2005 media releases

Theft of Westpac courier bag - advice to taxpayers and other Inland Revenue customers
25 January 2005

Inland Revenue today issued the following advice to taxpayers and other customers who may have been affected by the theft of a Westpac courier bag in Auckland . The theft occurred on Friday 21 January and will only affect people who had business in Westpac's Queen Street branch between 2pm and closing on that day.

• If people have any queries at all about the situation as it affects them, they should first call Inland Revenue on 0800 377 774 to check whether their payment has been processed.
  
  
• Customers who have made payments by cash: should contact the Westpac Queen Street branch to ensure their account is credited correctly.
  
  
• Customers who have made payments by cheque: should contact their banks to put a stop on their cheques, and take a replacement cheque to Westpac's Queen Street branch. They should deliver the cheque to a teller and explain the situation. Customers can also send replacement cheques directly to Inland Revenue's Northern Processing Centre with a note clearly highlighting that the cheque replaces one stolen from Westpac.

The address of the Northern Processing Centre is PO Box 1535 Hamilton.

Other media releases this year

• Tip-off leads to jail sentence for dishonest tax agent
• Family assistance payments to be available early
• Inland Revenue releases new tax rules for people who host boarders
• GST fraud gets jail sentence for Auckland property developer
• Inland Revenue seeks owners of forgotten money
• Family Assistance Payments to be made early
• High Wealth programme brings in millions of extra tax dollars
• Identity theft, fraud lead to jail for Palmerston North man
• Reimbursement for the use of a private motor vehicle
• Hamilton man sentenced on tax fraud
• Auckland consultant gets 12 months in jail for GST fraud
• Inland Revenue signs Hewlett Packard to supply Notebook Computers
• Tauranga man jailed for horticultural tax evasion
• New Zealand and Australian tax help for business
• Salary and wage earners: are you entitled to a tax refund?
• Some seasonal workers entitled to tax refunds
• Auckland barrister jailed for tax evasion
• Inland Revenue reminding Marlborough agriculturalists
• Inland Revenue Appoints Chief Information Officer (IT)
• Incident at Upper Hutt Processing Centre
• Forged GST claim leads to eight-month prison sentence
• Inland Revenue offers help to flood affected BOP businesses
• Auckland Man jailed for tax fraud
• Inland Revenue releases view on HHG capital reduction proposals
• Prison sentence for tax evasion
• Early Family Assistance Payments
• Nine years of tax evasion brings 18 month sentence for New Plymouth bricklayer
• Tax season now underway
• Are you eligible for a childcare rebate?
• Early Family Assistance Payments
• Inland Revenue signs agreement with TelstraClear
• Inland Revenue cautions against income splitting by professionals
• Inland Revenue welcomes sentence for Hamilton PAYE offence
• Cambridge students scoop national award for tax knowledge
• US, NZ agree on tax treatment of fiscally transparent entities
• 7 February payment deadline
• Inland Revenue not letting up on BoP tax evasion
• Inland Revenue outlines rebate claim process for tsunami donations
• Inland Revenue welcomes sentence in $40,000 evasion case

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Date published: 13 Jan 2005

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