Inland Revenue Department - Latest News [Page 7]
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 >>
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 >>
Leniency to be applied on GST late filing penalties
Thursday, 28 June 2018, 12:30 pm | Inland Revenue Department
“Problems with Inland Revenue’s GST processing system over the past couple of weeks have been largely resolved. More >>
GST system problem identified
Wednesday, 27 June 2018, 11:07 am | Inland Revenue Department
Problems with Inland Revenue’s GST processing system, we now believe are resolved, were tracked down to a network load rebalancer at IR’s telecommunications provider. More >>
IRD: shifting your business to accounting software
Thursday, 21 June 2018, 12:19 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue’s Richard Owen: shifting your business to accounting software may be easier than you think More >>
Tax evading Hamilton tradie gets nine months’ home detention
Monday, 7 May 2018, 2:42 pm | Inland Revenue Department
An anonymous tip-off has led to a Hamilton tradesman being sentenced to nine months’ home detention for not paying nearly $240,000 in tax. More >>
IRD: Some share sales may constitute dividend avoidance
Wednesday, 14 March 2018, 1:54 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue has issued a Revenue Alert, RA 18/01, advising that some share sales to related entities may be considered tax avoidance in the form of dividend stripping. More >>
IR takes AIM at provisional tax
Wednesday, 21 February 2018, 1:08 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue is urging businesses with annual turnover under $5 million to talk with their accounting software provider or tax agent about a new option that allows them to pay provisional tax only when they are making a profit. More >>
250 seminars nation-wide preview latest myIR upgrade
Monday, 12 February 2018, 12:10 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Tax agents and business people around the country are snapping up opportunities to learn about improvements to Inland Revenue’s online services. More >>
If you reckon cash jobs don’t leave a trail, think again
Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 2:25 pm | Inland Revenue Department
The main message in the latest marketing campaign to target tax crime in the building sector has raised a few eyebrows. More >>
Statement on Paradise Papers
Monday, 6 November 2017, 11:40 am | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue is aware of the release of papers related to the Bermudan law firm Appleby and is working closely with relevant agencies and our international treaty partners. More >>
Businessman gets 25 months' jail for failing to pay PAYE
Friday, 3 November 2017, 3:32 pm | Inland Revenue Department
Christchurch businessman gets 25 months' jail for failing to pay PAYE POSTED 03 NOVEMBER 2017 More >>
Construction Boss Gets 14 Months’ Jail for Tax Evasion
Wednesday, 1 November 2017, 9:59 am | Inland Revenue Department
A Christchurch company director has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for misappropriating nearly $370,000 in tax deductions from his employees’ wages. More >>
Charities’ Funding Allocation Rules under Consideration
Wednesday, 1 November 2017, 9:46 am | Inland Revenue Department
Feedback is being sought from the not-for-profit sector as Inland Revenue considers the rules over who can operate as a donee organisation in New Zealand. More >>
Ditch the paper and file GST online
Tuesday, 24 October 2017, 2:53 pm | Inland Revenue Department
People still filing their GST on paper are being encouraged to join the thousands of others who have taken the task online. More >>
Cash jobs leave a trail - new IR campaign launching
Tuesday, 17 October 2017, 11:19 am | Inland Revenue Department
Tradies are being reminded that every undeclared cash job leaves a trail in a hard-hitting campaign from Inland Revenue. More >>
Inland Revenue Media Statement
Wednesday, 11 October 2017, 11:30 am | Inland Revenue Department
Inland Revenue won’t be using information from psychometric assessments in current selection processes until a decision on their use by the Employment Court, says Chief People Office Mark Daldorf. More >>
IR completes investigation into leak allegation
Tuesday, 12 September 2017, 10:08 am | Inland Revenue Department
Following information regarding Mr Winston Peters’ National Superannuation payments entering the public arena, Inland Revenue (IR) carried out an investigation to determine whether an IR staff member was the source of the information. The allegation that ... More >>
