2008 media releases
Inland Revenue wins People's Choice NetGuide web award for second time
9 May 2008
Inland Revenue has been voted best government site in the annual People's Choice NetGuide Web Awards for the second time in three years.
The NetGuide Awards are New Zealand's premier prizes for excellence on the Web and this year a record number of more than 70,000 votes were cast.
"This award means a great deal to us because it is voted on by Internet users," said Acting Deputy Commissioner Business Development & Systems, David Udy.
"We are delighted to win this award again, given our strong commitment to making it easy for customers to get the services and information they need."
Comments from voters about the Inland Revenue website included praise for its ease of navigation, the volume of useful information and forms available, and the helpfulness it provided to small business people when doing accounts in the evening.
The government category is defined as the best, most helpful New Zealand-based site providing information and services pertaining to matters of government, local government or government agencies. Inland Revenue won the category in 2006 and 2008, and was a finalist in 2007.
Mr Udy said that Inland Revenue was strongly focussed on enabling customers to transact more and more of their business online.
The NetGuide Award follows Inland Revenue's recent win in the government category of this year's Hitwise website awards, which recognise the most visited websites in New Zealand.
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For more information:
Adrienne Perry
Senior Media Advisor
(04) 890 1698
adrienne.perry@ird.govt.nz
Other media releases this year
- Accountant sentenced for tax evasion
- Invercargill accountant jailed for tax evasion
- Dairy owner sentenced for hiding half a million
- Tauranga court jails man for tax evasion
- Most Working for Families recipients not charged interest for overpayments
- Former Kaikohe farm manager jailed for tax evasion
- Auckland plasterer jailed for tax evasion
- New callback service rolled out across Call Centre
- Former employee sentenced
- KiwiSaver report released
- Inland Revenue expands e-services
- Do-it-yourself tax refunds
- Employers reminded about new tax rates
- Former Inland Revenue employee pleads guilty to corruption
- Sentencing strong message for contractors
- Accountant jailed for defrauding clients and Inland Revenue
- Inland Revenue pilots callback system to help customers
- Inland Revenue proposes changes to company tax return
- Agricultural contractor sentenced
- Jail for horticultural student
- Tax fraud results in jail term
- Thousands apply for student loan amnesty
- Early Working for Families Tax Credits payments
- Waikato couple sentenced for tax evasion
- Inland Revenue warns about income diversion
- Report of investigation of an error in tax revenue numbers
- Tax credits for people made redundant
- R&D tax credit goes live
- Student Loan amnesty - last chance to apply
- Revised financial statements
- Tax advice for investors in failed finance companies
- Tax advice for property investors
- Provisional tax gets easier
- Early Working for Families Tax Credits payments
- IRD numbers about to get longer
- Tax authorities work together to stop international tax evasion
- Inland Revenue helps drought-affected farmers
- IRD numbers available at NZ Post and AA
- Inland Revenue warns against divulging personal details
- Second jail term for major tax scam
- Welcome surprise for owners of forgotten money
- End-of-year tax date fast approaching
- Time running out for student loan amnesty
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Inland Revenue
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Date published: 09 May 2008
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