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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 7]
Inland Revenue walks the talk on payday filing
Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 10:08 am | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue has become the country’s first big employer to adopt payday filing ahead of it being mandatory on 1 April next year. More >>
Hastings restaurant owners sentenced for tax evasion
Wednesday, 14 November 2018, 4:59 pm | New Zealand Inland Revenue
A Hastings couple, who operated dairies, restaurants and other businesses, have been sentenced to prison and home detention on tax evasion charges totalling nearly a million dollars. More >>
The biggest tax changes in a generation
Monday, 5 November 2018, 10:29 am | Inland Revenue Department
Today Inland Revenue kicks off a major public information campaign to tell New Zealanders what the biggest changes to the tax system in a generation will mean for them. More >>
Tax evading tradie gets home detention
Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 10:45 am | Inland Revenue Department
A plasterer and seller of health food supplements who aligned himself with anti-tax movements has been given home detention for tax evasion. More >>
Electronic payments the way of the future
Wednesday, 24 October 2018, 10:17 am | Inland Revenue Department
The days of being able to pay your tax bill with a post-dated cheque are coming to an end as Inland Revenue moves with its customers, away from cheques towards electronic payments. More >>
Let’s bust the myth about robot tax investigators
Thursday, 4 October 2018, 12:52 pm | Inland Revenue Department
The use of automated algorithms is disrupting industries across the world and tax administration is certainly no exception. More >>
Auckland house painter sent to jail for tax evasion
Thursday, 27 September 2018, 4:22 pm | Inland Revenue Department
An Auckland house painter, Rangi Ngawai Kake, has been sent to prison for more than two years for evading half a million dollars in taxes. More >>
Student loan borrowers starting to get on top of their debt
Wednesday, 26 September 2018, 2:39 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Student loan borrowers based overseas are showing a greater commitment to paying off their debt, latest figures reveal. More >>
Inland Revenue firmly focussed on bright-line – Richard Owen
Wednesday, 19 September 2018, 2:23 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Any suggestion that Inland Revenue has taken its eye off the ball when it comes to property investors is thoroughly misleading. More >>
Oxfam report on multinational drug companies misleading
Tuesday, 18 September 2018, 5:08 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Oxfam report on the tax affairs of multinational drug companies labelled misleading by Inland Revenue More >>
Thousands of employers signing up for payday filing seminars
Tuesday, 18 September 2018, 10:38 am | New Zealand Inland Revenue
Around 10,000 seats are already booked for a series of nationwide seminars to help employers prepare for the shift to payday filing. More >>
Be ready to shift to payday filing
Thursday, 30 August 2018, 4:08 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Be ready to shift to payday filing The time is now for New Zealand employers to get ready to shift to payday filing. More >>
Threats of self-harm in calls to IRD on downward trend
Thursday, 30 August 2018, 1:03 pm | Inland Revenue Department
The number of people threatening self-harm in phone calls to Inland Revenue (IR) has trended down consistently over the last three years, says IR’s deputy commissioner, corporate integrity and assurance, Mary Craig. More >>
Mortgage broker sent to prison for evading income tax
Monday, 20 August 2018, 1:47 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Convicted fraudster David Simon Barton is heading back to jail for evading income tax over 10 years. More >>
750,000 automatic tax refunds for wage and salary earners
Friday, 3 August 2018, 1:07 pm | New Zealand Inland Revenue
Inland Revenue (IR) expects that next year, about 750,000 tax refunds will be automatically generated for wage and salary earners who don’t usually apply to get their tax back. More >>
AIM champions help make provisional tax easier
Thursday, 2 August 2018, 11:35 am | New Zealand Inland Revenue
Customers are likely to be the biggest advocates for the new Accounting Income Method (AIM) as Inland Revenue looks to improve the product for year two. More >>
Inland Revenue keen for bargaining to recommence
Wednesday, 1 August 2018, 10:11 am | New Zealand Inland Revenue
Commissioner of Inland Revenue Naomi Ferguson is calling for a resumption of talks with the union that represents about half the agency’s staff. More >>
Beware of sophisticated email scam
Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 2:24 pm | New Zealand Inland Revenue
A sophisticated email scam is doing the rounds using Inland Revenue branding to trick people into giving up their credit card details. More >>
AIM’s early adopters experience simpler provisional tax
Tuesday, 17 July 2018, 9:35 am | New Zealand Inland Revenue
More than 1,100 customers have opted for more certainty around their provisional tax obligations by signing up for the new Accounting Income Method (AIM). More >>
Christchurch restaurateur gets home D for tax evasion
Friday, 6 July 2018, 2:20 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Christchurch restaurateur Jonathon Charles Schwass has been given six months’ home detention for not passing on more than $250,000 of his employees’ tax deductions. More >>
