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10 December 2024

Full throttle on compliance work

Inland Revenue (IR) has updated the tax community with an overview of the first three months of its increased compliance work.
12 July 2024
Inland Revenue funding used to support compliance
Inland Revenue (IR) has outlined how it will be using the $29 million allocated for compliance in this year’s Budget, targeting those people who - due to challenging circumstances or a deliberate decision - have not met their tax obligations.
 
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05 November 2024
Inland Revenue stops using custom audience lists
Inland Revenue has announced it will stop the use of custom audience lists due to public concern.
12 July 2024
Inland Revenue funding used to support compliance
Inland Revenue (IR) has outlined how it will be using the $29 million allocated for compliance in this year’s Budget, targeting those people who - due to challenging circumstances or a deliberate decision - have not met their tax obligations.
 
01 July 2024
Start collecting ECE invoices
Parents should now start saving their Early Childhood Education (ECE) invoices to claim FamilyBoost later in the year.
 
More Individuals news
16 December 2024
Prison for tax evasion
An Auckland man has been sentenced to just over two years in prison for tax evasion.
12 November 2024
Jailed for COVID fraud committed in a time of national crisis
An Upper Hutt man was sent to jail for nearly four years when he appeared for sentence on fraud charges committed in what the judge called a time of national crisis.
01 November 2024
Worst tax offending of its kind sends Christchurch woman to prison
The director of an asbestos removal and labour hire company has been jailed for three years in what a judge has called serious offending and the worst of its kind to come before the Christchurch District Court in the last 20 years. 
 
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