2010 media releases
| Date | Title and description |
|---|---|
| 29 December 2010 | Greymouth taxpayers concerned about provisional tax and GST urged to contact Inland Revenue |
| Greymouth businesspeople and other provisional taxpayers who are unsure whether they can make January tax payments in the aftermath of the Pike River mine tragedy are being urged to contact Inland Revenue as soon as possible. | |
| 16 December 2010 | Inland Revenue announces changes to service delivery |
| Inland Revenue has confirmed it will maintain offices in all current locations as it changes the way some work is done and further improves services for customers. | |
| 13 December 2010 | Revenue Alert on "cloud computing" and tax records |
| Inland Revenue is reminding people of their obligations for keeping tax records as the use of "cloud computing" becomes more popular. | |
| 10 December 2010 | Greymouth people and businesses encouraged to seek help |
| People and businesses are being encouraged to contact Inland Revenue about any difficulties they may have in meeting their tax obligations as a result of the Pike River mine disaster. | |
| 7 December 2010 | More tax statistics available online |
| Inland Revenue has added information about debt and compliance to its range of statistics updated annually on its website. | |
| 30 November 2010 | Busy online trading prompts tax reminder |
| People are being reminded of the tax obligations for selling online with the Christmas and holiday trading season underway. | |
| 24 November 2010 | Tax offender used new identity to obtain GST refunds |
| A Hamilton man who used a new identity to create and register three bogus companies as a front to obtain GST refunds has been sentenced to two years and 10 months in jail. | |
| 10 November 2010 | Inland Revenue wins Government category in 2010 Open Source Awards |
| Inland Revenue's innovative online staff learning software won the government section of this year's computer software Open Source Awards in Wellington last night. | |
| 10 November 2010 | Care urged over property GST claims |
| People are being advised by Inland Revenue to carefully consider GST claims they make relating to property transactions to ensure they are legitimate. | |
| 4 November 2010 | Unclaimed millions list updated |
| An updated list of owners of millions of dollars of unclaimed money is available on Inland Revenue's website. | |
| 22 October 2010 | More than two years jail for Auckland accountant |
| An Auckland accountant was sentenced to two and a half years jail on 74 charges of tax evasion and fraud when he appeared in the Auckland District Court today. | |
| 20 October 2010 | Student gets five months home detention for GST fraud |
| An Auckland student has been sentenced to five months home detention and ordered to pay reparation of $30,000 for GST fraud after being caught in a scheme to obtain money from Inland Revenue using dummy companies. | |
| 14 October 2010 | Canterbury businesses reminded to ask for help |
| Canterbury businesses are being reminded to talk to Inland Revenue about any difficulties they are having meeting tax obligations after last month's earthquake. | |
| 11 October 2010 | Inland Revenue recognised twice in 2010 Māori Language Awards |
| Inland Revenue has picked up two awards at this year's Māori Language Awards held in Rotorua over the weekend. | |
| 8 October 2010 | Builder gets community service for tax evasion |
| A Christchurch builder has been sentenced to 250 hours community service after a jury found him guilty of evading tax of approximately $30,000. | |
| 8 October 2010 | Home detention for tax agent |
| An Auckland tax agent who filed fraudulent returns for clients claiming personal expenditure including jewellery, entertainment and overseas trips has been sentenced to nine months home detention. | |
| 24 September 2010 | Repayment holiday ends for overseas borrowers |
| Inland Revenue is reminding over 22,000 overseas-based student loan borrowers who had been on a repayment holiday that they have a payment due this month. | |
| 23 September 2010 | Routine traffic check ends tax evasion |
| A man whose tax offending caught up with him after five years of hiding from Inland Revenue has been sentenced to 12 months in prison with leave to apply for home detention on four charges of tax evasion. He was also convicted and discharged on two charges of failing to register for GST and filing a false return. | |
| 21 September 2010 | Hoax email and phishing site warning |
| Inland Revenue is further warning people about a hoax email claiming to offer a tax refund. | |
| 30 August 2010 | Home detention for tax evasion |
| A Mt Maunganui man who tried to get a $2.375 million GST refund for a business deal he never had the money to complete has been sentenced to 12 months home detention. | |
| 30 August 2010 | Contractor jailed for tax evasion |
| A Bay of Plenty labour contractor has been sent to jail for 19 months after admitting tax evasion of more than $166,000. | |
| 20 August 2010 | Inland Revenue wins 2010 NetGuide Award |
| Inland Revenue has been named 2010 NetGuide Award winner in the government category. | |
| 13 August 2010 | Renting out your home - tax obligations |
