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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.

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Working for Families

Before you start

Before registering you will need:

  • IRD numbers for you, your partner and your child – you can still receive Working for Families payments for 8 weeks if you need to apply for an IRD number for your child
  • your estimated family income for the tax year – if you register in myIR we’ll fill in the income information we know about
  • any child support amounts paid or received by private agreement
  • your bank account number.

In myIR, select 'I want to...'

Scroll down to 'Register for Working for Families'

Complete and submit your details

Log in to myIR

You can also register for Working for Families by contacting us or by using the registration tool below.

Working for Families and Best Start - contact us

 

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Working for Families registration

If you do not have a myIR account, you can still register for Working for Families here.

Go to this tool

What happens next

You will get a notice of entitlement from us. It will tell you how much your payments will be and the date of your first payment.

You will get the notice:

  • the next day if you use myIR
  • within 10 working days if you do not use myIR.

My responsibilities

As a Working for Families customer you must:

  • check your information
  • tell us about changes to your family situation
  • tell us about changes to your income or hours of work
  • tell us about changes to your contact details or bank account.

You can give your partner access to your Working for Families information in myIR. Your partner will be able to see the same information as you and make some updates.

It's up to you if you give your partner access. You can cancel your partner's access at any time.

If you do not have a myIR account you can register for one.

myIR lets you see and update your Working for Families information at any time. You can:

  • see your payment amounts and dates
  • see the information we have about your current and past income, partner and dependent children
  • update your information.

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Last updated: 28 Apr 2021
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