Work out your tax code
Your tax code if you are receiving a benefit
| If you ... | then ... |
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receive, or are you about to receive a benefit (other than New Zealand Superannuation) |
the tax code that applies to your benefit is M.
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are working as well as receiving as benefit |
you can use a special tax code or a secondary code for your other income. |
Example
James is 23 and receives an unemployment benefit. He begins a part-time job earning $130 a week, which reduces his benefit to $118.46 a week.
James is completing an IR330 for his part-time job and can either choose to apply for a special tax code or use a secondary tax code. His benefit income will have tax code M.
Find out more about special tax codes.
Note
We've provided this decision tree to help you work out your tax code. We welcome your feedback on how useful you found it.
Date published: 01 Jul 2008
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