2011 media releases
| Date | Title and description |
|---|---|
| 19 December 2011 | Inland Revenue issues draft tax avoidance Interpretation Statement for consultation |
| Inland Revenue has issued a draft Interpretation Statement about tax avoidance for public consultation. | |
| 12 December 2011 | Inland Revenue welcomes Alesco court decision |
| Inland Revenue has welcomed the Auckland High Court’s decision in the Alesco optional convertible notes case. | |
| 6 December 2011 | Inland Revenue tax statistics available online |
| Inland Revenue has updated its annual tax statistics on its website. | |
| 6 December 2011 | Beneficiary sentenced to community detention and service for evasion |
| An Auckland woman has been sentenced to four months community detention and 200 hours community service on seven charges tax evasion after claiming Working for Families Tax Credits to which she was not entitled. | |
| 2 December 2011 | Temporary closure of Inland Revenue site |
| Inland Revenue is temporarily closing its Upper Hutt Operations Delivery site while earthquake strengthening work is carried out. | |
| 15 November 2011 | Home detention for money laundering and tax evasion |
| A Wellington based businessman was sentenced to nine months home detention and 200 hours community service in the Wellington District Court today on charges of tax evasion, fraud and money laundering involving over $350,000. | |
| 10 November 2011 | Home detention for tax evasion |
| A Kerikeri woman was sentenced to six months home detention on six charges of tax evasion involving nearly $36,000 in the Kaikohe District Court yesterday. | |
| 07 November 2011 | Accountant receives home detention, community work for tax fraud |
| A Wellington based accountant has been sentenced to ten months home detention, 150 community work and ordered to pay just over $120,000 in reparations on 20 charges of fraud, one charge of tax evasion and one charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice. | |
| 03 November 2011 | Serious tax evasion brings prison sentence for builder |
| An Auckland based builder has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison after being found guilty of 23 charges of tax evasion including three counts of knowingly providing misleading information to Inland Revenue. | |
| 20 October 2011 | Fraudster sentenced to prison for tax offences |
| An Auckland property developer has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after being found guilty of tax evasion involving just over $2.1 million. | |
| 13 October 2011 | Inland Revenue not "cracking down" on professional trustees |
| Inland Revenue is reassuring professional trustees that it is not specifically pursuing them, whether they are trustees of family trusts, or any other type of trust with outstanding tax debt. | |
| 12 October 2011 | Inland Revenue issues Revenue Alert about offshore income |
| Inland Revenue has issued a Revenue Alert advising New Zealand residents that they are required to declare all income from foreign sources. | |
| 4 October 2011 | Former restaurant owner get home detention for false income reporting |
| A former Wellington restaurant owner has been sentenced to five months home detention and 200 hours of community work for filing false Income Tax and GST returns and evading tax. | |
| 26 September 2011 | Repayment deadline reminder for overseas student loan borrowers |
| Repayment deadline reminder for overseas student loan borrowers. | |
| 23 September 2011 | Builder sentenced to home detention for tax fraud and evasion |
| Builder sentenced to home detention for tax fraud and evasion. | |
| 7 September 2011 | Inland Revenue confirms changes at regional offices |
| Inland Revenue has confirmed that it will reduce staff numbers at five regional offices. | |
| 1 September 2011 | Inland Revenue issues guidance on tax avoidance arrangements |
| Inland Revenue has issued a Revenue Alert outlining the circumstances in which diverting personal income into other business structures or entities in order to take advantage of lower tax rates can be considered tax avoidance. | |
| 26 August 2011 | Inland Revenue wins 2011 NetGuide Award |
| Inland Revenue has been named overall winner in the government category of the 2011 NetGuide Awards. | |
| 24 August 2011 | Inland Revenue welcomes Penny and Hooper decision |
| Inland Revenue has welcomed the Supreme Court decision in the Penny and Hooper Case. | |
| 16 August 2011 | Company director sentenced to prison for tax fraud |
| A Tauranga company director has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison after being found guilty of 31 charges of tax evasion and fraud involving approximately $244,000. | |
| 4 August 2011 | Inland Revenue proposes changes at some offices |
| 2 August 2011 | Inland Revenue investigating donations tax arrangements |
| Inland Revenue today issued a Revenue Alert warning people that they must not claim tax credits for "donations" in situations where they have not made a true gift of their own money. | |
| 27 July 2011 | Inland Revenue launches Compliance Focus 2011-12 |
| Inland Revenue has highlighted the tax compliance areas on which it will concentrate over the next year in Helping you get it right: Inland Revenue’s compliance focus 2011-12. | |
