Make payments to Inland Revenue: Postal payments

Sending payments to us in the post

Where to send your payment

If you are overseas, please send your payment to:

PO Box 3754
Christchurch

If you have a statement from Inland Revenue there will be a payment slip at the bottom. Please send us this slip with your payment.

If you choose this method, please send us a cheque - do not send cash.

Postal payments within New Zealand

Payments will be accepted as being received in time if mailed and postmarked on or before the due date.

For rural delivery taxpayers, the date of payment is when it is received by New Zealand Post or a similar postal service. We do not treat the payment as received when the payment is placed in your personal mail box for collection.

Overseas postal payments

An overseas postmark cannot be used to determine the date a payment was received by Inland Revenue if you are living or working overseas. We will use the time of actual receipt - when the payment is received by us.

Postdated cheques

If you post your cheque to us early, you can choose when you want us to draw on it. We will not bank postdated cheques until the date specified. If you are postdating, please highlight the date on the cheque.

Tips to ensure your postal payments go through smoothly

• Make your cheque payable to Inland Revenue.
• Please use the envelope if provided. This ensures that your payment goes to the correct area immediately.
• Some regular returns, for example, GST and employer deductions, have a payment slip attached to them. Please leave this attached to the return. However if you have filed the return electronically, we just need the payment slip and your cheque.
• Post your return (unless you filed it electronically), payment slip and cheque together. This makes it easier for us to credit the payment to your account.
• Please fill in the amount due if the payment slip does not have it preprinted. Make sure the amount on the cheque agrees with the amount on the slip.
• Use a blue or black pen and print the words and figures clearly.
• If the amount due is a round dollar figure, please show the cents as "00" as our scanners automatically read the last two digits as cents.
• For extra security, we also recommend that you cross your cheque "not transferable".

Like most other organisations, we do not send receipts for cheque payments. However, if you want to check that your payment has been credited to your account, you may like to register to view your details online with our Look at Account Information service or you can ask for a statement at any time. Our automated telephone service INFOexpress is also a quick and easy way to get a statement.

Date published: 08 Feb 2005

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