| People planning to rent out their homes or rooms during major events are being reminded to make sure they understand their tax obligations. | |
| 6 August 2010 | Hoax email warning |
| Inland Revenue is warning people not to respond to a hoax email claiming to offer a tax refund. | |
| 30 July 2010 | Home detention for tax scammer |
| An Auckland woman was sentenced to 11 months home detention when she appeared in the Auckland District Court today. She had earlier pleaded guilty to 42 charges of fraudulently obtaining personal tax rebates, Working for Families (Family Support) payments and other tax credits. | |
| 30 July 2010 | Man jailed for tax credit fraud |
| A Bay of Plenty man who received nearly $15,000 in Working for Families tax credits he wasn't entitled to has been sentenced to five months jail. | |
| 23 July 2010 | Getting Your Tax Right - Compliance Focus 2010-11 |
| Inland Revenue is continuing to build on its work to help make sure people get their taxes right, with the release of its Compliance Focus for 2010-11. | |
| 12 July 2010 | Last chance to change tax policy |
| If you'd rather deal with a tax system that's fast, simple and makes it easy to do the right thing, get online and start talking. Making tax easier, the six-week Government consultation being managed by Inland Revenue, closes on 23 July. | |
| 6 July 2010 | Company director fined for tax evasion |
| New Plymouth company director Stephen Blackman was fined $1500 plus court costs when he appeared in the New Plymouth District Court after earlier pleading guilty to two charges of filing false or incomplete tax returns. | |
| 1 July 2010 | Inland Revenue sets sights on undeclared offshore income |
| Inland Revenue is focusing attention on New Zealand residents with undeclared taxable offshore income. | |
| 29 June 2010 | Hoax email warning issued |
| People are being advised by Inland Revenue not to respond to a hoax email claiming to offer a tax refund. | |
| 25 June 2010 | Company director jailed for tax evasion |
| Evading tax of more than $700,000 has led to four years jail for a Bay of Plenty labour hire company director. | |
| 21 June 2010 | Revenue Alert on diverting personal income released |
| Inland Revenue today released a Revenue Alert on diverting personal services income to further refine its position on income allocation and diversion arrangements in the wake of a Court of Appeal decision. | |
| 15 June 2010 | Tax online gets even easier |
| Families and individuals doing their tax online with Inland Revenue will now find it even easier. | |
| 11 June 2010 | Plasterer sentenced for tax offences |
| A Queenstown plasterer has been sentenced to 280 hours community work and ordered to pay reparation on tax charges involving payments of more than $250,000. | |
| 11 June 2010 | Takeaway owner gets home detention for tax evasion |
| A Wellington man has been sentenced to eight months home detention after pleading guilty to 26 charges of tax evasion and obtaining payments he was not entitled to totalling $158,194. | |
| 2 June 2010 | Tax return date getting close |
| Inland Revenue is reminding people there is an easy way to find out if they are required to file a tax return for the 2009-10 year. | |
| 28 May 2010 | GST fraud brings home detention |
| A Hamilton man has been sentenced to 12 months home detention on 116 charges of tax evasion and fraud for falsely claiming GST returns of $209,199.55. | |
| 27 May 2010 | Advice over GST rate change |
| Inland Revenue is advising businesses it will address cases where errors in GST returns or delays in filing returns result from the change in the GST rate from 1 October 2010. | |
| 7 May 2010 | GST fraudster jailed |
| An Auckland woman has been sent to jail for a year for filing false GST claims. | |
| 12 April 2010 | Property developer jailed for tax evasion |
| A Wellington property developer has been jailed for two years for tax evasion involving $356,000. | |
| 10 March 2010 | Warning over hoax email |
| Inland Revenue is warning customers not to respond to a hoax email circulating, claiming to offer the recipient a tax refund. | |
| 1 March 2010 | Orewa College student wins Inland Revenue award |
| Orewa College student Joshua Airey has beaten 232 other candidates to take top honours in the tax section of an NCEA-accredited Financial Literacy exam. | |
| 26 February 2010 | Donations tax cheat receives home detention |
| An Upper Hutt man who received tax credits of more than $41,000 for bogus church donations has been given seven months home detention. | |
| 12 February 2010 | Tax information at your fingertips |
| Inland Revenue customers can get all their tax updates in one place by subscribing to the department's online newsletters. | |
| 2 February 2010 | Sentence a warning for food industry |
| Shu Tang Zhi, of Annie's FastFood, was sentenced in the Palmerston North District Court today to six months home detention after earlier pleading guilty to 28 charges of GST and income tax evasion. | |
| 26 January 2010 | Options available for end-of-year tax payments |
| People having trouble making their end-of-year tax payments due on 7 February are urged to contact Inland Revenue to talk about negotiating a payment plan. |
Date published: 28 Jan 2010
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