Student loans Dates
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APR 1Overseas-based student loan repayment due if you do not have a temporary repayment suspension.
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APR 1We add an administration fee to student loans to help pay for some of the ongoing costs of administering the loan
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APR 7End-of-year student loan repayments are due if you have a tax agent with a valid extension of time.
You can apply for your loan to be interest-free if you were intending to travel for less than 6 months but, because of events outside of your control, you could not return to New Zealand as planned.
Some examples of these delays are:
- personal illness or accident
- death or illness of a family member
- natural disasters.
To apply, you’ll need to have been a New Zealand tax resident while you were overseas and show that you were intending to stay overseas for less than 183 days.
You’ll need to provide the following proof:
- evidence of the reason you were delayed
- your original flight reservations
- a completed New Zealand tax residence questionnaire - IR886 if you were overseas for more than 325 days.
Last updated:
18 Jun 2021