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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.
Inland Revenue - Latest News [Page 5]
IR Easter Shutdown For System Changes, COVID-19 Support Will Continue
Monday, 6 April 2020, 4:26 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue (IR) will turn off its computer systems for seven days from this Thursday to implement the latest round of planned transformation changes. All phone and online services will be unavailable from 3pm on 9 April until 16 April. That ... More >>
Working For Families Payments Will Continue
Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 10:46 am | Inland Revenue Department
Overnight, Inland Revenue sent a letter to our Working for Families customers implying their payments would stop. This is not the case – the letter refers to the previous tax year. We are still sending out Working for Families payments and will continue ... More >>
COVID-19 And Tax Matters - Guidance For Businesses And Tax Agents
Tuesday, 31 March 2020, 12:36 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue will write-off any penalties and interest for businesses unable to pay taxes on time due to the impact of COVID-19. Don’t worry about contacting us right now. Get in touch with us when you can. We’re working hard to provide essential ... More >>
Inland Revenue Updated Advice To Businesses
Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 12:20 pm | Inland Revenue Department
If your business is unable to pay its taxes on time due to the impact of COVID-19, we understand, you don’t need to contact us right now. Get in touch with us when you can, and we’ll write-off any penalties and interest. It would help if you continue ... More >>
Shutdown Dates For 2020
Friday, 6 March 2020, 11:37 am | Inland Revenue Department
The revenue system will be closed for a week in April as Inland Revenue introduces a new round of changes to make tax more straightforward. Inland Revenue’s Deputy Commissioner Transformation, Greg James, says to make the changes Inland Revenue’s ... More >>
Masala Restaurant Co-owner Jailed For Money Laundering And Tax Evasion
Friday, 28 February 2020, 1:02 pm | Inland Revenue Department
A co-owner of the Masala Restaurant chain has been jailed for hiding millions of dollars in cash sales and laundering large amounts of it. Rupinder Singh Chahil was sentenced today at the Auckland High Court to three years and two months in prison, ... More >>
Inland Revenue Reminder About The End Of Cheques
Monday, 24 February 2020, 3:46 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue is reminding customers it will no longer accept cheques from 1 March. Along with the Accident Compensation Corporation, Kiwibank and New Zealand Post, Inland Revenue is calling time on cheques because of their rapidly declining use, ... More >>
Former financial adviser sent to prison on tax charges
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 1:33 pm | Inland Revenue Department
An Auckland man, who a judge says used Inland Revenue as a bank to prop up failing businesses, has been sent to prison for nearly five years. More >>
Baker jailed for persistent and premeditated tax evasion
Monday, 25 November 2019, 5:17 pm | Inland Revenue Department
A Waikato baker has been sent to prison for nearly five years for persistent and premeditated multi-million-dollar tax evasion over six years. More >>
IR updates its compliance focus on Multinationals
Friday, 8 November 2019, 10:20 am | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue says new measures to ensure large multinationals pay the right tax in New Zealand are working well and should mean an extra $200m in tax collected each year. More >>
Hidden economy campaign – IR visits hospitality businesses
Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 12:39 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue compliance staff have searched several Central Otago businesses and made unannounced visits to others, as part of its current hidden economy campaign targeting the hospitality sector. More >>
Hamilton brothers sentenced after major tax evasion case
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 9:37 am | Inland Revenue Department
In the Hamilton District Court this week, Judge Kevin Phillips sentenced 61-year-old truck driver Lindsay Scott to 3 years 6 months in prison. His older brother Roger, a 64-year-old lab technician, was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months imprisonment. More >>
Changes to ring-fencing rental losses rules
Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 2:06 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue is reminding landlords they can no longer offset residential property deductions against their other income. More >>
Tax evasion prison sentence a warning for hospitality sector
Friday, 4 October 2019, 9:38 am | Inland Revenue Department
Recent successful court action against the owners of more than 20 Thai takeaway restaurants should serve as a warning that Inland Revenue will track down and prosecute businesses deliberately hiding cash sales – no matter how long it takes. More >>
Inland Revenue urges overseas businesses to register for GST
Thursday, 3 October 2019, 11:28 am | Inland Revenue Department
Overseas businesses selling goods valued at a thousand dollars or less to New Zealand consumers are urged to register for GST ahead of a 1 December deadline. More >>
Five members of one family sentenced for tax evasion
Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 8:16 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Five members of one family have been sentenced to prison and home detention after a $2.3 million tax evasion case brought by Inland Revenue. More >>
Oamaru embraces AIM
Thursday, 19 September 2019, 10:28 am | Inland Revenue Department
An Oamaru accountant is an enthusiastic advocate of Inland Revenue’s new provisional tax option, the Accounting Income Method (AIM). Adair Craik has more than 50 clients signed up for AIM, which requires small businesses to make provisional tax payments ... More >>
Prison sentence for not 'walking the walk'
Tuesday, 17 September 2019, 11:42 am | Inland Revenue Department
A Manawatu woman has been jailed for keeping her employees PAYE and ignoring her own tax advice. More >>
Inland Revenue and ACC calling ‘time’ on cheques.
Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 10:01 am | Inland Revenue Department
From March next year, IR and ACC will no longer accept payments by cheque from customers who are able to use alternative payment options. More >>
False GST and income tax claims lead to home detention
Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 10:59 am | Inland Revenue Department
A South Auckland woman was sentenced to 11 months home detention and ordered to repay more than $60,000 to Inland Revenue after falsely claiming GST and income tax refunds. More >>
