AGENTS Answers - 2009
AGENTS Answers is our monthly newsletter to tax agents on operational and technical issues. Browse issues from 2009.
AGENTS Answers Issue 119 November 2009
In this issue: 2009 income tax filing season, L letter availability, major tax bill passed, reducing paper statements and notices, UOMI rates current and past, GST returns filed online and refund transfer requests, online tools - Tool for business, Payroll giving - a new initiative, NZICA road show at a town near you, student loan interest write-offs for those studying from 2000 to 2005.
AGENTS Answers Issue 118 October 2009
This issue contains the following topics: Making the L letter fit the bill, changes to student loan cover pages, client maintenance, enhancements to online services for tax agents, recent tax determinations, return and correspondence service levels, encouraging debt reduction, clients' tax returns affected by the new foreign investment fund (FIF) rules, student loan write offs, validity of disputes documents.
AGENTS Answers Issue 117 September 2009
This issue contains the following topics: L letters, making electronic payments, linking and an authority to act, GST recap, new DTA, voluntary disclosures, using our Manage account access service, free tax seminars and workshops.
AGENTS Answers Issue 116 August 2009
This issue contains the following topics: using our online services, our new look, interest rate changes, our compliance plans for the coming year, business guides moving online, Inland Revenue's Public Rulings Unit, new features being introduced for 0800 numbers, extension of time agreement, donee status - where to find it, clarifying qualifying companies and LAQCs, Tool for business, and buyer-created tax invoices.
AGENTSanswers Issue 115 July 2009
This issue contains the following topics: new online tools, getting your newsletters online, budget announcement 2009 - a quick summary, reminders, student loan "Notify Me" e-newsletter, standard-cost determinations, managing tax debt, new mileage rate for motor vehicle expenditure, Australian Economic Security Strategy Payments, consolidated groups on tax agents' lists, and printing errors.
AGENTSanswers Issue 114 June 2009
This issue contains the following topics: fair dividend rate rules, new business industry codes, balance dates, Inland Revenue publications, the Job Support Scheme, look at account information, filing returns with the right information for the right period, reminders, correction and newsletters online only.
AGENTSanswers Issue 113 May 2009
This issue contains the following topics: agents' checklist, clean up your agent list, Treaty of Waitangi settlements, reminders, changes to tax credits, INFOexpress handy guide, the Job Support Scheme, companies no longer trading, renewals of certificates of exemption from PAYE on schedular payments and recognised seasonal employer scheme update.
AGENTSanswers Issue 112 - April 2009 supplement (electronic copy only)
This supplement to issue 111 contains information on provisional tax, PAYE, GST and FBT and other changes which have now passed into law.
AGENTSanswers Issue 111 April 2009
This issue contains the following topics: Employee tax code requirements, Independent earner tax credit (IETC), IRD numbers, Back-year student loan assesments, ir-File is 10 years old. Tax agents who ir-File for clients, ANZAC Day, PAYE tax tables from 1 April 2009, Election to change a balance date, KiwiSaver - April 1 2009 changes, Tax changes for small and medium-sized businesses
AGENTSanswers Issue 110 March 2009
This issue includes the following topics: New provisional thresholds from 2008-09 income year, provisional tax estimates/re-estimates, 2009 annual returns, GST group registration, refunds we've sent in error, non-residents, incorrect interest calculations for some non-resident companies, low-income tax credit, correction and use-of-money interest rates.
AGENTSanswers Issue 109 February 2009
This issue includes the following topics: Reminder for 7 April, Australian share exemption, Improvements to eGST, Election not to depreciate assets, Qualifying companies and loss attributing qualifying companies (QC/LAQCs), Employees exempt from automatic enrolment in KiwiSaver, Request for "D" List status for 2008 income tax returns (large enterprises), KiwiSaver changes, PAYE deduction tables from 1 April 2009, Independent earner tax credit.
Date published: 29 Jan 2009
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