| 20 July 2011 | Inland Revenue staff visiting Christchurch libraries this month |
| Inland Revenue staff members are visiting Christchurch libraries and Northwood Supa Centre this month to provide information and assistance to customers. | |
| 19 July 2011 | Community detention and community work for tax evasion and fraud |
| A limousine hire company director was sentenced to three months community detention and 80 hours community work in the Hamilton District Court today for tax fraud. | |
| 13 July 2011 | Hoax email and phishing site warning |
| Inland Revenue is warning people about hoax emails, purporting to come from Inland Revenue. | |
| 4 July 2011 | Home detention for tax evasion and fraud |
| A Tauranga based steel contractor has been sentenced to twelve months home detention on 37 charges of tax evasion involving over $500,000 while contracted to work on the Tauranga harbour bridge between 2008 and 2010. | |
| 29 June 2011 | July tax return date is approaching |
| Inland Revenue is reminding people that they may need to file a tax return for the 2010-11 year as the 7 July deadline approaches. | |
| 1 June 2011 | Builder sentenced to home detention for tax fraud |
| An Auckland builder has been sentenced to 10 months home detention and 400 hours community work after admitting 121 charges of tax evasion and fraud involving just under $235,000. | |
| 23 May 2011 | Reparation to be paid for tax evasion and fraud |
| An Auckland builder and former company director has been ordered to repay $152,000 to Inland Revenue and sentenced to five months home detention and 200 hours community service for failing to file GST and PAYE returns. | |
| 18 May 2011 | Real estate agent pleads guilty to tax evasion |
| A Wellington real estate agent has been sentenced to eight months home detention and 250 hours community service for tax evasion, involving $222,777. | |
| 2 May 2011 | Dentist given home detention for tax evasion |
| A Gore dentist has been sentenced to five months home detention after being found guilty on a total of twenty two charges of tax evasion and fraud. | |
| 29 April 2011 | Jail sentence for false GST claims |
| A Tauranga based property developer has been jailed for two and a half years for tax evasion and dishonesty. | |
| 21 April 2011 | Home detention and community service for tax evasion |
| An Auckland business consultant has been sentenced to nine months home detention and 200 hours community service in the Auckland District Court after being found guilty on a total of five charges of tax evasion. | |
| 18 April 2011 | Student Loan reminder to overseas borrowers |
| Inland Revenue is emailing overseas-based borrowers to remind them about their obligation to repay their student loans. | |
| 14 April 2011 | Company director given home detention for PAYE non-payment |
| An Auckland company director has been sentenced to seven months home detention after pleading guilty to 37 counts of failing to meet PAYE obligations. | |
| 1 April 2011 | Repeat offender goes back to jail for GST fraud |
| A recidivist fraudster has been jailed for four years for GST fraud. | |
| 29 March 2011 | Commissioner welcomes earthquake decisions |
| The Commissioner of Inland Revenue Robert Russell has welcomed new legal powers to allow extensions of time for people affected by the Christchurch earthquake. | |
| 25 March 2011 | Repayment holiday ends for overseas borrowers |
| Inland Revenue is reminding over 60,000 overseas-based student loan borrowers, including over 25,000 whose repayment holidays have finished in the last 12 months, that they have a payment due on 31 March 2011. | |
| 17 March 2011 | Commissioner reassures taxpayers affected by earthquake |
| Inland Revenue has been working on a number of tax-related issues that have arisen following the recent Christchurch earthquake. | |
| 16 March 2011 | Auckland woman gets community detention for fraud |
| An Auckland woman has been sentenced to five months community detention and 200 hours community work for fraudulently obtaining Family Assistance refunds (now Working for Families Tax Credits). | |
| 15 March 2011 | Home detention and community service for tax evasion |
| A Wellington businessman has been sentenced to 12 months home detention and 350 hours community service for tax evasion, involving nearly $1.5 million. | |
| 10 March 2011 | Whangarei contractor gets four months home detention for tax evasion |
| A Whangarei agricultural contractor has been sentenced to four months home detention and ordered to pay full reparation of $22,625 for evading tax. | |
| 22 February 2011 | Wellington businessman receives home detention |
| A Wellington businessman and journalist has been sentenced to 11 months home detention for income tax and GST offences involving nearly $117,000. | |
| 27 January 2011 | Electrical contractor jailed for tax evasion |
| A Christchurch electrical contractor and retailer of air conditioners and heat pumps has been jailed for two years eight months on 54 charges of tax evasion. | |
| 19 January 2011 | February tax payment reminder |
| Inland Revenue is encouraging people who might have difficulty making their end-of-year tax payment to contact it to discuss their options. |
Date published: 19 Jan 2011
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