Te tāke moni whiwhi mō ngā kaiwhakarato ratonga matihiko Income tax for digital service providers

Everyone in New Zealand needs to pay tax on income they earn, whether they’re an individual, business, or organisation.

If you have any questions about income tax or using gateway services for income tax, email [email protected]

Income tax returns

Most salary and wage earners will automatically receive an income tax assessment and will not need to submit a return, but any individual who does not receive an automatic assessment, and all businesses and organisations, must submit an annual income tax return unless they have an exemption.

Income tax information is submitted to us on one of these return types:

• IR3 - Individual income tax return - resident
• IR3NR - Individual income tax return – non-resident
• IR4 - Companies income tax return
• IR6 - Trust or estate income tax return
• IR7 - Partnership or look-through companies income tax return
• IR8 - Māori authority income tax return
• IR9 - Clubs and societies income tax return
• IR44 - Registered superannuation fund income tax return
• IR1215 - Income tax return and disclosure - as agent

When submitting an income tax return the filer is also able to provide additional forms (attachments) that apply to the individual’s or organisation’s situation.

Find out more about the income tax forms available through gateway services in the income tax software developer kit.

Income tax software developer kit (SDK) on GitHub 

Filing income tax returns through our gateway services

The income tax gateway service can be used to:

• submit new or amended income tax returns and supplementary forms
• request income tax information held by us for a customer
• query the processing status of a previously filed income tax return
• request a copy of a previously filed income tax return
• request the due date of the next expected income tax return.

All income tax returns and supplementary forms are supported by the income tax gateway service.

Gateway service capability for income tax

The gateway service used for income tax is the return service. It provides the following capabilities through defined service operations:

Income tax business use cases

The following are examples of sequences of the gateway return service operations that could be used to achieve a specific business outcome.

Keys

• Gateway service operations: RS = Retrieve Status, RR = Retrieve Return, RFO = Retrieve Filing Obligation
• The numbers for each use case are the order in which these operations should be called when using this services.

Automatic assessment (auto-calc) business use cases

We'll calculate assessments automatically for individuals if we have all their income information for the tax year. We'll recalculate those assessments if the income information is later updated. The income tax gateway service can be used to view and manage automatically calculated assessments.

Income tax assessments (auto-calc)

The following are examples of sequences of the gateway return service operations that could be used to achieve a specific business outcome.

Keys

• Gateway service operations: RS = Retrieve Status, RR = Retrieve Return, RFO = Retrieve Filing Obligation
• The numbers for each use case are the order in which these operations should be called when using this services.