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Planned system outage | Our online services (including myIR and submitting information using software providers) will be unavailable from 6pm Friday 14 to approximately 4pm Sunday 16 March while we complete some system upgrades. The outage will not affect any saved drafts or web requests in myIR, our website, general tools and calculators. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes.</

ACC earners’ levies now set for 2026, 2027 and 2028 years | ACC earners’ levies have been set for the 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28 tax years. Find out more: ACC earners levy rates

Hamilton (Home Straight) public counter is temporarily closed | Our Hamilton Public Counter will be closed from Monday 3 March 2025 and re-opens on Monday 17 March 2025. For anything urgent, you can call our contact centre.

This package is part of our wider Right from the Start compliance approach, where we promote greater transparency and make best efforts to help our customers get it right.

International measures against tax evasion

New Zealand has many agreements with other countries and territories to exchange financial account information to combat tax evasion.

  • You may need to tell your financial institution where you're a tax resident. 
  • Penalties will usually apply when you do not declare income.

Exchange of information

Last updated: 18 Feb 2025
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