Skip to main content

Takapuna office closure | Takapuna office closure. The Takapuna office is relocating to a new address so will be closed from 22 November 4pm to 26 November 4pm. From 27 November you can find the new office at: 74 Taharoto Road Smales Farm, One NZ Building, Takapuna.

Some services unavailable 23 - 24 November | myIR, gateway services and our self-service phone line will not be available from 3pm Saturday 23 November to 9am Sunday 24 November while we do planned system testing. This will not affect any tax entitlements or payments scheduled during this time.

Send us a notice if you are eligible and have decided to spread income from culling a herd. You'll need to send the notice by your due date for that year's income tax return.

Before you start

You'll need the:

  • tax year of the cull
  • amount of income you'll be spreading over 6 years
  • details for how you calculated the amount.

Send us a message in myIR

Send us a message in myIR with the above information. 

How to send a message in myIR

If you want to send us a notice by post, make sure you: 

  • include the above information in a letter
  • sign it
  • send it to us at the following postal address.

Inland Revenue
PO Box 39090
Wellington Mail Centre
Lower Hutt 5045
New Zealand

What happens next

We'll contact you if we need more information. If not, then we'll send you a message confirming your decision to spread the income from a cull.

My responsibilities

Once you send us a notice that you're spreading the income you earned from a cull, you cannot cancel it. You must spread the income over the next 6 years. 
Last updated: 10 Oct 2024
Jump back to the top of the page