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Porirua Man Sentenced For Tax Fraud

Monday, 26 August 2024, 7:53 pm | New Zealand Inland Revenue

The Inland Revenue (IR) representative charges were for accessing a computer system with intent to obtain a pecuniary advantage. The lead charge for sentencing was a police charge of burglary. More >>

Inland Revenue Focus On Smaller Liquor Stores

Thursday, 20 June 2024, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Inland Revenue

The number of off-licence liquor stores has grown rapidly since 2020 and now sits at about three thousand. More >>

IR's Central Wellington Office Closed After Seismic Assessment

Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 3:43 pm | New Zealand Inland Revenue

“Inland Revenue has closed its central Wellington office and sent staff home after a new seismic assessment put the Asteron building at a lower level than previously assessed. IR occupies seven floors of the Asteron building on Featherston St, with ... More >>

Concerns About Unexpected Tax Bills

Thursday, 17 June 2021, 2:25 pm | New Zealand Inland Revenue

Over the past few days some people have been concerned about receiving a tax bill they weren’t expecting. We apologise for any instances where our processes have contributed to that concern. The bills are correct based on the information provided ... More >>

Real Estate Sector The Focus Of New Inland Revenue Campaign

Monday, 15 March 2021, 3:26 pm | New Zealand Inland Revenue

Inland Revenue is turning its hidden economy focus on to the real estate sector, including both the under reporting of income and the overstating of expenses. Inland Revenue spokesperson Richard Owen says “Real estate is one area that is booming ... More >>

IR Working To Fix MyIR Problem

Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 11:44 am | New Zealand Inland Revenue

Inland Revenue is experiencing some issues with its online service, myIR. Customers are unable to log-in or the log-in is very slow. We are working as a matter of urgency on a way to restore the service. IR first noticed the issues yesterday morning. The ... 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Choose the provisional tax option that’s right for you

Monday, 21 May 2018, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Inland Revenue

Following the introduction of the new accounting income method (AIM) there are now four options for managing provisional tax, so small businesses can use the one best suited to their particular needs. More >>

Business owners who keep good books sleep easy

Tuesday, 8 May 2018, 11:15 am | New Zealand Inland Revenue

Keeping good business records can lead to a good night’s sleep is the main message in Inland Revenue’s latest campaign targeting the hospitality industry. More >>

New Zealand scores highly in OECD tax transparency review

Tuesday, 24 April 2018, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Inland Revenue

New Zealand has received the top rating in an international review of tax transparency and exchange of information standards. More >>

Builder jailed for pocketing $1.5m of employees’ tax

Wednesday, 18 April 2018, 3:18 pm | New Zealand Inland Revenue

A businessman involved in the Canterbury rebuild has been sentenced to three years and four months in jail for not paying $1,517,293 of his employee’s tax deductions to Inland Revenue. More >>

Brief IR shutdown for major system upgrades

Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 10:48 am | New Zealand Inland Revenue

Inland Revenue’s customer services will be unavailable for just over four days this week as it rolls out the next stage of its programme to transform the tax system. More >>

Cryptocurrency investors reminded of their tax obligations

Tuesday, 3 April 2018, 11:31 am | New Zealand Inland Revenue

Cryptocurrencies are treated like property for tax purposes in new Inland Revenue guidance published today. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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