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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.
Inland Revenue - Latest News [Page 6]
Community detention for tax fraud
Thursday, 22 August 2019, 12:44 pm | Inland Revenue Department
A former New Plymouth company director who used forged documents to try get GST refunds she wasn’t entitled to has been sentenced to community detention for tax fraud. More >>
Inland Revenue prefers education over penalties
Friday, 16 August 2019, 9:58 am | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue (IR) would like businesses not already filing their payroll information every payday, to seek the help they may need before IR calls them. More >>
Warning about a new convincing e-mail scam
Monday, 22 July 2019, 2:05 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue is warning customers to be on guard against a new and convincing e-mail scam that surfaced over the weekend. More >>
False tax refund claims send man to prison
Friday, 19 July 2019, 2:01 pm | Inland Revenue Department
A former commercial diver has been sentenced to 3 years in prison after falsely claiming more than a million dollars in GST refunds. More >>
More than $300 million already refunded to NZ taxpayers
Friday, 21 June 2019, 10:34 am | Inland Revenue Department
The new automatic tax assessment process has reached the halfway mark with Inland Revenue successfully refunding more than $300 million to New Zealanders. More >>
Inland Revenue moves to help investors get tax rate right
Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 11:20 am | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue is moving to help make sure investors, including KiwiSavers, get on the correct prescribed investor tax rate (PIR). More >>
Fraudulent direct debit scam shut down
Friday, 7 June 2019, 12:18 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue has moved quickly to shut down a scam where bank accounts appear to have been misused to generate fraudulent transactions. More >>
Automatic tax system off to a smooth start
Friday, 24 May 2019, 11:28 am | Inland Revenue Department
The first two batches of automatic tax assessments have been successfully issued by Inland Revenue this week with over $80 million of refunds going out to taxpayers, along with just over $10 million of tax bills to pay. Further batches go out shortly ... More >>
First wave of automatic tax refunds to be released
Monday, 20 May 2019, 11:57 am | Inland Revenue Department
More than 2.5 million New Zealanders will receive their first ever automatic tax assessment over the next two months with the first batch going out today. More >>
More than two million logins to new tax system
Tuesday, 7 May 2019, 11:08 am | Inland Revenue Department
Customers have logged into the new myIR more than two million times since one of the largest data migrations undertaken by a New Zealand government agency. More >>
Prison for tax evasion to fund gambling debt
Thursday, 2 May 2019, 12:28 pm | Inland Revenue Department
A Christchurch businessman who lost just over $895,000 gambling has been sentenced to three years imprisonment after pleading guilty to tax evasion charges. More >>
Inland Revenue to shut down services later this week
Monday, 15 April 2019, 11:46 am | New Zealand Inland Revenue
The tax system is about to close for a week as Inland Revenue implements its biggest changes in 20 years. More >>
Get ready for payday filing
Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 10:31 am | Inland Revenue Department
Payday filing is less than a week away from becoming mandatory so Inland Revenue is making sure all New Zealand employers are set up and ready to go from April 1. More >>
Inland Revenue preparing for unprecedented demand
Monday, 25 March 2019, 1:54 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue is gearing up to take around 1.9 million calls between now and July – a 23 percent increase on the same period last year – as the modernisation of New Zealand’s tax system continues. More >>
High Court delivers decision on Cullen Group case
Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 4:07 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue has won a High Court case against Eric Watson’s Cullen Group over a nearly $52 million tax debt. More >>
Auckland accountant sentenced for evading more than $1M tax
Friday, 8 March 2019, 3:09 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Papakura accountant Glenn William Archibald made a career out of filing income tax returns for his clients, but for nearly a decade didn’t file any income tax returns or pay any tax himself. More >>
Simplified tax for short-stay housing providers proposed
Tuesday, 5 February 2019, 9:12 am | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue is seeking feedback on a proposal to simplify tax obligations for people who rent out their property as short-term accommodation. More >>
Always use IR Secure Channels to update bank details
Wednesday, 30 January 2019, 9:24 am | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue is advising customers to always use its secure online services to update bank details and avoid scammers who target Kiwi taxpayers. More >>
Payroll software providers signing up to offer payday filing
Friday, 11 January 2019, 10:05 am | Inland Revenue Department
The new payday filing system works best for employers with payroll software and Inland Revenue has been working closely with the providers to make sure they’re well placed to meet their clients’ needs when it becomes mandatory in April. More >>
Be prepared for refund scams
Friday, 21 December 2018, 10:28 am | Inland Revenue Department
Automatic tax refunds are coming in 2019 and already scammers are taking the opportunity to trick people into handing over bank account details. More >>
