raelene Kelly, was convicted and discharged on tax evasion charges when she appeared in the Dunedin District court this week. Kelly was extradited from Australia after a trial in 2015 on 31 charges of knowingly applying PAYE deductions ... More >>
Tax Evasion Software Prompts Stern Warning
Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 2:15 pm | Inland Revenue
Inland Revenue has issued a new Revenue Alert warning of severe consequences for anyone who has or uses Electronic Suppression Software Tools (ESST) to try to evade tax. Inland Revenue spokesperson Tony Morris says the threat that ESS tools pose ... More >>
Cleaners Sentenced To Community Detention
Thursday, 17 November 2022, 3:51 pm | Inland Revenue
The two directors of an Auckland cleaning company have been sentenced to community detention and ordered to pay reparations for GST fraud committed over many years. Bimlesh Vishal Sharma and Prashita Narayan faced a representative charge of using ... More >>
Sort Student Loan Repayments Before Heading Overseas
Friday, 28 October 2022, 12:31 pm | Inland Revenue Department
With New Zealand’s borders open again it’s no surprise an estimated tens of thousands of young Kiwis are planning a move overseas. For many young people, this is an opportunity to use their newly-earned skills and qualifications on the world ... More >>
Sharing The Secrets Of Successful Business Transformation
Friday, 15 July 2022, 1:25 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue (IR) has launched a website making the detail behind its successfully completed $1.5 billion transformation programme available to other agencies and organisations. The Business Transformation Programme (BT) was officially closed off this month and ... More >>
Sharing The Secrets Of Successful Business Transformation
Friday, 15 July 2022, 12:37 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue (IR) has launched a website making the detail behind its successfully completed $1.5 billion transformation programme available to other agencies and organisations. The Business Transformation Programme (BT) was officially closed off this month and ... More >>
Offshore Tax Transparency Compliance Focus
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 11:41 am | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue has released its compliance focus on offshore tax transparency, together with guidance to assist tax agents in complying with the international rules. The compliance focus highlights the extensive international exchanges of information ... More >>
Update On Hidden Economy Real Estate Campaign
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 11:39 am | Inland Revenue Department
The Inland Revenue campaign focussing on the real estate sector has resulted in a drop in the amount of private expenses claims being made. IR expanded its hidden economy focus to include the real estate sector last year, concerned at both the ... More >>
Inland Revenue Closed For Final Stage Of Major Upgrade
Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 10:21 am | Inland Revenue Department
The final stage of Inland Revenue’s multi-million-dollar programme to upgrade and simplify the tax system begins tomorrow. Inland Revenue will close at 3pm on Thursday 21 October and reopen on the morning of Thursday, 28 October. During that ... More >>
GST October Filing Deadline To Be Extended
Friday, 1 October 2021, 1:11 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Taxpayers will have an extra week to file and pay GST and income tax currently due on October 28 this year. This is in response to Inland Revenue's systems shutting down for their final Business Transformation release from 3pm Thursday 21 October ... More >>
